London, ON — After a two-year hiatus, the C$150,000 Camluck Classic returned to the Raceway at Western Fair District on Friday night, and did it ever deliver.

Following a two-year layoff, Jimmy Freight continued to turn heads with a track record 1:50.2 victory, but it wasn’t an easy road to victory.

Poseidon Seelster (Bob McClure) and Tattoo Artist (James MacDonald) played hard ball around the first turn, with Tattoo Artist finally able to clear through an eye-popping :26.1 first quarter.

MacDonald tapped the breaks entering the far turn the first time, trying to catch a breather. Entering the stretch, eventual winner Jimmy Freight (Louis Roy), flipped to the outside after getting away in fifth.

Hitting the half in :55.1, Roy was in attack mode at five-eighths, making his way into third and creating some separation from his outer tier competitors. Jimmy Freight and Tattoo Artist would match strides around the final turn, with ‘Jimmy Jets’ wearing down Tattoo Artist through the stretch to win by two lengths.

Tattoo Artist finished second, pocket-sitting longshot Poseidon Seelster was third, and Funatthebeach N (Jordan Stratton) finished fourth.

“I’ve never seen him that strong and confident,” said winning driver Louis Roy following the gutsy performance. “People have watched the last time he raced at Mohawk – he came back in :51.4, his own back half, with :25.1 on the end – that just proved the horse is so incredible.”

With the victory, Jimmy Freight is now 10 for 16 in 2022 with just shy of $200,000 in the bank. He is trained by Richard Moreau and owned by Adriano Sorella. The victory also earned the connections an invitation to the $200,000 Battle of Lake Erie at MGM Northfield Park on June 11.