[caption id="attachment_1969" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Chris Husbands wins 7th race aboard Blind Magic for trainer Chad Torevell. Pick-4 pays $3,316!"][/caption] Jockeys Paul Nolan, Chris Husbands and Trevor Simpson stole the show on Saturday night at the Downs with a pair of hat tricks and a double-ender that shut out all other riders. Veteran trainer Gary…
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Favourites, fit horses, bugs and women dominate at Downs on opening day
[caption id="attachment_1907" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Janine Smith gets a hug after winning the first race of the season."][/caption] Crowd loud under sunny Manitoba skies as jockettes take 5 of 8 races by George Favourites, fit horses, bugs and women dominated the opening day card at Assiniboia Downs on Sunday, May 5, under the sunniest skies…
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$4,321 Pick-4 Carryover for Saturday, Moccasin wins Manitoba Quarter Horse Derby
[caption id="attachment_1460" align="alignright" width="270" caption="Tim Moccasin with Agassiz Stakes entrant Kola Kat"][/caption] by George Sharpen your pencils. Longshot Count of Notia came rolling home wide and fast under jockey Chris Husbands to win the seventh race by a neck at ASD on Friday night and force a Pick-4 carryover of $4,321 heading into the Saturday’s…
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Overcast skies turn to sunshine on opening day at ASD as longshot kicks off Pick-4
by George Plus Ultra won the first race on opening day at Assiniboia Downs, the Don Gray Memorial, in front of an excellent crowd that arrived under cloudy skies and departed in sunshine -- especially those who bet the longshot winner of the fourth race. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jhZGe92eig [/youtube] Rohan Singh rode the $5 winner of the…
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