by George Kola Kat was the only maiden in the field heading into the $15,000 Gold Strike Mile on Friday night. He’s a maiden no more. Ridden by Tim Moccasin, Kola Kat took advantage of a cat and mouse pace battle between favourite Danger Rules and 6-1 Charlie Waffles...
by George If you’re a numbers player AND your lucky number is 3, you probably did alright on the Pick-4 Wednesday night. If not, you can always take another shot at the pool on Friday. It’s usually in the $5,000 range. Just use a different set of lucky numbers....
by George If you thought Jennifer Reid got lucky on Friday night at the Downs you’d be wrong. Following up on her 4-for-8 performance on Friday, the 107-pounder from Saskatchewan gave an encore performance on Saturday night, winning four of the eight races including...
by George It was Girls' Night Out at the races on Friday for at least one lady. She just happened be a jock. Apprentice Jennifer Reid won four of the eight races on Friday night at the Downs, including the middle legs of a $2 Pick-4 that paid a whopping $8,033 for the...
by George Never underestimate the power of good horsemanship, especially on racing’s biggest days. Just a few weeks ago trainer Shelley Brown had only a few wins to show for her efforts this year. The rumor mill in the backstretch said that she had taken on too many...
by George A plethora of short-priced horses rolled home to the delight of chalk players on Saturday night and one lucky bettor scored with a winning $1 Pick-5 ticket that paid $3,604.60. Run N’ Snuggle ($5.40) dominated her field in the second race to kick off the...
by George 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 the 15% Pick-4 paid a solid $1,557.50. Nolan won the...
by George Big payoffs were the order of the night at the Downs on Wednesday, capped by $47 winner Orville Got Even in the seventh race, which triggered a Pick-4 carryover of $3,488 when nobody held a winning ticket. Only two favourites won on Wednesday, Adorci ($4.20)...
by George The Frank Arnason Sire Stakes probably wasn’t as close as it looked and the Pick-4 still paid decent despite being weighed down by favourites on a beautiful Saturday afternoon of racing at ASD. Heavily favoured Danger Rules went to the lead early in the...
by George Plus Ultra made all the running under jockey Tyrone Nelson to win the $30,000 Chantilly Stakes for 3-year-old fillies on Friday night at the Downs and made sure there were no winners in the Pick-4 when she paid $26.90 to win. Opening a short lead early, Plus...