http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/horseracing en-gb Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:13:55 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/horseracing/balooga-bull-a-monster-211782851.html One of the biggest problems trainer Ardell Sayler and jockey Paul Nolan have with their monster horse Balooga Bull is his finicky appetite. They guessed right in the run-up to Sunday afternoon as the two-time Assiniboia Downs Horse of the Year -- and last year's $75,000 Manitoba Lotteries Derby... Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:08:36 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/horseracing/fit-and-hitting-her-stride-211521611.html In Wednesday's fifth race at Assiniboia Downs, Jennifer Reid made it clearly known in addition to being an exceptionally good jockey, she can also pick a winner. Prior to Wednesday, the runner-up in last season's jockey standings and Paul Nolan, the rider who won the title, were tied at the top Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:13:50 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/horseracing/Judge-rules-Struthers--Rondeau-case-not-urgent-Sept-25-court-date-set--211034261.html A Court of Queen’s Bench judge turned down a request by a government lawyer today for an urgent hearing into whether Finance Minister Stan Struthers and Healthy Living Minister Jim Rondeau should be removed from office over the province’s handling of Assiniboia Downs. Judge Brenda Tue, 11 Jun 2013 12:10:05 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/horseracing/hired-guns-running-to-win-95597704.html Monsoon Rain will need the performance of his life when he defends his title in the $30,000, six-furlong Free Press Stake, the seventh race Saturday at Assiniboia Downs. Fri, 4 Jun 2010 16:57:44 CDT http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/horseracing/province-track-at-work-on-new-deal-44516457.html IS there a deal in the works between the provincial government and Assiniboia Downs that will finally secure the long-term viability of the Downs? The NDP's Jim Rondeau says there is and it could be just a matter of days before it is unveiled. Harvey Warner, president of the Manitoba Jockey Thu, 7 May 2009 09:48:39 CDT