Boomboom Tonight heads Breeders Trophy Series

The Hippodrome 3R (H3R) in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec, will play host to the second round of the Breeders Trophy Series for three-year-old pacers Sunday afternoon (July 27) and heading one of the four divisions is Quebec champion, Boomboom Tonight.

There are two $7,500 divisions for the colts and two $7,500 divisions for the fillies.

Sired by Sportswriter and bred, owned and trained by Elisabeth Pothier of St-Christophe-D’Arthabask, Boomboom Tonight goes from post six in the 8th race colt division for driver Pascal Berube and they are the 6/5 morning line favorite and rightly so.

Last year Boomboom Tonight won five of his seven starts including the final of the Quebec Championship in his division. After some rough goes at Mohawk Park, Potheir brought Boomboom Tonight back to H3R for this series and the gelding has come back to winning form with back-to-back victories, the fastest a lifetime mark of 1:55, the fastest mile by any three-year-old this season.

Racing on the front-end, Boomboom Tonight has destroyed his competition the last two weeks, winning by eight and one-half lengths and five and one-half lengths.

His competition includes Ambitious Mind (post 5), who has won two of his last three starts for driver Francis Picard. Also a contender is HP Coaticook (post 8) who was second to Boomboom Tonight two starts back.

The first division for the colts is the 7th race and shapes up to be a real slugfest with Olaf Du Lac (Sportswriter) taking on Kinnder Reptile, Gladiator S BG and Kinnder Kenogami.

Olaf Du Lac (post 1) is a return winner and will have Pierre-Luc Roy in the sulky. Last week breeder and co-owner Louis-Philippe Roy made a rare stop at H3R just to drive his colt and they won in 1:57.1.

Gladiator S BG (post 6) was second in that race, parked out first-over against Olaf Du Lac. Pascal Berube drives Gladiator S BG, who sports four wins this season.

Kinnder Reptile (post 5) was scratched sick for the opening round of the series, but returns for driver Marie-Claude Auger having won four of his last six starts, the fastest a 1:57.1 record mile for owner, breeder and trainer Denitza Petrova.

Kinnder Brosseau (post 4) is a return winner in the field for driver Stephane Brosseau, winning his last start in 1:58.2. He has a record of 1:56.2 taken at Rideau Carleton Raceway.

The three-year-old pacing fillies get underway in the 3rd race that is headlined by return winner The Heart Valley (State Treasurer).

With Marie-Claude Auger in the sulky, The Heart Valley has won her last two starts since arriving at H3R from Ontario for trainer Louis Philippe Turcotte. She won an opening round of the series with a lifetime mark of 1:58.2 and followed that up with another 1:58.2 triumph last week. She starts from post two.

Also in the race is another LPR bred and owned filly named Ronda Du Lac from post three. She will be driven by LPR’s brother, Pierre-Luc Roy and two starts back won at H3R in 1:59.3.

The 5th race second filly division features Art Of The Sport (Sportwriter), who starts from post three with Auger in the sulky. She is winless in 19 career starts, but shows strong performances at both Georgia Downs and Northfield Park before coming to H3R.

A return winner in the field is Wicked Discovery (post 5) for driver Pascal Berube. She won last week at H3R in 2:00.3. Other contenders include D Gs Lorijeanne (post 2) and Mas Diva (post 4).

First race post time on Sunday is 12:00 noon.