by George Jockeys Rohan Singh and Jennifer Reid each won four races on the weekend, the Friday Pick-4 paid big and we saw one of the largest win-place-show pools in Assiniboia Downs’ history when someone bet a fortune to show on She’s Regal in the $15,000 Gold Strike...
Gold Strike Mile
Could Gold Strike Mile result in biggest bridge jump wager ever?
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 of money....
Handicapping the Visual: Going Beyond the Past Performances
by Rob When beginners come out to the races one of the first things they do is go down to the paddock, pick out the prettiest horse in the race and bet them. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn’t, but is there validity to a method of handicapping that centers...
The Gold Strike Mile and Assiniboia Downs – A True Harlequin Romance
by Bob Okay, now there’s a title in need of an explanation! Over the next two weeks the Gold Strike Mile will be the featured stakes race and it will be run in two divisions. On July 20 Manitoba-bred 3-year-old colts and geldings will run one mile for a $15,000 purse...