[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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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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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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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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She’s Regal Wins $25,000 Hazel Wright Sire Stakes, Rarick Continues Hot Streak with Longshot
by George She’s Regal lived up to her favoured status in the $25,000 Hazel Wright Sire Stakes on a gorgeous Saturday night at Assiniboia Downs and trainer Wade Rarick continued his hot streak with a longshot in the last. [caption id="attachment_556" align="aligncenter" width="540" caption="2012 Hazel Wright Sire Stakes Winner She's Regal."][/caption] Opening a short but…
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Rabbit Steals Spotlight on Saturday ASD card as $6 Horses Dominate
[caption id="attachment_480" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Hey! You're going the wrong way!"][/caption] by George A rabbit scooted across the track in the sixth race on the turn for home Saturday night about two seconds before a stampede of horses got there. The field proceeded to play pinball with each other from that point on, resulting in a…
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Jamaican Jockey Champion Trevor Simpson Live at ASD for So Many Reasons
[caption id="attachment_454" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Trevor Simpson gets a tip from Refund Status"][/caption] by George Trevor Simpson continued to demonstrate why he was a 5-time champion in Jamaica last night at ASD with a wire-to-wire win on Meshuguna in the first race for trainer Bev Hamilton, and the longshots finally got rolling in the sixth race,…
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Reeves Jr. and Nolan continue jockey battle at ASD on Victoria Day, Balooga Bull makes 3-year-old debut
[caption id="attachment_397" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jockey Robert Reeves Jr. & agent Tim Gardiner"][/caption] by George Robert Reeves Jr. and Paul Nolan continue their battle atop the jockey standings today at Assiniboia Downs on Victoria Day Monday and 2011 Horse of the Year Balooga Bull makes his 3-year-old debut in the third race against five rivals. First…
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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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