Robert Allen

Bonus Offered For Sub-1:50 Performer

August 16, 2013

Alberta Downs owner Robert Allen is offering a significant bonus to any horse racing at the one-mile Lacombe, Alberta racetrack that can achieve a sub-1:50 mile in a race.

Allen In Negotiations For Balzac

February 08, 2012

Trot Insider touched base with Alberta Downs Owner Robert Allen earlier this week in order to get an idea of what the 2012 season of harness racing will look like in Lacombe. What Trot Insider learned...

Allen On Alberta Downs Opener

Although winter weather had threatened it from getting off the gate on time, Alberta Downs' first full season got underway this past Saturday in Lacombe, and owner Robert Allen has commented on how th...

Alberta Downs Construction Back Underway

December 08, 2009

Robert Allen's Alberta Downs in Lacombe is back under construction, and according to a report the owner is getting his ducks in a row for approval to simulcast

Alberta Downs Granted 2010 Dates

September 30, 2009

Members of the Alberta standardbred community have received a bit of a shot in the arm, as it has been announced that Alberta Downs in Lacombe has been granted multiple days to host an 'A' meet in 201...

No More Racing At Alberta Downs This Year

September 22, 2009

According to a report on The Lacombe Globe, there will not be any horse racing for the rest of the year

Allen Not Surprised By Shortened Meet

According to a report by the Red Deer Advocate, Alberta Downs owner Robert Allen has stated that he wasn't surprised the inaugural standardbred meet

Positive Words For Alberta Downs

“When [Alberta Downs' owner Robert Allen] gets this all done, gets his grandstand all finished up, gets a roof on the stable, maybe a couple more barns, there won’t be any other 'B' track like it in a...

No Issues For Lacombe Opener

According to a report by The Lacombe Globe, there is still plenty of work to be done at Alberta Downs, but that didn't stop the opening card at Alberta Downs

Allen, Doyle On Alberta Downs

The latest episode of Trot Radio features two of the individuals involved with Canada's newest harness racing track - Alberta Downs owner Robert Allen and track announcer Shannon "Sugar" Doyle

Allen On Alberta Downs

With the first horses setting foot on Canada's largest track yesterday, Alberta Downs' owner Robert Allen is eager for the official announcement that his track will host