Assiniboia Downs Backstretch Bulletin

09/29/2022

This is so fantastic!!

CHASE THE ACE PAYS BIG! Chase the Ace came down to a mandatory payout on the last night of racing. The first five ticket holders drawn were unsuccessful at finding the Ace of Diamonds, but longtime ASD trainer Doug Mustard found it to win the $13,015 jackpot! Congratulations Doug!

Proceeds benefit Final Furlong, a Manitoba-based non-profit that helps find good homes for retired racehorses and pony horses. Visit them on Facebook here Final Furlong

09/27/2022

Investigators from multiple jurisdictions assembled the week of Sept. 19 in what amounted to a barnstorming tour across Pennsylvania’s three Thoroughbred tracks, as members of the Organization of Racing Investigators took the stage.

09/24/2022

🎉Dance, prizes and snacks in the Finish Line (Grandstand) tonight @7:00 pm 18 and older. Buy tickets at the door $15

09/24/2022

Leading rider Jaime Rodriguez fell a win shy of equaling the United States record for most consecutive winners by a jockey at Delaware Park on Thursday.

09/24/2022

Final Furlong will be at ASD on Sunday. This will be the last chance to have pictures taken to advertise your horses!

09/20/2022

Trailer headed to Saskatoon from Winnipeg. 3 spots open. Please call Blaine 306-835-7157

09/19/2022

Attention Horse People,
There will be a HBPA members only meeting tomorrow in the track kitchen at 11 am. All members are encouraged to attend.
HBPA BBQ (pizza and chicken) this Thursday at 5pm. ALL WELCOME

09/13/2022

Looking for a ride for 1 horse, Winnipeg to Saskatoon! Please call Lane @ 403-596-6013

09/09/2022

💥SELLING OUT!💥
Saddles, bridles, blinkers, bandages, ice boots, cotton sheets, pails, stall chains, assorted stall mats....
please see Shaun in Barn A, middle section!

09/02/2022

💥💥💥💥REMINDER 💥💥💥💥
There are fireworks tonight, and Sunday at the Red River Ex grounds!!

09/02/2022

Need a 2 year old started??
Contact Mike at 431-337-6605 or Kirsty at 431-556-7788🏇🏼

08/29/2022

Jackpots hit on and off the track - Big payday for Halliday at Manitoba CTHS Yearling Sale.
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/2022/08/26/jackpots-hit-on-and-off-the-track via Winnipeg Free Press

Jackpots were hit by more than one person over the past week at Assiniboia Downs, and not just at the betting windows. Breeder Kelly Halliday sold the sales topper in last Sunday’s Manitoba CTHS Yearling Sale for $25,000 and had his best sale ever with all six of his yearlings selling for a total of $65,750.

Halliday, who lives on a farm in Manitoba east of Yorkton, Sask., has been breeding horses for decades, and his father was doing the same before that.

Kelly shown here with sales topper, Hip #15, his wife Kim and her sister Emily Lesy (far right). The bay gelding by Kentucky Bear-Midnight Shadow by Trajectory is a half-brother to Manitoba champion Langara and a full brother to recent CTHS Sales Stakes winner I Love My Life.

Well done Kelly and crew!

George Williams 📸