[caption id="attachment_684" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Hurrionby. Turned back Maintenance Man."][/caption] by George The Pick-4 came close to paying $4,000 on Friday night at ASD but Maintenance Man ($24.10) just couldn’t get by favored female Hurrionby ($2.65) no matter what her name said. Still, Maintenance Man received an excellent trip from jockey Paul Nolan, who continues to…
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Tricky Father’s Day Weekend Provides Numerous Betting Opportunities
by Rob [caption id="attachment_684" align="alignright" width="250" caption="Hurrionby meets 9 in Friday finale."][/caption] I was right! I was right! You heard it here first, that I’ll Have Another would not win the Triple Crown. Obviously that was not the way I wanted to be proven right. It’s bad for the sport and just sour in general.…
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2/3 Disqualified at Downs. Nevermind, have an ice cream.
[caption id="attachment_671" align="alignright" width="300" caption="What did they say I did?"][/caption] by George It was DQ night at the Downs on Wednesday and we don’t mean Dairy Queen. Two of the seven races resulted in disqualifications and there was also a third claim of foul in the last race that didn’t hold up. In the third…
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Remembering “Woody” in the Free Press
by Bob [caption id="attachment_659" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Iwouldificould wins 2005 Free Press Stakes"][/caption] This Sunday’s running of the Free Press Stakes will be the 52nd edition of the race. The Winnipeg Free Press trophy has a long and storied association with the Downs, beginning with Fremarcton winning the inaugural running of the race in 1960. From…
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Honorable Lady Lives Up to Name with No-Quit Win in $30,000 La Verendrye Stakes at ASD
by George [caption id="attachment_641" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Tom Gardipy Jr., Tim Moccasin and daughter, and Kirt Contois are all smiles after winning La Verendrye Stakes."][/caption] Honorable Lady has always been the kind of horse that keeps coming at you whether she has anything left or not, and it finally paid off for her on a rainy…
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Balooga Bull Wins $30,000 Golden Boy to Stay Perfect at 6-for-6, Belmont Stakes Saturday
[caption id="attachment_637" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Balooga Bull wins 2012 Golden Boy"][/caption] by George Balooga Bull made it 6-for-6 with a display of natural speed that made his competition look slow in the $30,000 Golden Boy Stakes at Assiniboia Downs on Friday night as he continued his march towards the $75,000 Manitoba Lotteries Derby on Monday, August…
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Breaking News: I’ll Have Another Scratched from 144th Belmont Stakes, Triple Crown Bid Halted
[caption id="attachment_615" align="alignright" width="300" caption="I'll Have Another has been retired."][/caption] by George I’ll Have Another has been scratched from Saturday’s Belmont Stakes due to tendonitis in his left front foreleg and has been officially retired from racing. Seen to the right and in the video below taking light exercise this morning at Belmont Park, I'll…
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Betting Against I’ll Have Another in the Belmont Stakes, Best Bets for the Weekend at ASD
[caption id="attachment_599" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Danger Rules has a colorful stall!"][/caption] by Rob Late Update: I'll Have Another scratched from Belmont Stakes Maybe I just don’t like the horse. Maybe I’m completely missing out on his brilliance. Maybe I’m completely wrong and I’ll Have Another will be the 12th Triple Crown winner, but I think not.…
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Singh Wins Three and Survives Claim of Foul
[caption id="attachment_590" align="alignright" width="170" caption="Rohan Singh"][/caption] by George Jockey Rohan Singh did his imitation of a hobo chasing a hotdog to win three races, survive a claim of foul and make an unsuccessful foul claim of his own on Wednesday night at the Downs. Singh won the second race aboard Lite the Cigar ($16.40) for…
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1982 Golden Boy Stakes Winner De Cat was a “Great Horse”
by Bob [caption id="attachment_571" align="alignright" width="300" caption="De Cat wins 1982 Golden Boy Stakes"][/caption] This week’s featured stakes race is the 36th running of the $30,000 Golden Boy, which pits the undefeated Balooga Bull against four rival 3-year-olds going six furlongs. Should Balooga Bull win the Golden Boy, which goes as the third race on Friday,…
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