Wagering at Assiniboia Downs is up over 64 per cent as fans embrace Manitoba action and provincial-breds win big.
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The historic summer meeting opens on July 14 and has attracted two Casse-trained Ontario-bred fillies, Adora and Me And My Shadow.
The small track stuns the racing world with a $50,000 Pick-4 guarantee, while the prime rib buffets, food truck wars and night markets keep drawing crowds.
A start in the 163rd running of Canada's most famous horse race is a longshot but fans hope the Ontario-bred Grade 2 winner will come home.
Shippers ran 1-2 in the $100,000 stakes race at 6 1/2 furlongs on the turf, with Ontario-bred Breathing Fire landing third.
The July 11 Horses of All Ages Sale is followed by the July Yearling Sale at Fasig-Tipton in Lexington, Kentucky.
American invaders account for half the field which will speed 6 1/2 furlongs on the grass in race named for Horse of the Year
Bred by the late Bill Graham, the daughter of Classic Empire was expected to come for the Woodbine Oaks but she stays in the U.S.
Owner-breeders Sean and Dorothy Fitzhenry choose horse names with a special meaning to them, from song lyrics to SCTV characters.
The operators of Assiniboia Downs have announced the addition of Norva Riddell and Darrell Stephansson to bring the number back up to seven..
