Live Racing this Monday, Tuesday & Wednesday

• Live racing starts at 7:30 p.m.
• Enter for your chance to spin our $10,000 Lucky Longshot wheel.
• Monday is Dollar Night! Amazing budget-friendly specials. Click here for more info.
• Every Wednesday in June is Western Wednesdays. Grab your cowboy hat and get ready for some fun. Click here for more info.
• Reserve your table for our renowned all-you-can-eat Prime Rib Buffet which is available on Live Race Nights only.

Click here for full schedule.

Jason Homer Showcases Exceptional Talent, Prime Suspect Romps Again

Most people consider trainer stats and percentages when they’re handicapping a race, but numbers never tell the full story.

One sign of a better-than-average trainer is when horses give their best every time they’re in a race. This requires not only physical preparation, but also mental conditioning. The best trainers instill a will to win in their horses. There’s also an art to preparing a horse to win first-time out.

Trainer Jason Homer covered all the above this week when he turned loose two first-time starters, Misspennymischief (8-1) and Sum Up the Silver (26-1), to finish 1-2 in the second race on Tuesday. And just to prove it wasn’t a fluke, he came right back and did it even better on Wednesday.

Full story here

Free $500 Cash Draws after Live Racing plus free $200 Cash Draws on the Weekends

Did you know that Assiniboia Downs is Winnipeg's #1 Spot for VLT Jackpots? Play any of our 140 VLTs in the Club West Gaming Lounge for your chance to win!

💸 Free $500 cash draws — after every Live Race Night

🎡 Free Spin to Win draws — Friday, Saturday and Sunday starting at 6 p.m.

💸 Free $200 cash draws — Friday, Saturday and Sunday at 9 p.m.

Click here to see our recent jackpots.

Owner/Trainer/Breeder Appreciation Dinner

You and a Guest are cordially invited to our Owner/Trainer/Breeder Appreciation Dinner.

• Thursday, June 11
• Terrace Dining Room at Assiniboia Downs
• Cocktails: 5:00 p.m.
• Prime Rib Buffet: 6:00 p.m.
• Tickets: $20 donation. All donations will go to the Winners Foundation and Final Furlong

Tickets can be purchased at the General Office or by calling 204-885-3330. The deadline to purchase tickets is Monday, June 8. An LGCA licence number is required at the time of purchase.

Looking for a Special Photo?

Track Photographer Jason Halstead may have just what you're looking for

Looking for that extra-special photo of your big horse, one you might not find in your win pictures? 

Track photographer Jason Halstead takes numerous photos during the races, and not all of them can make it into the win photos. If you’re looking for something frameable from your big race, or of your special horse, email Jason at jjhphoto@gmail.com.

Prices are excellent! Almost as good as his photos 😊

Mandatory Payout

• Sunday, May 31 - Gulfstream Park will have a mandatory payout of the Jackpot Pick 6. Current carryover is $100,433.

A Snapshot in Time by Bob Gates

This week, we close out our look at thoroughbreds from the 1970s with the dark bay gelding Affront. He is pictured during his two-year-old season on September 22, 1979, for trainer Harry Gumprich. Mr. and Mrs. Gumprich are on the left with Downs PR representative John Matheson, son of Tribune scribe Jack Matheson. Standing at the rear of Affront is my old pal — horseman, curler and numbers guy — Gary Gumprich. The $4,500 yearling purchase won three of his six starts as a two-year-old. (Gerry Hart photo)

Belmont Stakes Cheat Sheet

The 2026 Belmont will not lack for star power as the top two finishers in the May 2 Kentucky Derby Presented by Woodford Reserve – Golden Tempo and Renegade – are slated for a rematch.

Those two stars will compete against a handful of other Derby starters along with some new shooters in what should be a good betting race and an important one in determining the top-rated horses in the 3-year-old division heading into summer.

America's Best Racing handicapper Patrick Reed takes a closer look at the field.

-- America's Best Racing

Will Hall of Fame Upset in Blame Stakes?

One of the best races taking place on the final weekend in May is Saturday's $300,000 Blame Stakes (G3) at Churchill Downs, a 1 1/8-mile dirt event for older horses that serves as a local stepping stone to next month's Stephen Foster (G1).

The eight-horse field includes a couple of Grade/Group 1 winners: #3 Hit Show (5-2) and #1 Rattle N Roll (4-1), but neither can be viewed as a certain winner in this competitive field.

-- BloodHorse

Woodbine Weekend Stakes Preview

Jokestar, trained by Kevin Attard, will look to earn his first graded stakes victory in Saturday’s $175,000 bet365 Eclipse Stakes (G2) at Woodbine, and Awesome Bourbon, trained by Abraham Katryan, takes on seven foes in the $150,000 Jacques Cartier (G3), a 6-furlong main track event for four-year-olds and upwards.

Their trainers like their chances.

-- Canadian Thoroughbred

Bob's Blog

On April 27, 2016, the master of K5 Stables passed away. Can you believe that was ten years ago? The Phil Kives Stakes (formerly the Agassiz Stakes) honours the man who built the K-Tel empire and one of the strongest stables ever to race at Assiniboia Downs. When you combine the 10 years of the Kives with the 40 years of the Agassiz, 2026 marks a half-century of racing for some of Manitoba’s finest-bred colts and geldings. Click here to learn more about Phil and the race that bears his name.