While Assiniboia Downs in Winnipeg has opened for Thoroughbred racing and Woodbine is set to get underway June 6 (tomorrow), horsepeople in Alberta and British Columbia continue to wait for the green light from provinces and tracks. The COVID-19 pandemic has shut down businesses and sports since March while the world tries to control the number of outbreaks of the virus.

Stage 2 of re-opening businesses in Alberta is expected to be launched next week.

CENTURY MILE in Nisku has had training for a couple of months and some of its horses have been in action at Assiniboia while the track remains closed. Operated by Century Casino, Century Mile is the new one-mile track in Alberta that had its first season in 2019.

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