Monthly Archives: August 2020

Stakes Honor Influential Builders at ASD

[caption id="attachment_12514" align="alignright" width="1000"] Buffy Twins & Hugh Jackson. 1981 Winnipeg Futurity.[/caption] by Bob Gates R. C. Anderson, Frank Arnason, Jack Hardy, Phil Kives, R. J. Speers, J. W. Sifton and Hazel Wright make up the collective of builders that are remembered through memorial stake races in 2020 at Assiniboia Downs. There have been others…
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An Old Man’s Memories of Yesteryear

[caption id="attachment_12481" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The old man on the bench at ASD. Have you seen him?[/caption] by Bob Gates Perhaps you've seen him before, the short heavy-set old man sitting on a bench in front of the grandstand. Certainly not recently because of the "no fans in the stands" directive, but in previous years the…
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The Richardsons of Assiniboia Downs

[caption id="attachment_12433" align="aligncenter" width="1000"] The Richardson Family: Carren on the far left , Betty in the chair, L to R behind the chair, Allen, Debbie and Don.[/caption] by Bob Gates Manhattan was home to the Morgans and the Vanderbilts, Winnipeg the Aspers and Richardsons. Since the early days of Assiniboia Downs, the Richardson name was…
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Special Sovereign Award well-deserved by MJC President Harvey Warner

[caption id="attachment_12361" align="aligncenter" width="1080"] Manitoba Jockey Club President Harvey Warner. Special Sovereign Award recipient, 2020.[/caption] by Bob Gates Let's be truthful, do any of us know how long Manitoba Jockey Club (MJC) President Harvey Warner has been involved in horse racing? This past January 23, The Jockey Club of Canada announced that Harvey was to…
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