Muriel Smith

Stakes Honor Influential Builders at ASD

Stakes Honor Influential Builders at ASD

by Bob Gates R. C. Anderson, Frank Arnason, Jack Hardy, Phil Kives, R. J. Speers, J. W. Sifton and Hazel Wright make up the collective of builders that are remembered through memorial stake races in 2020 at Assiniboia Downs. There have been others over the years...

Ponies, politicians and a princess — the day the Downs went dark

Ponies, politicians and a princess — the day the Downs went dark

by Bob Talk of ponies and a princess evokes thoughts of a fairytale. Insert politicians and it becomes a nightmare. Thirty-two years have passed since one fateful day in July 1982, but it's a blemish on track history is difficult to forget. It was supposed to be an...