Hippodrome 3R: Roy, Dube heading back to Quebec for Super Sunday

Two world class drivers, Louis-Philippe Roy and Daniel Dube, are returning to their home province of Quebec for Super Sunday, September 10, to compete in the $500,000 Quebec Championship finals at the Hippodrome 3R.

The 12-race card that begins at 12:00 noon features eight championship finals. Four of the finals are the Breeders Trophy Series for 3-year-olds, with each division for trotters and pacers going for a purse of $65,000. Plus, four finals of the Future Stars Series for 2-year-olds trotters and pacers will each go for a purse of $55,000. It is the richest day of horse racing in all of Quebec.

There are also three $10,000 Invitational races - one for the trotters, one for the pacing mares and one for the pacing horses.

Roy, a three-time O'Brien Award winner, has drives in 11 of the 12 races and three of those races, all finals, he will be driving horses that he has bred and owns. Throughout the series his older brother, Pierre-Luc Roy, has been driving the young horses.

Dube, born and raised in Trois-Rivieres, has been a leading driver wherever he has competed and is closing in on his 10,000th career win. He has more than $135 million in purse earnings. Dube has drives in six of the 12 races.

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Standouts in the finals include the 2-year-old trotting filly Kenogami Queen (post three, fourth race), who is the only horse that has won all three of their preliminary rounds and seeks to make it a clean sweep for driver Stephane Brosseau.

Pocahontas Du Lac (post six, fifth race), was bred and is co-owned by Roy and is seeking a second straight championship crown, having won the final last year as a 2-year-old. She will have it tough going against Ladycorona (post five) and YS Sensational City (post seven).

Wild Dream Men (post four, race six) is another standout 2-year-old trotter who has won three of his four lifetime starts for trainer-driver Guy Gagnon.

The Super Sunday weekend at the Hippodrome 3R gets underway Friday afternoon with an 11-race twilight live card starting at 4:00 p.m. Featured in the fifth race pace is Proberts Legacy (post three), who is going for his third straight win for driver Pascal Berube. Another return winner in the field is Born A Rebel (post six), who ripped an impressive 1:55 4/5 victory in his last start for driver Stephane Brosseau.

--press release (Quebec Jockey Club)--