Yannick Gingras took the pressure off himself right away when he picked up career driving win No. 3,000 in the first race Wednesday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.
Gingras, who was one win shy entering the card, wired the field with 2-1 favorite Income De Vie for the milestone. The 30-year-old Quebec native is currently fifth in the Meadowlands driver standings and has ranked in the top 10 each year since joining the colony in 2004. Gingras won $9 million in purses for the third straight year in 2009, placing him eighth among all drivers in North America. With just $150,000 left to go, he will reach the $50 million career mark some time this spring.
A third-generation horseman, Gingras got his first win in 1998 and was the sport’s 2003 Rising Star Award winner, as voted upon by the U.S. Harness Writers Association. He is best known for campaigning Darlin’s Delight, the second richest pacing mare of all time with $2.9 million in career earnings. Gingras and his wife, Vicki, live in Allentown, N.J. with their 5-year-old son, Jaiden, and 1-year-old daughter, Addison. (Meadowlands)
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