Assiniboia Downs CEO Darren Dunn calls The Gold Cup: “My favourite race of the season.” And after 10 years or so of hearing him make that statement, you can believe him.
Heavily-favoured Chicago’s Gray might have proven something to his trainer Murray Duncan on Monday night. The three-year-old gelding with two stakes wins in his stable this season, is probably a sprinter.
On Friday, Chicago’s Gray trainer Murray Duncan will nominate Manitoba’s best three-year-old for what should be the biggest, most significant Manitoba Derby since the first meeting back in 1930.