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Tickets for Chase the Ace Week #9 are on sale now with a $5,000 Guaranteed Accumulator Jackpot if someone picks the Ace of Diamonds!

PRIZES: The tournament winner receives a trip for two to Las Vegas and a trophy (the winner will be provided $3,500 to book their trip to Las Vegas). Second place finisher will receive a $500 deposit to their HPI account, the third place finisher will receive a $250 deposit to their HPI account.

Entry fee into the Las Vegas Challenge is $50 but can be reduced by qualifying on Assiniboia Downs’ race cards leading up to the tournament. To qualify you must select the horse that you think will win each race on the Assiniboia Downs race card. Email your selections for that race night to Sheri at [email protected] prior to the start of racing. If you select three winners on the race card, your entry fee is reduced to $25. For every other race card that you select three winners on your entry fee is reduced by another $5. 

140 VLTs available daily in our spacious Club West Gaming Lounge from 10 a.m. through 1 a.m. Please note that our VLTs are sanitized between play. Click here for a full list of games available at ASD.

Friday Steak & Suds $24.95: 8 oz. Sirloin steak charbroiled and seasoned with our smoky dry rub. Served with fresh vegetables and a choice of mashed potatoes or french fries. Plus a complimentary pint of ASD Lucky Lager.

Saturday Prime & Wine $29.95: Certified Angus Prime Rib (8 oz. cut.) Served with fresh vegetables and a choice of mashed potatoes or french fries, horseradish, and Yorkshire pudding au jus. Plus a complimentary 6 oz. glass of house wine.

Sunday Fish & Chips $14.95: Two pieces of beer battered cod with tartar sauce and lemon. Served with french fries and coleslaw.

Add a starter Caesar salad, tossed salad or soup of the day to any of the above specials for $3.95. Served from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Reservations are not required.

Reservations are required. Call 204-885-3330. Click here for our 2023 racing schedule.

Spitten Kitten romped to her third straight stakes victory on Monday and bargain Manitoba-breds delivered impressive performances in restricted stakes on Tuesday and Wednesday.

Spitten Kitten faced her toughest local field yet in the 30th running of the $50,000 Jack Hardy Stakes on Monday and was sent off as a slight favourite over Alberta shipper Super Caro. It wasn’t close.

Spitten Kitten was stretching out beyond six furlongs for the first tine in her eight-race career in the 7 1/2-furlong Jack Hardy, and on paper it looked like she might have some pressure up front. Jockey Sven Balroop made sure there would be none of that when he rocketed out of the gate on the “Kitten” and never looked back.

Spitten Kitten opened an instant two-length lead, turned back an outside bid from Where’s the Pumps after a half mile, took a short lead into the final turn and exploded in the stretch to win by 10 ½-lengths in fast time. Super Caro and Reasonably Lovely rallied for second and third in the cakewalk, and Spitten Kitten’s future brightened yet another notch since being purchased for only $2,500 by trainer Marvin Buffalo and his wife Deb as a yearling.

The 3-year-old chestnut filly by Air Force Blue-Zahrah by Kitten’s Joy has some pedigree to work with and who knows how good she might get. Spitten Kitten won $30,600 for her victory on Monday and broke through the $100,000 barrier in earnings from a career record of 5-0-0 in eight starts. She has now won four in a row and it’s going to take a good horse to beat her.

Great development job by Marvin and Deb Buffalo!

On Tuesday night fans were treated to a great stretch duel between two quality Manitoba-bred 3-year-old fillies in the 15th running of the $40,000 Hazel Wright Sire Stakes. Mechanic Susie got the best of Russian Pearl by a head at the wire, but there were no losers in this one.

Trained by Elton Dickey and ridden by leading rider Antonio Whitehall for Dickey and his ownership partners Tom Payne and breeder Larry Falloon, Mechanic Susie was winning for the second time in her six-start career, but it certainly hasn’t been for lack of trying.

Purchased for just $1,000 in the 2021 Manitoba CTHS Yearling Sale by Dickey, the bay 3-year-old filly by Nonios-Quantum Mechanics by Einstein has now earned $54,930.

Runner-up Russian Pearl was not only also sired by Nonios, but was also originally purchased for $1,000 at the local sale by Elton Dickey. Bred by Falloon and Denis Huberdeau, Russian Pearl later went to trainer Devon Gittens with current owners Larry Falloon and Ron Wiley. She earned $8,160 on Tuesday night and upped her career earnings to $51,395.

And we’re not done with the bargain yearlings yet!

On Wednesday night, Manitoba-bred Private Frank made quick work of his field in the 35th running of the $40,000 Frank Arnason Sire Stakes, and the heavy favourite was never in doubt under jockey Ronald Ali, winning by 2 ¾-lengths over I Love My Life.

Trained by Tom Gardipy, Jr. for owner-breeders Jerry Lambert and Lynn Mathews, the big 3-year-old chestnut gelding by Going Commando-Inspeightofsuccess by Speightstown was bid up to only $1,000 at the 2021 Manitoba CTHS Yearling Sale and was bought back by his owner-breeders.

Private Frank has shown both heart and talent in his short four-race career, winning from off the pace and on the lead, and has now won three in a row. He added $24,000 to his coffers on Wednesday, increasing his lifetime earnings to $50,524.

Bargain shopping continues at the Manitoba CTHS Yearling Sale on Sunday, August 20, 2023.

“When I first came out here in the ‘seventies, I looked at the horses like everyone else did in the sixties, but I met a fella who taught me how to read the Daily Racing Form. His name was Dan Black. I still see him here today. We actually went to Vegas together, after he won a contest here. I finished ninth and he finished fifth overall. At the time, a fifth-place finish was worth over $20,000.”

The "I Won Bigg" wagering group will be playing Assiniboia Downs every Wednesday. $20 per share. Email Larry at [email protected] for more information.