Live Racing this Tuesday & Wednesday

• Live racing starts at 7:30 p.m.
• Enter for your chance to spin our $10,000 Lucky Longshot wheel. 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.

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Muddy Longshots, Monster Payoffs and Excellent Stakes Performances Highlight Week at ASD

A stream of muddy longshots, monster payoffs and excellent stakes performances highlighted the week at ASD, and Stretch of the ASD Live handicapping show rode the mechanical bull, but not for long.

Haggis ($93.20) kicked off the longshot train on Monday with a victory in the 6^th race for trainer Brent Hrymak and jockey Dario Dalrymple, and the longshots just kept coming, including a few in the four stakes run this week.

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.

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 😊

A Snapshot in Time by Bob Gates

Who Knew? Cagey Max had a multi-year career that saw him running in mid to lower-level claiming races. Here he is seen winning his final race as a 14-year-old. He spent most of his time on the track with Harry Gumprich, who considered him one of his best. Harry treated "Max" like a member of his family and proudly proclaimed that he never wore a bandage, nor did anyone have to pony the gelding (Gerry Hart Photo).

Stars at Churchill: Sovereignty vs. White Abarrio

The stars of Saturday’s $2 million Stephen Foster (GI) have assembled beneath the Twin Spires as reigning Horse of the Year and Kentucky Derby (GI) winner Sovereignty, Grade I winner Baeza and Breeders’ Cup Classic (GI) and Pegasus World Cup (GI) winner White Abarrio all took to the track Wednesday morning for their final preparations ahead of the summer’s biggest dirt showdown.

The 45th running of the Stephen Foster is led by 6-5 morning-line favourite Sovereignty. White Abarrio was installed as the 3-1 second choice, followed by Magnitude at 7-2 and Baeza at 6-1.

This could be the race of the year.

-- Canadian Thoroughbred

Lagynos Aims for Five in a Row in Wise Dan

The streaking Lagynos bids for a fifth consecutive stakes triumph when he battles Dresden Row, Fort Washington, and six other turf horses in the $500,000 Wise Dan Stakes (G2T) June 27 at Churchill Downs. 

Coming off a win in the Arlington Stakes (G3T) May 30 at Churchill, the 5-year-old son of Kantharos has only missed in one start this year when he finished second in the Colonel E. R. Bradley Stakes at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in his first start of the year. 

-- BloodHorse

2026 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes Cheat Sheet

Laurel Park hosts one of Maryland’s best race days of the year Saturday, June 27, highlighted by the track’s premier summer sprint race, the $175,000 Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash Stakes. The De Francis Dash going six furlongs on the main track headlines an 11-race card featuring four stakes races including the $125,000 Japan Racing Association Turf Cup, the $125,000 Deputed Testamony Stakes, and the $125,000 Alma North Stakes.

-- America's Best Racing

Bob's Blog

The 66th running of the Free Press Stakes was run this past Tuesday (June 23). Our history guy has dug deep into his photo archives and found some photos from the 65 years of the race and presents his version of the Pictorial History of the Free Press. Click here to see the photos he uncovered from the past.