Assiniboia Downs Articles

WINNIPEG — Assiniboia Downs set record after record for wagering handles this summer and the people who run the local thoroughbred track have decided to go with the flow.

WINNIPEG — On a night when two-year-old Manitoba-bred sensation Melisandre remained undefeated, the final race of the 2020 Assiniboia Downs thoroughbred season came complete with the most fitting of endings.

WINNIPEG — Ring the bell for Antonio Whitehall. Whitehall, the 26-year-old Barbadian jockey who made it a point to arrive in Winnipeg before the world coronavirus pandemic shut down world travel, has won now 100 races this summer.

WINNIPEG — By 10:45 p.m. Tuesday, another thoroughbred racing season in Manitoba will be over.

WINNIPEG — It could not have been any easier for Stanley Chadee Jr. and McKague.

WINNIPEG — It’s not hard to imagine what might have happened had owner Andrew Stronach left both of his horses in the biggest race on Assiniboia Downs’ September schedule: The $30,600 Gold Cup could have been a two-horse race.

It’s hard to imagine any of the 18 other entries in the 146th running of the Kentucky Derby will even get close to Tiz the Law. Especially after a mile and a quarter.

WINNIPEG — Jerry Gourneau just can’t wake up from his almost perfect summer dream.

WINNIPEG — Hidden Grace will return Wednesday, after just nine days rest, to take on the best fillies at Assiniboia Downs.

WINNIPEG — She got the toughest challenge of her young career, but in the end, the impressive two-year-old Melisandre kept her unbeaten streak alive.

WINNIPEG — Rafael Zenteno Jr. and Purrsistent took the race to the favourite, but down the stretch, Antonio Whitehall just had too much horse.