The big question, when it comes to Joey Barabash, isn’t, ‘What does he do at Assiniboia Downs?’ It’s more accurate to ask, ‘What doesn’t he do at the Winnipeg racetrack?’

He is the thoroughbred version of a jack-of-all-trades, a multi-tasking horseman who has one great love for the sport he can’t get enough of.

“I have five roles at Assiniboia Downs,” said Barabash. “I’m the paddock identifier, paddock blacksmith, parade marshal, work on the morning starting gate, and also do backstretch maintenance.”

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