Recent Posts by TheBigHorse

Remembering Lexico, Canada Day and Foolish Pleasure

[caption id="attachment_836" align="alignright" width="230" caption="Lexico wins 1976 River Park Handicap at ASD"][/caption] by Bob This Sunday marks the 36th running of the Canada Day Stakes. These days the race is for fillies and mares 3-and-up, who will compete for a $30,000 purse, but this race wasn’t always for fillies and mares. That restriction has evolved…
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Danger Rules Wires Frank Arnason Field, Carryover Pick-4 Weighed Down by Favourites

by George [caption id="attachment_827" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Jockey Robert Reeves Jr. (left) won the 2012 Frank Arnason Sire Stakes, seen here with agent Tim Gardiner"][/caption] The Frank Arnason Sire Stakes probably wasn’t as close as it looked and the Pick-4 still paid decent despite being weighed down by favourites on a beautiful Saturday afternoon of racing…
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Friday Pick-5 Looks Playable – And Winnable

[caption id="attachment_806" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Charlie Waffles - Frank Arnason Sire Stakes"][/caption] by Rob Bob’s weekly piece featured the $25,000 Frank Arnason Sire Stakes and the history of that race. I will leave the history to him and concentrate instead on this year’s rendition of the race for 3-year-old Manitoba-breds, which goes as the seventh race…
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Memories of A. E. “Bert” Blake in this week’s Insider Newsletter

[caption id="attachment_787" align="alignright" width="270" caption="A. E. "Bert" Blake (to the left) and his favourite horse Clique, July 20, 1968."][/caption] by George First, my sincere condolences to the family and friends of the late A. E. “Bert” Blake – a friend, a true gentleman and a tremendous horseman who unselfishly taught so many people so much.…
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Frank Arnason Sire Stakes — Listen

by Bob [caption id="attachment_776" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Going For A Few wins 2011 Frank Arnason Sire Stakes"][/caption] This Saturday’s feature race is the 25th running of the Frank Arnason Sire Stakes. The race is for Manitoba bred 3-year-olds over a distance of 6 furlongs for a purse of $25,000. The winner of the inaugural running of…
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Schillerthekiller makes Big Move in Mud to win 2012 Free Press Stakes

by George [caption id="attachment_718" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Free Press Winners! Schillerthekiller & barn foreman Susan Crane."][/caption] Schillerthekiller went from last to first with a big move on the turn and drew out to win the $30,000 Free Press Stakes on Sunday in front of the largest Father’s Day crowd seen at Assiniboia Downs in decades. The…
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Lone Bettor wins $4,495 Pick-4 on Muddy Saturday Afternoon at Downs

[caption id="attachment_704" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Unbridled Song nails $4,495 for Pick-4 Bettor."][/caption] by George The track was muddy but the odds were great on a sunny Saturday afternoon at the Downs, and someone took home $4,495 as the lone winning ticket holder on the Pick-4. The day started off with a bang when $25 winner Sharp…
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