La Petite Grise romps in Mares Open Pace
At 0h08, on June 6, 2022 • By STEVEN WOLF
La Petite Grise in French means The Little Grey and the beautiful little grey mare was a terror on the racetrack Sunday (June 5) at the Hippodrome 3R, winning the Mares Preferred-Handicap Pace in a romp.
The 3rd race feature started off with Sieras Rose (Steeven Genois) scooting to the lead with Platine Alpha (Kiwon Waldron) getting the two-hole seat and La Petite Grise with driver Pascal Berube on the outside and moving up. They went by the quarter in :28.3.
Le Petite Grise cleared to the lead and was in command coming to the half mile as Waldron moved first-over with Platine Alpha and Whitemountaincammy (Stephane Brosseau). The half mile was passed in :59.1.
Down the backstretch, Waldron was able to keep Platine Alpha moving up slowly against La Petite Grise to the three-quarters in 1:28.1.
That’s when Berube let La Petite Grise have her head and she started pulling away from the field and went on to win by four open lengths in 1:57. Platine Alpha was second with Whitemountaincammy third.
It was the third win in the last four starts for La Petite Grise, a four-year-old grey mare by Sportswriter. She is trained by Fernand Jodoin, who co-owns the mare with Michel Letendre. Sent off as the overwhelming 1/9 favorite, she paid just $2.30 to win.
The 7th race Preferred Pace started out on a sour note with Blue Moose a late scratch taking the field down to just four horses. But what a finish it was!
Spectrum Seelster and Francis Picard shot right out to the early lead with Mickeymaksomespeed (Kiwon Waldron) sitting second to the first quarter in :27.3.
Picard was able to back down the pace with Spectrum Seelster to the half mile in :57.4. Then it was D Gs De Vito and driver Jonathan Lachance coming first-over with Goldinthebadlands (Stephane Brosseau) second-over to the three-quarters in 1:27.
Then in a torrid stretch drive, D Gs De Vito and Lachance had collared Spectrum Seelster and was on his way to win the race when Picard asked his horse for a little more and Spectrum Seelster surged back to win by a head. Goldinthebadlands was third.
A six-year-old gelding by Mac Three, Spectrum Seelster notched his third win this season. He is trained by Charles Gaudreault, who co-owns him with Daniel and Maxim Gaudreault. He paid $5.30 to win.
Windsun Cheyenne ($7.70) became the winningest horse at H3R this season, scoring his fourth win at the track with a first-over-grind-it-out head victory in 1:57.1 in the 6th race pace. He was driven by Pascal Berube.
Track Notes: Stephanie Brosseau led all drivers with a triple on Sunday. Both Francis Picard and Pascal Berube had driving doubles. Live racing resumes at H3R next Friday, June 10 at 4:00 pm.
