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Harness racing driver: Born December 10, 1964 (age 60) Columbus, Ohio, United States: Career wins: 14,351 (as of 2024) Racing awards; Dan Patch Driver of the Year Award (2003, 2015, 2016) Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year (2015, 2016) Honours; U.S. Harness Racing Hall of Fame (2013) Significant horses
Yannick Gingras (born August 4, 1979) is a Canadian harness racing driver. [1] He is statistically one of the top drivers of all time with more than 8,000 wins and $230 million in earnings. He was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 2022. [2] Gingras has won 24 Breeders Crown trophies, the sixth-most in history.
The leading harness racing nations in Europe are France, Italy and Sweden, and the sport is fairly popular in most northern European countries. Practically all races in Europe are trotting races. The Prix d'Amérique at Vincennes hippodrome near Paris is widely considered to be the most prestigious event of the European racing year.
[citation needed] In 1982 and 1984 he was voted the Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year award. [3] In 1984 he also set a yearly earnings record of over $9 million. In a race in 1984 with Nihilator , O'Donnell was the first to post a sub-1:50 race mile in the $2,161,000 Woodrow Wilson Pace , the richest race ever contested to that point ...
The Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year is an American harness racing award for drivers of Standardbred racehorses. Created in 1968, it is awarded annually. [1] [2] With ten wins, Hervé Filion has won this award more than any other driver. Past winners:
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$650,000 (2024) The Meadowlands Pace is a harness race for three-year-old pacers, held at the Meadowlands Racetrack , in East Rutherford , New Jersey . Along with the Hambletonian Stakes for trotters, the Meadowlands Pace is considered to be one of the track's signature three-year-old events.