[caption id="attachment_1153" align="alignright" width="260" caption="Move Aside Kid's - Saturday Longshot"][/caption] by Rob Friday night’s feature is the $15,000 Gold Strike Mile for Manitoba-bred 3-year-old fillies, which goes as the third race on the card with four horses. She’s Regal is the obvious standout and I am willing to bet that she will take incredible amounts…
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Nolan Scores Wednesday Triple, Pick-4 Pays $3,542.90
[caption id="attachment_880" align="alignright" width="175" caption="Paul Nolan. Now wins route races."][/caption] by George So much for Paul Nolan not being able to win a route race. Nolan won both halves of the early Daily Double at ASD on Wednesday night, and both races were around two turns. He took the first race at a mile aboard…
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Nolan Wins Four on Friday Night at ASD, Pick-4 Pays $1,557.50
by George [caption id="attachment_880" align="alignright" width="175" caption="Paul Nolan. Won 4 of the 7 races on Friday at ASD."][/caption] Paul Nolan served notice that he won’t be wilting under recent pressure from Rohan Singh in the battle for the leading rider title by winning four of the seven races at Assiniboia Downs on Friday night and…
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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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The Phenom Looks Tough, Route Races Begin Today
[caption id="attachment_439" align="alignright" width="300" caption="The Phenom with trainer Wade Rarick"][/caption] by Rob Friday’s first marks the beginning of two turn races at ASD in 2012, and the 5-horse affair going 7 ½-furlongs for $2,500 claimers appears to be wide open. Meshuguna on the rail was competitive in the route championship series at Portland Meadows this…
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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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