OnTrack with George, Rob and Bob. ASD Horse Racing.
New post times, promotions, bets and… a new Track Announcer! The 56th season of live horseracing at Assiniboia Downs kicks off today at 1:30 p.m. and the forecast is for a beautiful sunny spring day with a high of 16 degrees. The horses will love it and so will we! Live racing in 2013 [...]
The 29th Annual Manitoba Thoroughbred Awards were held on April 20, 2013 at Assiniboia Downs and attendance was excellent! The ceremonies were kicked off with a rousing speech by Assiniboia Downs CEO Darren Dunn and all in attendance thoroughly enjoyed the evening. Congratulations to all the nominees and winners and best of luck for [...]
by Bob Sorry, Seabiscuit didn’t race here, but now that I have your attention let me tell you the story of a horse much like the “Biscuit” who raced in our fair city in the “dirty ‘30s” and early ‘40s. Joey was a champion racehorse whose career spanned 10 years from 1932 to 1941. He was [...]
by George “Bet the longest shot on the board in a 5-horse field and bet the gray horses in the mud.” Things that grandfather used to say, that only seemed to come true after you’d brushed them off loudly as old wives tales in front of everyone at the track who would listen. The rains [...]
Update: I’ll Have Another, the longshot picked by Tom and Joe and Darren on the show (audio below), won the Kentucky Derby at 15-1! Nice going guys! Assiniboia Downs CEO and Track Announcer Darren Dunn talks with Tom & Joe at Winnipeg’s 92 CITI FM radio station about the Kentucky Derby and calls the NHL [...]
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