All things considered, Assiniboia Downs CEO and president Darren Dunn could not have asked for a better start to the 2020 thoroughbred horse racing season in Manitoba on Monday Night.
Dunn joked that there was a lot of room to move out there with no spectators present because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the evening went off without a hitch, operationally, and he credited that to his staff and the horsemen for all being on the same page. “Communication, transparency was huge to understand that everybody had a role to play, relative to following the protocols we had — which were extensive,” Dunn told 680 CJOB’s Geoff Currier. “And there was some great numbers to be very proud of last night, where we took this television signal and