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Creative Minister, the third-place finisher in the Preakness Stakes (G1) this spring, is expected for the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby (G3) Sunday, Sept. 25, at Remington Park.
WINNIPEG -- It was expected to be the best September of racing at Assiniboia Downs in perhaps the long, heralded history of the best little racetrack in Western Canada.
In past years, September was mop-up time at Assiniboia Downs. For most racing seasons, September offered up six race dates over two weeks and a couple of big stakes races, but for most people, school, football and the Jets were starting and a season of horse racing was just about a memory.
Winnipeg, MB – The hot form of Barbadian Renaldo Cumberbatch showed little sign of waning when the veteran jockey reeled off four wins on the seven-race card on Monday at Assiniboia Downs in Canada, including the capture of the feature CAN $40 000 Osiris Stakes. The 43-year-old paired with 1-10 favourite Lady Cop in the curtain-raiser to beat the two-year-olds by three lengths in an 1 100-metre sprint in a …
Jockey Edwin Maldonado originally planned to spend three weeks riding in Southern California. Twelve years later, he's still here.