Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 15, 2001, Winnipeg, Manitoba I 2001 local a11 out Back of the prize athletes have four legs push feeding peppermints to ponies is rapidly becoming one of Winnipeg hottest tourist the Backstretch tour at Assiniboia Downs an Early morning boots cuff ing stomp through muck and mud already attracted scores of Ameri cans who want a behind the scenes look at Racetrack sue chief tour guide and Secretary treasurer of the horseman Assoc a says she Hopes Winni Eggers will take advantage of the free its one of those worlds that very few people get to take a look says math a former English literature pro its like a Small a Small horses Are King Back her most recent tour was a troop of girl guides from Fargo who came to Winnipeg solely to visit the they had a great Matheson they got a badge for taking the theres no Glamour in the Back this is the working part of the the place where the athletes Are fed and there Are More than jobs at the race most of them the kind of rough edged work you can Only do if youre in love with the when the season closes in most of the employees will pack up and move to another circuit Arizona or perhaps up where customers the track is about betting and the thrill of picking a Winner on a bet and the Chance to sit in the Sun while Small men Bounce by on Large its All about Hopes and the Chance that your Pony will come in waving a big fat the Back stretch is where that magic becomes most of us Are in bed by eight at night because were All Matheson its like a Farmers the tour starts at the the place where horsemen and there All regardless of gender gather for mugs of Coffee and Slippery the air is thick with jockeys gather at bumping elbows with grooms and own Brian grimaces when he talks about the Effort of maintaining Only 113 pounds on a 52 its he As platters of Ken Gigliotti Winnipeg free press Groom Heather Laramee flips the lip of storybook Queen at Assiniboia Downs to Check the horses food Are carried i mostly eat veg mainly i eat one meal a Matheson shows off the lending primarily a collection of the games room and the computer where classes Are offered to track English lessons Are also usually to mexican jockeys and the tour bypasses the tack 10 by 12 foot bedrooms that House the and Heads for the Trainer Harry Kube cheerfully demonstrates the lip pulling Back a race horses upper lip to reveal an identifying the barn is with horses being led in and out from grooms men mucking the stalls and owners chatting with if youre a track this is the equivalent of being invited to watch your favorite nil team at a everyone flattens against the stalls to let a horse the remaining horses reach out and bumping visitors with their Large Heads in shameless search of a the life of a race horse is the life of Matheson these Are professional athletes and that How there everyone greets Matheson and she explains there Are no strangers or secrets at the theres even an onsite daycare that looks after 50 or so to cover the hours worked at the its open from to because so Many people Actu ally live in trailers and in the tack says a daycare and even a chaplain have become Neces we Are a family out she says standing at the rail and watching horses Thunder we love being out its a Choice Many of us id just like More people to come out and share what weve 0 bad knee is latest delay for killers parole bid by Mike Mclntyre at this Frederick Bleich May be eligible for parole before his bid for Early release is even con for the second time in four the convicted double murderer had his faint Hope hearing delayed when one of the 12 jurors hearing his Case was unable to come to the woman injured her knee playing baseball wednesday Queens Bench Justice Ruth Krindle told the remaining jurors the woman was planning to see a doctor yesterday and would be evaluated to see if she can maybe we will have her sitting in a chair out Side the jury Box with her leg said noting the seating area for the jurors is quite cramped and the hearing was to have started but had to be delayed a Day when lawyers requested time to Deal with undisclosed Bleich is serving two life sentences for separate slayings in the late he is not eligible for full parole until but is seeking Early release under a Section of the Crim Inal code that allows convicted first degree murderers to apply after 15 if the jury recommends he be eligible for the Case will go to the National parole Board for a final the jury Doest have to be unanimous the Law Only requires two thirds of the 12 jurors to Bleich Case is expected to resume pending the health of the injured and is slated to last four d give dad a place to this fathers a a atones Polo Park and Estee Lauder Carol Ann Ransaw r t National makeup Arfst june 23rd Book your appointment Estee ladder counter Eaton poll Park 78820ll Extension 2801 olympic floating lounge Starling at chaise lounge 95 Sargent Berry 7866957 18006651411 polls spas than Lasiw Rodiere at Grassie 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