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by Bob Gates One of the many rewards of writing the history blog is meeting a lot of good people…

by Bob Gates Fred was a thoroughbred who only knew one racetrack, Assiniboia Downs. His first start came as a…

by Bob Gates Can you believe that come opening day, Monday May 22, 235 days will have passed since our…

by Bob Gates With only three days of "Live" left in 2022 Season, the 65th at ASD, we caught up…

by Bob Gates Most of us know Dr. Norm Elder as the one-time owner of Elder's Equine Clinic, or for…

  by Bob Gates Quiet and unassuming, that's Robert "call-me-Bob" Crockett. And this friends, makes his story challenging to tell.…

by Bob Gates Werre? There has to be some of you wondering who Ed Werre is and what's so special…

by Bob Gates Ron Turcotte was 14 when he left school to work as a lumberjack with his father.  He…

by Bob Gates There's a common thread that links books written to honour champions of the past and our humble…

by Bob Gates Does the title of our blog story this week have a familiar ring to it? Hope so.…

by Bob Gates Well another Manitoba Derby is on the books and congratulations go out to the winner Red Knobs…

by Bob Gates A few weeks ago we tried something different. The traditional blog story was replaced by an array…

by Bob Gates Who's kidding who, you're being short-changed this time around. Our weekly history blog isn't about a historical…

by Bob Gates Last winter, during a covid-induced research binge, the name Light Dust jumped off the pages of the…

by Bob Gates In a 1989 interview Darren Dunn told Paul Turney of the Daily Racing Form (DRF) that he…

by Bob Gates Who was Miko Siah? Equibase stats have the multiple stakes-placed stallion with $10,892 in career earnings from…

by Bob Gates Let's celebrate a Diamond Jubilee, shall we? This year marks the 60th anniversary of jockey George Richard…

by Bob Gates "And Now for Something Completely Different" was a catchphrase from the British television comedy series Monty Python's…

by Bob Gates R. James Speers and "Bobby" Summers are getting awful lonely over at 145 Pacific Avenue, home of…

by Bob Gates Well, now that we have a couple of days of racing under our belt, let's celebrate with…

by Bob Gates How about a game of "Jeopardy," Assiniboia Downs style? Answer: September 16, 2021, to May 30, 2022.…

by Bob Gates "The time has come," the Walrus said,                       "To talk of many things:                       Of shoes -…

  by Bob Gates One of the many challenges facing Jack Hardy when he opened Assiniboia Downs in 1958 was…

by Bob Gates For those of us who go back far enough, few would debate that Question Mark Farm was…

by Bob Gates Clarence and Sue Marzolf were a husband-and-wife duo that made the backside of Assiniboia Downs their home…

by Bob Gates "Lawrence was bigger than life. He was what I pictured a big owner to look like, just…

by Bob Gates Carl Anderson was only 13 years old when Assiniboia Downs opened in 1958, but it didn't take…

by Bob Gates The historic Manitoba Derby is a treasure-trove of milestones. The 2021 edition will be yet another in…

by Bob Gates Jockey Tommy Stadnyk "… has broken his legs twice, has broken both wrists, his collarbone 'many times'…

by Bob Gates "Long time horseman, Walter Brian Hutcheon, better known as “Hutch” at Assiniboia Downs, passed away peacefully in…