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Harness driver Yannick Gingras picked up the 3,000th win of his career in the first race Wednesday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.
Gingras wired the field with 2-1 favorite Income De Vie.
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 local driving colony in 2004.
He won $9 million in purses for the third straight year in 2009, placing him eighth among all drivers in North America.
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A third-generation horseman, Gingras got his first win in 1998 and was voted the sport's 2003 Rising Star Award winner by the U.S. Harness Writers Association.
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