Former groom, exercise rider, and Assiniboia Downs track superintendent Rick Ball passed away on November 5 at the age of 67.
Manitoba
More than 40 one-year-olds are catalogued for the Manitoba sale to be held at the new pavilion at Assiniboia Downs.
Trainer Steve Keplin Jr. has won 17 races at the Assiniboia Downs meeting and he sent out three stakes winners last week.
The lineup of jockeys, trainers and horses looks strong as the Winnipeg track gets set to open its gates for the 2025 season.
Three of the Manitoba track's leading trainers have begun shipping horses in and training is expected to start March 15.
The flashy horse has a strong pedigree and will join Cam Ziprick's exciting young sire Speculating for the 2025 breeding season.
For the second time in a year, Gourneau has had horses test positive for a overage of a legal corticosteroid.
Mystik Dan's sire Goldencents is from four generations of Canadian-bred mares including two from the late breeder Phil Kives.
The 2024 Assiniboia Downs season begins May 20 and already the backstretch is buzzing with a lot of jockeys and prospective grooms.
Nault is back in action at the track now with 18 horses, including 2023's top two-year-old filly Commandoslastdance.
In her fourth year training for Barry Arnason and True North Stable, Lise Pruitt already has a champion in her barn.
Trainer Jared Brown is back at Assiniboia Downs earlier than usual this spring, eager to get his promising new crop of babies on the track.
Henry Witt Jr. has been the leading owner at Assiniboia Downs for five years and won his first Manitoba Derby in 2023 with Mano Dura.
The Winnipeg track's 50-day meeting begins on Monday, May 20 and runs through to Tuesday, September 17, 2024.
A young leading sire in Ontario is headed west for a partnership of Ivan Dalos and Manitoba breeder Jeff Goy.
