For the second time in a year, Gourneau has had horses test positive for a overage of a legal corticosteroid.
Manitoba
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.
The Jockey Club released its 2023 Fact Book on March 23 and Canadian Thoroughbred has sorted statistics for Canadian provinces.
Dr. Betty Hughes will stand the quick stallion Town Bee, a full brother to top young sire Bee Jersey, in Manitoba in 2023.
Wagering at Assiniboia Downs is up over 64 per cent as fans embrace Manitoba action and provincial-breds win big.
Trainers and jockeys are preparing their horses for the 2022 Assiniboia Downs meeting which gets underway May 23.
Fouillard breeds and raises horses in partnership with Cam Ziprick and has a new stallion in Manitoba, Speculating.
Manitoba's Thoroughbred season at the Winnipeg track gets underway on Victoria Day and horsepeople are already dreaming.
