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.
• 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.

First Stakes of 2026 Feature Two Big Upsets, Line Dancing a Hit on First Western Wednesday

The first stakes races of the 2026 season at ASD got underway this week, and Jerry Gourneau opened up a huge lead in the trainer standings, and the first Western Wednesday of June was a hit with the line-dancing bull-riding crowd.

Gourneau won eight of the 21 races carded this week, including the $50,000 Beau Blade Stakes on Tuesday with longshot Bergheim ($34.80) and jockey Renaldo Cumberbatch, for leading owner Henry S. Witt, Jr., and that wasn't the only upset in the stakes.

A fresh claim won the Lil Missknowitall Stakes at 26-1.

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 😊

A Snapshot in Time by Bob Gates

Following a stellar career, Major Enterprise was paraded in front of the grandstand on July 1, 1986, with Ken Hendricks aboard. The adoring crowd got to say their goodbyes as the ‘Major’ headed off to a much-deserved retirement. The multiple stakes winner earned more than $200,000 in his nine years on the track. (Gerry Hart Photo)

Big-Race Showdown: Expert Picks for Jaipur Stakes, Met Mile, Belmont Stakes

For the 10th year in a row, America’s Best Racing is challenging some of the brightest minds in horse betting to come up with their top three picks for key races every weekend leading up to the 2026 Triple Crown and then continuing through the 2026 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Keeneland.

The handicappers face off in what we like to call the “Big-Race Showdown.”

-- America's Best Racing

Met Mile At a Glance: Favoured Nysos Good Distance Fit

While the Belmont Stakes (G1) headlines the June 6 card at Saratoga Race Course, the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) commands plenty of attention by itself as the $1 million secondary feature race on the card.

The 2026 "Met Mile" shapes up as intriguing match-up of many of this year's best older horses competing at the middle distances.

-- BloodHorse

Golden Tempo, Renegade in Belmont-at-Saratoga Match Up

In what is expected to be a competitive and memorable renewal of the $2 million Belmont Stakes (G1) presented by NYRA Bets, the final jewel in racing’s Triple Crown is set to be run for a third and final time at Saratoga Race Course on Saturday, with the Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo and runner-up Renegade taking center stage amidst a field of nine sophomores.

Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable’s Golden Tempo will look to continue a historic run for trainer Cherie DeVaux, who became the first woman to train a Kentucky Derby winner, and did so in her very first attempt. She vies to join Jena Antonucci [2023, Arcangelo] as women to have trained a Belmont Stakes-winner.

-- Canadian Thoroughbred

Bob's Blog

On occasion of the 96th running of the Winnipeg Futurity something very special took place at Assiniboia Downs. A two-year-old by the name of Omaha Warrior gave the Downs all-time leading trainer his first win in the Futurity. What made it special was the fact that Gary Danelson hadn’t owned a two-year-old in more than 45 years! Click here as Bob revisits how Omaha Warrior gave the iconic horseman a new lease on life.