Quebec Derby
Appearance
The Quebec Derby was a Canadian
. A race for three-year-olds on dirt, it was run over a distance of 1⅛ miles (9 furlongs or 1,811 metres).The Blue Bonnets Raceway held only
Thoroughbred horse racing there on a seasonal basis. The Quebec Derby was the track's premier annual event for Thoroughbreds and Levesque himself would win the race five times with Royal Maple (1963), Pierlou (1964), Fanfreluche (1970), La Prevoyante (1973), and L'Enjoleur
(1975).
Trainer Ted Mann, a 1982 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame inductee, trained the first two winners of the Quebec Derby.
Winners of the Quebec Derby
- 1975 - L'Enjoleur
- 1974 - Norland
- 1973 - La Prevoyante
- 1972 - Gentleman Conn
- 1971 - Green Belt
- 1970 - Fanfreluche
- 1969 - Sharp-Eyed Quillo
- 1968 - Phelodie
- 1967 - More of Mort
- 1966 - Bye and Near
- 1965 - Good Old Mort
- 1964 - Pierlou
- 1963 - Royal Maple
- 1962 - Fire Queen
- 1961 - Edgor's Lane