Tag Archives: 2012

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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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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Bet the Gray Horses in the Mud

[caption id="attachment_384" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Big smile from Tyler Hansen hides Lucky Bites."][/caption] by George “Bet the longest shot on the board in a 5-horse field and bet the gray horses in the mud.” Things that grandfather used to say, that only seemed to come true after you’d brushed them off loudly as old wives tales…
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ASD Pick-4 pool could grow to $15,000 on Friday, Two horses to watch on Saturday

[caption id="attachment_273" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Trainer Jerry Gourneau saddles Ovid Fasti in Race 8 on Saturday."][/caption] by Rob The Pick-4 and the Pick-5 have both been carried over to the Friday, May 11 card of live racing at ASD and we’re looking forward to diving into the pools in search of a lucrative score! The Pick-4…
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Fond Memories of Opening Day at Assiniboia Downs

by Bob Fond Memories of Opening Day at Assiniboia Downs Sunday May 6, 2012 will be the 55th opening day in the illustrious history of Assiniboia Downs. To mark the event, let’s take a trip back in time and see what kind of memories we can find in the Downs’ memory vault. You may be…
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