Gingras Wins Six At Big M
At 0h02, on January 24, 2022 • By MEADOWLANDS
Thus far in 2022, it’s been all Yannick Gingras, all the time at The Meadowlands. The Hall of Fame bound pilot won six times on the Saturday night (Jan. 22) card at The Big M — including a victory in the feature with Covered Bridge — to up his driver-colony leading win total to 24. Joe Bongiorno is a distant second with 13.
Gingras has been remarkably consistent, winning at least three races on each of the six race cards conducted this year.
“It’s been horsepower,” said Gingras of his wicked start to the new year. “(Trainer) Ronnie (Burke) is racing a little more this (winter) than last year and the horses are in the right spot. I don’t feel any sharper, honestly. I don’t get too up or down. I feel good right now. It’s just the way the cards are rolling.”
For someone raised in Quebec, you’d think the cold wouldn’t bother him, but Gingras is not into it.
“I don’t like the winter. I’m not a huge fan of the cold. But at The Meadowlands, they treat us right. We’re not out there too long. Things are good.”
Gingras scored with Force N Fury, who paid $11.00 in the third race; Rockapelo, $4.40 in the sixth; Twin B Tuffenuff, $7.60 in the eighth; Bettors Donttell, $11.60 in the 10th; National Sport, $7.20 in the 13th; and Covered Bridge, $8.40 in the 14th.
