[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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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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Triactors and Superfectas Pay Good Despite Favourite Dominance at Downs
by George [caption id="attachment_540" align="aligncenter" width="580" caption="Waronthehomefront wins 7th for Off 2 Win Stable and Ardell Sayler. Rohan Singh up."][/caption] There was a steady procession of favourites at ASD on Friday night until Rohan Singh broke the barrier and won the seventh race aboard Waronthehomefront ($17.80) for Off 2 Win Stable and trainer Ardell Sayler.…
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Pierre Lapin Wins Feature for Simpson, Pick-4 Pays $2,542.90, Two $15,000 Claims
[caption id="attachment_522" align="alignright" width="298" caption="Simpson. Looked good on Pierre Lapin."][/caption] by George Pierre Lapin came rolling home under Trevor Simpson to win the featured third race Wednesday at ASD on an evening when the betting pools were large and lucrative and two horses were claimed out of the same race for $15,000. Each. Claims over…
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Hazel Wright Sire Stakes was named after industry icon
by Bob Assiniboia Downs kicks off its stakes schedule this weekend with the 5th running of the Hazel Wright Sire Stakes for Manitoba-bred 3-year-old fillies on Saturday, June 2. At this point there isn’t a lot of “history” to the race itself. The winner of the inaugural running of the race in 2008 was Blueberry…
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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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Polo Park, “America’s finest racing plant”
[caption id="attachment_424" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Victory Gift in the Polo Park Winner's Circle"][/caption] by Bob Polo Park, the “father” in our family tree analogy, was a 6 furlong oval that opened on June 12, 1925. R. James Speers was given credit for building Polo Park, but he was not the driving force behind the idea to…
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Balooga Bull Delivers Under Pressure to Stay Undefeated on Victoria Day, New Jock Simpson Impresses
by George Reigning Horse of the Year Balooga Bull delivered when it counted on Victoria Day at ASD to keep his perfect record intact, and in the process helped jockey Paul Nolan score a hat trick. Secondarily impressive on the card was 5-time Jamaican jockey champion Trevor Simpson, who scored his first win of what…
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