Assiniboia Downs

Assiniboia Downs is a Canadian horse race track on 150 ha (360 acres)[1] of land located in the Winnipeg suburb of St. James-Assiniboia.

[4] Construction of Assiniboia Downs would be competed in time for the beginning of the 1958 season in June, where 42 races would take place.

[5] Assiniboia Downs installed a state-of-the-art "tote" machine at the new racing venue which displayed betting information in real-time.

[6] Prior to the 2024 meeting, Assiniboia Downs announced they were eliminating run-up, a rarity in North American horse racing.

[7] In December 1987 Videon Cable-TV and Westman Cable's application to the CRTC to telecast live horse racing from Assiniboia Downs was approved.

Across the Red River, cable company Greater Winnipeg Cablevision did not telecast the harness racing and did not (initially) apply to the CRTC to do so.

Assiniboia Downs mural (25239033942)