by George Top 3-year-old Jet Again came storming home to win his second in a row, trainer Shelley Brown won her first race of the season, and the $2 Pick-4 paid $412.70 on a rainy Saturday night at the Downs. Jet Again, a 3-year-old chestnut gelding by Going...
by George Reigning Champion Older Horse Balooga Bull made his 2014 debut a winning one, jockey Paul Nolan and trainer Ardell Sayler each scored a hat trick, and the Pick-4 pool swelled to over $23,000 with the help of a carryover on beautiful Friday night at the...
by Bob Turn to Rule's Jockey Club registration papers described his distinctive blaze as "a large irregular star and connected stripe," but what really differentiated the multiple stakes winner from so many of his rivals at Assiniboia Downs were his size and his...
Desert Lightning and Paul Nolan came rolling home in the stretch to win the sixth race on Friday night to ensure a Pick-4 carryover of $3,580 into Saturday's live racing card, and there were also a few first-time winners on the season. The Pick-4 pool could easily...
by Bob Bob Franklin was only 72 when he was called to heaven's backstretch on May 1, 1990, but he crammed a lot of living into his time on this earth. Much of it at Assiniboia Downs. Bob was a simple, quiet, black man from Clarinda, Iowa who knew all about racial...
Trainer Ardell Sayler put on quite a show, the weather co-operated beautifully, and the fans packed the house for Mother's Day live racing weekend at the Downs. It was clear that people thoroughly enjoyed getting out of the house after one of the longest, coldest...
by Bob Before telling you about this Manitoba racing icon's deal with TV game show host Monty Hall, let me give you some background on one of the greatest and well-known local horseman, Max Freed. Max was born to David and Tilley Freed on February 22, 1912 in...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Due to a lack of entries, live racing at Assiniboia Downs Race Track has been officially canceled for Friday, May 9. Live racing will continue as originally scheduled on Saturday, May 10 at 7:00 p.m. and Mother's Day...
Eleven-time leading trainer Ardell Sayler served notice that he'll once again be a force at Assiniboia Downs in 2014. Sayler won four of the eight races on opening day including two legs of the Pick-4 with longshots that forced a Pick-4 carryover of $4,743 into next...
Opening Day 2014 for live horse racing at Assiniboia Downs is finally here! Post time for the first race today is 1:30 p.m. There will be 60 live race days in 2014. The meet runs from May 4 to September 21 and includes 26 stakes races worth $895,000 highlighted by the...