The inaugural Jimmy Freight Stakes Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park
At 12h55, on October 7, 2023 • By WOODBINE MOHAWK
Woodbine Mohawk Park has set the field for Saturday’s inaugural Jimmy Freight Stakes in partnership with Adriano Sorella, and in recognition of the outstanding pacer Jimmy Freight.
The event is open to any 2-year-old colt, gelding or filly sired by Jimmy Freight, with no nomination fee or starting fee required. The Jimmy Freight Stakes is the first of its kind as the only Standardbred race restricted to the offspring of one stallion.
“It is very important to me that those who supported Jimmy and spent their money to breed, raise, buy, and train his sons and daughters are rewarded”, says Adriano Sorella, who now shares ownership of Jimmy Freight with Let It Ride Stable, Robert Cooper Stables LLC, Jesmeral Stable, and Howard Taylor. Richard Moreau trains.
Jimmy Freight has C$1.9 million in earnings and a lifetime mark of 1:48.1. The 8-year-old bay won an O’Brien Award in 2018 as a 3-year-old, the year he notably won an OSS Gold Super Final. A consistent competitor, Jimmy Freight won the C$100,000 Mohawk Gold Cup in both 2019 and 2022.
Jimmy Freight stood at Winbak Farms in 2020, at the same time an injury kept him off the track for the year. Fifteen of Jimmy Freight’s twenty-four offspring have made one or more starts. Eight of them are set to race in Saturday’s Jimmy Freight Stakes.
