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Odds On Racing's

Driver of the Month
for January 2010

Jody Jamieson

Driver Jody Jamieson has come a long way since he drove his first four horses in 1994.

On December 10, 2009, Jody became the leading single-season Canadian dash-winning harness driver of all time, with a six-win performance at Flamboro Downs. The Cambridge native entered the day four wins shy of the previous mark of 739 set by fellow reinsman Mark MacDonald in 2006.

Jamieson captured his second consecutive Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) driver's title and is a leading candidate for O'Brien Award honors as Canada's Driver Of The Year.

Jody Jamieson, his father and daughter celebrate after he won the 2007 North America Cup

Born into a harness racing family, Jamieson, 33, is the son of trainer Carl Jamieson--who conditions horses mostly on the Ontario racing circuit. His mother Debbie and sister Brandy both serve as caretakers and assitant trainers in the family business.

This third generation horseman accomplished a lot in the sulky at an early age. Jamieson’s first pari-mutuel win came with O’Brien Award winner Elegant Killean and he has also piloted such distinguished performers as RJs Dexter and Memories Any Size (both of whom were Canadian Breeders Championship victors), and Cupcakesnwhipcream, another past recipient of an O’Brien Award.

In 2001 he represented Canada in the World Driving Championship in Finland and Sweden, and won the competition. He was also runner-up in the 2003 competition, hosted by Canada.
Jamieson Jug Win07

                                  Jamieson celebrates his 2007 Jug victory

Jamieson won his first Lampman Cup (as the leading driver in the Ontario Sires Stakes program) in the 2000 season, a year in which his 372 wins allowed him to crack the top 20 in the North American dash winners standings (he was 19th).

In 2004, Jamieson recorded his 2,000th win, won the Battle of Waterloo with Banner Yankee at Grand River Raceway and led Canada with 505 wins. Jamieson also earned his second Lampman Cup in 2004, as the leading driver in the O.S.S. (his first came in 2000), and that same year was nominated for an O’Brien Award as Canada’s driver of the year, but was edged out by Luc Ouellette.

He notched 584 victories on Canadian soil in 2005, second only to Canada's leading driver that year, Mark MacDonald.

2007 was one of his finest years ever, as Jody's partnership with Tell All saw him capture some of harness racing's most prestigious events on both Canadian and American soil, including the Little Brown Jug and the North America Cup.

Jody Jamieson Career Driving Statistics Through January 1, 2010
Year    Starts   Wins   2nds    3rds    Earnings       UDRS
2009      3322      796      533      374      $10,400,232    0.366
2008      2001      336      314      251      $8,169,220      0.297
2007      2258      386      304      288      $10,053,205    0.288
2006      3035      587      498      381      $9,005,804      0.326
2005      3537      583      540      449      $5,175,133      0.292
2004      3009      505      443      368      $4,137,137      0.290
2003      2562      397      390      324      $2,491,813      0.282
2002      2565      365      347      318      $1,971,796      0.259
2001      2693      433      365      329      $2,918,525      0.277
2000      2344      372      375      292      $2,343,988      0.289
1999      1086      183      143      148      $821,639        0.287
1998        561       64        84       58      $270,704         0.232
1997      290      31       44       30      $152,376        0.226
1996       177      26       17       21      $148,228         0.240
1995         55         7        11        6       $10,631          0.275
1994         4          0         0         2       $102               0.167
Total                 5,071                          $58,076,253