New lights, new posts at H3R for 2022 season
At 0h02, on April 26, 2022 • By STEVEN WOLF
For the first time in nearly two years, the racetrack will feature spectators at the facility for opening day on Sunday, May 1, 2022 and there will also be a new lighting system for the track that is being installed now.
“We are very positive for a great season in 2022,” said Claude Levesque, President of the Quebec Jockey Club. “We can now welcome back racing fans without doing temperature checks or having to wear masks. Trois-Rivieres has always been a fan friendly track where people can watch from the rail and nearly touch the horses as they race by.
“Over the winter the QJC received a grant from the Quebec Ministry,” Levesque explained. “It was for $200,000 for new lights at the track. We will have them all installed by the start of the new season and have adjusted our post times mid-season on Friday’s starting July 15 from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. The new lights with our HD cameras will make for sharp viewing quality for our racing fans at the track and those watching via simulcasting or computer viewing.”
H3R post times will be 12:00 noon every Sunday starting May 1. Friday’s start off on June 3 with post time at 4:00 pm. Then on Friday, July 15, first race post time goes to 8:00 pm. The last Friday race card is August 26. The 40-day race meet will run through November 13.
The stakes race begins in July and will feature both the Breeders Trophy Series for three-year-old trotters and pacers and the Future Stars Series for two-year-olds of both gaits. All of the finals for the series will take place on Sunday, September 11. The Super Sunday card will feature $500,000 in total purses and is the richest day of horse racing in all of Quebec.
H3R is hosting the Quebec/Eastern Ontario Regional Driving Championship on Sunday, June 26 and the Lucien Bombardier Pace for two-year-old fillies will be held on Sunday, October 2.
“Hopefully, we can put covid behind us and have a great season in 2022,” Levesque added. “I know our horse people and the Quebec Jockey Club are doing everything we can to have a strong race meet this year.”
