Yannick Gingras
Yannick Gingra | |
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Born | Sorel, Quebec, Canada | August 4, 1990 (age 40)
Career wins | 6220 (as at 11/22/2016) [1] |
Major racing wins | |
(2005) (2006) (2007, 2013, 2016) (2008) Gold Cup Invitational Pace (2010) (2007, 2010, 2011, 2014) Governor's Cup Stakes (2011) Canadian Pacing Derby (2012) Meadowlands Pace (2012) (2012) Adios Pace (2013) (2013) (2013, 2015) TVG Free For All Pace (2013) (2013, 2014, 2015) Canadian Trotting Classic (2014, 2015) (2014) Hambletonian Oaks (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018) (2014) (2014) (2014) (2015) Confederation Cup Pace (2016) New Jersey Classic Pace (2016) (2016) (2016) Prix d'Été (2016) Breeders Crown wins: U.S. Pacing Triple Crown wins: U.S. Trotting Triple Crown wins: | |
Racing awards | |
Dan Patch Rising Star Award (2003) (2014) Leading Driver in wins at Meadowlands (2012, 2013, 2014, 2015) (2014, 2015) | |
Significant horses | |
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Yannick Gingras (born August 4, 1979, in Sorel, Quebec, Canada) is a driver of Standardbred horses in the sport of harness racing.[1]
Career awards and records[]
Gingras drove in his native Canada until 2001 when he moved to Yonkers Raceway in New York where he enjoyed immediate success, winning that fall's driving title. Following a 426 win year in 2003 that earned him the Dan Patch Rising Star Award,[2] he relocated to Meadowlands Racetrack in 2004 which he continues to maintain as his home base.
In 2014, Yannick Gingras was voted American harness racing's ,[3] and led all drivers in North America in purse money won in 2014 and 2015. In June 2016 he earned the 6000th win of his career at Pocono Downs[4] and in August, the driver and trainer combination of Gingras and Hall of Fame inductee Jimmy Takter set a record when they won the Hambletonian Oaks together for the third consecutive year.[5]
References[]
- ^ USTA profile for Yannick Gingras November 23, 2016
- ^ USHWA Dan Patch Awards Retrieved November 23, 2016
- ^ USHWA Award winners Retrieved October 5, 2016
- ^ Standardbred Canada June 27, 2016 article titled "Gingras Hits 6,000 Wins" Retrieved November 7, 2016
- ^ New Meadowlands Racetrack, LLC. August 6, 2016 article titled "Oaks Hat Trick for Takter and Gingras" Retrieved September 25, 2016
- 1979 births
- Canadian harness racing drivers
- American harness racing drivers
- American Champion harness racing drivers
- Dan Patch Award winners
- Sportspeople from Quebec
- Sportspeople from New Jersey
- Canadian emigrants to the United States
- Living people
- Horse racing biography stubs
- Canadian sportspeople stubs