It was a Saturday night to remember for Jimmy Freight and his connections at Woodbine Mohawk Park, as first the C$100,000 Jimmy Freight Stakes for his 2-year-old offspring took place, and then the C$1,973,410 earner made a successful return to the races from a tendon tear suffered earlier this year, taking the C$32,000 Preferred-2 Pace. Resilience (Louis-Philippe Roy) won the Jimmy Freight Stakes in 1:52. She took the lead past the 27 2/5 quarter and after she got to the half in 55 1/5, she began to open up on the others en route to the 1:23 1/5 three-quarters. Resilience continued to pour it on in the lane, widening her margin to 9 1/4 lengths at the wire. Cowboy Cargo (Phil Hudon) was the runner-up and Rocket Freight (James MacDonald) got third. "Down the backside when I tried to rate her a little bit, she kind of got a little steppy on me, so I just didn't want to take any chances. I let her be comfortable to what she was doing," Roy said. "When I saw the three-quarters, I said maybe we could put a lifetime mark on her, but it's pretty cold today. It was a good mile and I'm happy with her." A daughter of Jimmy Freight bred by David and Julie Keyes, Resilience is owned by Roy in partnership with Ecurie Francis Richard Inc., Ecurie CSL and Weaver Bruscemi LLC. The Eric Nadeau trainee has a record of 4-1-0 in six outings, has banked C$150,616 and paid $2.10 to win. "It was a lot of work to get it done. We had some ups and downs, but I'm happy that we're here tonight," said Adriano Sorella, who co-owns Jimmy Freight and put up the money to make the Jimmy Freight Stakes possible. "I thought we would have a full field and we did. I'm here with my family and my friends, and we're excited about it. "I've been pretty happy with the first crop. We've had only 24 and 15 were racing. To see horses like her, she's won over C$100,000 before coming into tonight. That's pretty good for an Ontario-bred. There are a lot of good fillies in Ontario, but she looks like she's the real deal. Louis talks highly of her, so I'm pretty excited about it." ► Sign up for our FREE DRF Harness Digest Newsletter Jimmy Freight and Roy then took to the track in the next race, and after sitting third through opening-half panels of 27 2/5 and 55 4/5, he attacked first-over on the final bend and went by leader Southside Eddy (Sylvain Filion) going to three-quarters. Jimmy Freight couldn't be caught from there, as he got a gap on the others and cruised to the win by a length and three-quarters in 1:50 2/5. Emmetts Buddy (Tyler Borth) closed well to get second, followed by Powertrain (MacDonald). "Right now I could tell, even in the qualifiers, he was strong. He's getting older. He has his issues that he didn't have in the past, but the desire to win is still the same," Roy offered. "I've been lucky lately driving another great horse in Tattoo Artist, but tonight, I just remember that feeling going around in the last turn. When I asked for him just a tiny bit, he just went like a little pacing machine around everything else. That was a good moment for me here tonight." An 8-year-old Sportswriter stallion, Jimmy Freight is trained by Richard Moreau for co-owners Let It Ride Stables Inc. and Jimmy Freight Stable. He made his 36th trip to the winner's circle and returned $6.50 to win as the 2-1 second choice. "You couldn't script this any better. It's like the Cinderella story that was meant to happen and it did tonight," Sorella remarked. "I'm pretty happy to see him back tonight and race like that. It couldn't happen at a better time. "That was heartbreaking to see him get hurt like that, and we didn't know what it was at the beginning. Then when we figured it out, we got on it right away. It was a tiny little tear that he had. It wasn't in the best spot, but they worked on it and a few months in they said he's ready to go. I was confident that we would come back here. He just loves to race. He's not a horse that wants to be turned out and retired. He'll tell us when his day has come, but right now I'm just happy to have him here back at Mohawk."