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BombsAway Bob
04-26-2018, 07:44 PM
Very sad to hear of the passing of #NewEnglandRacingHallOfFame
trainer Charles Assimakopoulos. Charlie trained for +35 years,
mainly at Suffolk Downs & Rockingham Park,
but also won stakes at The Meadowlands & at NYRA tracks.
The past few decades he spent winter meets at Tampa & Laurel.
Charlie was also the original trainer of GANDER.
Hope Suffolk Downs does a memorial tribute this summer.
RIP Tikey.
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/24/sports/horse-racing-gander-wins-by-a-neck-at-belmont.html
Rollingpk3
04-26-2018, 08:18 PM
Very sad to hear of the passing of #NewEnglandRacingHallOfFame
trainer Charles Assimakopoulos. Charlie trained for +35 years,
mainly at Suffolk Downs & Rockingham Park,
but also won stakes at The Meadowlands & at NYRA tracks.
The past few decades he spent winter meets at Tampa & Laurel.
Charlie was also the original trainer of GANDER.
Hope Suffolk Downs does a memorial tribute this summer.
RIP Tikey.
https://www.nytimes.com/1999/10/24/sports/horse-racing-gander-wins-by-a-neck-at-belmont.html

sad news. grew up watching yasou stable run some nice ones at rockingham and suffolk back in the day.
lamboguy
04-26-2018, 08:28 PM
please correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't it John Assimakopoulis that had Yassou stabels. i would think that Bombs Away might know better than myself because i know they came from Fitchburg
BombsAway Bob
04-26-2018, 08:30 PM
please correct me if i am wrong, but wasn't it John Assimakopoulos that had Yasou stables. i would think that Bombs Away might know better than myself because i know they came from Fitchburg
John is Charlie's son, was Tikey's assistant for a long time,
gradually took over all training duties the past few years.
lamboguy
04-26-2018, 08:33 PM
John is Charlie's son, was Tikey's assistant for a long time,
gradually took over all training duties the past few years.i thought it was the other way around, John being the father.

in any case its sad news and my condolences go out to the family.
Rollingpk3
04-26-2018, 09:47 PM
i thought it was the other way around, John being the father.

in any case its sad news and my condolences go out to the family.

charlie was the father, john is the son.
watched the operation from the grandstand for many years