On Saturday, February 2, Standardbred Canada announced the winners for the 2018 O’Brien Awards, at the 30th edition of the annual O’Brien Awards Black Tie Gala held at the Hilton Mississauga / Meadowvale hotel in Mississauga, Ont. The O’Brien Awards honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season and are named in honour […] Read more »
$75,000 Invitational Victory For Ontario-Sired, Jimmy Freight
Jimmy Freight came first up on rival Stay Hungry after the half-mile point and put that foe away around the final turn before powering away to an impressive 1:51.4 score. Ideal Feeling (Tim Tetrick) emerged from a photo for place over Decoy (David Miller). Scott Zeron picked up the catch drive on Ontario Sires […] Read more »
Ontario-Sired, Jimmy Freight, Posts Track Record In Messenger Elim
Owner Adriano Sorella paid the $30,000 supplement fee to enter Jimmy Freight into the Messenger Pace and driver Louis-Philippe Roy piloted the colt to a track-record 1:50.3 victory in his elimination on Saturday, Aug. 25 at Yonkers Raceway. The second jewel of the Pacing Triple Crown began with a pair of $40,000 elims, five- and […] Read more »
Jimmy Freight And St Lads Neptune Take Home OSS Gold
Balmy temperatures set the stage for fast miles at Woodbine Mohawk Park during the Campbellville oval’s Civic Holiday celebration Saturday Aug. 4, with Jimmy Freight winning in 1:48.3 while collecting his fourth-straight Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series Victory. Launching from post six in the second $96,400 Gold division, Jimmy Freight took command before the […] Read more »
Third OSS Gold Win For Jimmy Freight
After two weeks spent south of the border taking on the best three-year-old pacing colts in North America, Jimmy Freight returned to the Ontario Sires Stakes program on Sunday (July 22) and delivered his third straight commanding Gold Series victory, circling the Rideau Carleton Raceway oval in 1:50.3. Driver Louis-Philippe Roy sent Jimmy Freight directly to […] Read more »
Jimmy Freight, Shower Play, And Sharp Action Money, Take Home The Gold
How good is Jimmy Freight? Driver Louis Philippe Roy is not sure; he thought he had seen the best of the colt in his first six starts this season, but the three-year-old pacer stepped it up a notch in Saturday’s $96,400 Gold Series win at Woodbine Mohawk Park. “He’s always been really good, Jimmy Freight, […] Read more »
