Filion, Jamieson tie for WEG title at 284 wins
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December 31, 2012 | Print View
Richard Moreau had the 2012 training title on the WEG circuit all wrapped up coming into Monday's (Dec. 31) matinee program at Woodbine Racetrack, but Jody Jamieson and Sylvain Filion found themselves fighting right to the finish on the final day of the season in their quest to capture the driving title.
Entering the 11-race card, Jamieson had a three-win lead. Filion, however, made up ground Monday by posting a driving triple early on, while Jamieson recaptured the lead with a single win. It all came down to the last race on the last card of the year. Filion and Jamieson went toe-to-toe in the 11th dash with 5-2 co-favorites.
Filion, with the Richard Moreau pupil Gareth Nourrir, and Jamieson, at the helm of Long Fight Hanover for conditioner Jeff Gillis, duked it out in the stretch, but Filion and his charge pulled away to score the one and a half length victory in 1:53.1. Jamieson was third.
The reinsmen each posted 284 wins between Woodbine and Mohawk this year. Filion had 1,724 starters and Jamieson had 1,581. Scott Zeron finished third with 262 wins. Jamieson, 36, also led all drivers in the purse earnings category, accumulating $7,170,687. Filion, 34, who calls Milton home, amassed $6,496,872 in purse earnings.
This is Filion's first WEG driving title.
"This championship here really got me wound up at the end of it,
