Yannick Gingras

Yannick Gingras
Gingras in 2023
Nickname"The Green Hornet"
Born(1979-08-04)August 4, 1979 (age 45)
Greenfield Park, Quebec, Canada
Career wins8,934 (as of May 27, 2024)
Major racing wins
Fan Hanover Stakes (2006)
Armbro Flight Stakes
(2007, 2013, 2016)
Milton Stakes (2008)
Gold Cup Invitational Pace
(2010)
Governor's Cup Stakes (2011)
Canadian Pacing Derby (2012)
Meadowlands Pace
(2012, 2020, 2022)
Simcoe Stakes (2012)
Adios Pace (2013)
Glen Garnsey Memorial Pace (2013)
Peter Haughton Memorial Trot
(2013, 2015)
TVG Free For All Pace (2013)
William Wellwood Memorial Stakes
(2013, 2014, 2015)
Canadian Trotting Classic
(2014, 2015, 2023)
Hambletonian Oaks
(2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020)
She's A Great Lady Stakes (2014)
Three Diamonds Stakes (2014)
Elegantimage Stakes (2015)
Confederation Cup Pace
(2016, 2018, 2024)
Roses Are Red Stakes (2016)
Prix d'Été (2016)

Breeders Crown wins:
Breeders Crown 2YO Filly Trot
(2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017)
Breeders Crown 2YO Colt & Gelding Trot
(2013, 2014, 2015)
Breeders Crown 2YO Filly Pace
(2017, 2018)
Breeders Crown 2YO Colt & Gelding Pace
(2012, 2019)
Breeders Crown 3YO Filly Trot
(2007, 2012, 2017)
Breeders Crown 3YO Colt & Gelding Trot
(2014)
Breeders Crown 3YO Filly Pace (2014, 2019, 2020)
Breeders Crown Open Mare Trot
(2013, 2016)
Breeders Crown Open Trot
(2017)
Breeders Crown Open Mare Pace
(2016)
Breeders Crown Open Pace
(2013, 2023)

U.S. Pacing Triple Crown wins:
Cane Pace
(2011, 2014, 2020, 2022)
Little Brown Jug
(2014, 2017, 2021)
Messenger Stakes (2015)

U.S. Trotting Triple Crown wins:

Kentucky Futurity (2015)
Yonkers Trot (2021)
Hambletonian Stakes (2024)
Racing awards
Dan Patch Rising Star Award (2003)
Dan Patch Driver of the Year Award
(2014, 2017)
Leading Driver in wins at Meadowlands
(2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018, 2022)
North American Leading Driver by earnings (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2023)
Significant horses
A Rocknroll Dance, Father Patrick, Foiled Again, Jk Shesalady, Mission Brief, Tall Dark Stranger, Manchego, Hannelore Hanover, Atlanta

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. As of May 2024, he is fourth on the all-time career earnings list.[3] His six Hambletonian Oaks wins is a stakes record.

  1. ^ USTA profile for Yannick Gingras November 23, 2016
  2. ^ "Yannick Gingras". Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame.
  3. ^ "USTA Top Performers - U.S. Trotting". www.ustrotting.com. Retrieved 2024-05-28.