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Former Ontario stallion and O’Brien Award-winning harness racing pacer Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter) will be standing stud in a new jurisdiction. Arriving at Faith Valley Ranch last week, Jimmy Freight will stand stud in Alberta. During his racing career, Jimmy Freight earned more than $1.9 million and took his lifetime mark of 1:48s at age seven winning the $100,000 Mohawk […]
A winner of over $1.7 Millions dollars lifetime, Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter), made his Rosecroft debut a winning one, scoring in the $12,000 Open, in 1:52.3. Jonathan Roberts guided the winner for Let It Ride Stables and Jimmy Freight Stable, both of Boca Raton, Florida and Trainer Michael Hall. Roberts had schooled Jimmy Freight and qualified […]
MILTON, October 7, 2023 – Resilience (Jimmy Freight) took top spot in the inaugural Jimmy Freight Stakes just ahead of her harness racing sire scoring a win of his own on Saturday night (Oct. 7) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The $100,000 Jimmy Freight Stakes was open to any two-year-old son or daughter of the outstanding […]
Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter-Allamerican Summer) spent the start of his 2023 harness racing season stateside and returned to his first start on Canadian soil at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Friday (Sept. 22) morning for a qualifying session with Louis-Philippe Roy in the bike for Richard Moreau. The eight-year-old has earned two wins, three seconds, and a […]
Harnesslink caught up with Adriano Sorella this week to chat about his harness racing superstar, Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter), whom he currently owns in partnership with Let It Ride Stables Inc and Jimmy Freight Stable, and about the early returns on the stallion’s first crop, many of which have raced this summer. On Jimmy Freight’s possible […]
London, ON – April 3, 2023 — The Raceway at the Western Fair District capped off a record harness racing year for wagering this past Friday evening as horseplayers put $708,000 through the windows, contributing to a $10.7 million month – the highest in the track’s long history. It was a strong finish to the […]
The 2023 edition of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series for free-for-allers will begin on Monday night (March 20) at MGM Yonkers Raceway with four $50,000 harness racing divisions on the 12-race program. Australia’s Lochinvar Art A (Modern Art) tops the first grouping (race three) and drew post five for the wife/husband, driver/trainer tandem of Lauren […]
Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter) fought bravely to win his first harness racing start in more than five months on Saturday (Feb. 18) at The Meadowlands. Scott Zeron guided the stallion, last season’s Camluck Classic and Mohawk Gold Cup winner, into the three-hole and pitched camp through :27.1 and :55.4 first-half panels. He then launched a first-over […]
Millionaire pacer Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter), who saw an injury halt his 2022 campaign in September, will begin this harness racing season Saturday (Feb. 18) at The Meadowlands, where he is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in a $23,000 conditioned race. The 8-year-old stallion, aka “Jimmy Jets,” will start from post six with Scott Zeron driving for […]
CHESTER, PA – Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter), the pacing free-for-aller who has been absent from the racetrack since winning the Gold Cup at Woodbine/Mohawk on June 18, turned in a 1:50.4 qualifying harness racing victory at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Tuesday morning. The seven-year-old stallion, who has career earnings of $1,568,273, made his debut for the Jimmy […]
Derick Giwner of DRF reports that 7-year-old pacer Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter), ranked as the top harness racing horse in North America on the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown weekly poll, will be moving south of the border to the barn of trainer Brett Pelling as part of an ownership change. Adriano Sorella, who has been the sole […]
Hightstown, NJ — Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play) joined the Top 10 in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, arriving at No. 6 after his 1:47 victory in a division of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old harness racing male pacers this past Saturday at The Meadowlands. He was the only newcomer to the Top 10 following […]
Jimmy Freight (Sportswriter) broke a track record in a powerful first-over harness racing performance to capture the $150,000 Camluck Classic on Friday (May 27) at The Raceway at Western Fair District. Regular reinsman Louis-Philippe Roy found the stallion a seat in fifth as Tattoo Artist (James MacDonald) battled to gain front-end control in a :26.1 […]
Jimmy Freight keeps getting better. The seven-year-old matched his lifetime best of 1:48.1 while beating three of his future opponents in the Camluck Classic – Tattoo Artist, American History, and Funatthebeach N – on Saturday (May 14) in the $39,000 Woodbine Mohawk Park Free-for-All. The stallion sat fourth early as U.S. shippers Tattoo Artist (James […]
With a strong first-over move against Wheels On Fire, Jimmy Freight was able to grind it out and pull away in the stretch to win the $36,000 Preferred-Handicap Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park Saturday. Harness racing driver Louis-Philippe Roy sent Jimmy Freight right after the lead from post six at the start of the ninth […]
On North American harness racing tracks it’s all about speed over a mile trip, in Australia it’s a mix of both standing start and mobile features across a range of track sizes, in New Zealand it could be about an extreme two-mile contest or a grass track race featuring non-race winners and in Europe the […]
For the second time in the last three weeks, Jimmy Freight has upset the harness racing field in winning the $36,000 Preferred-Handicap Pace Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The ninth race feature started off with the race favorite, Wheels On Fire and driver Doug McNair grinding it out to the early lead over Untred (Jody […]
Former pacing champion turned breeding stallion, Jimmy Freight, put up a valiant effort but a tough finish in his return to the racing wars Saturday night at Mohawk Park. After two successful qualifying wins, Jimmy Freight was making his first start back at the races since October 26, 2019. He was sent off at odds […]
Standardbred Canada reports that after a return to the racetrack one week ago, millionaire harness racing pacer Jimmy Freight prepared for his pari-mutuel debut with an impressive qualifying mile on Friday (Dec. 3) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Driver Louis-Philippe Roy settled the son of Sportswriter into third among six rivals as Shadow In Red tripped […]
