Caribbean jockeys keeping horse racing alive in Winnipeg
Hearing the jockeys at Winnipeg’s Assiniboia Downs racetrack talking to one another in Barbadian, Jamaican and Trinidadian accents while they dress, it may be easy to think you’re standing somewhere in the West Indies. In recent years, Caribbean riders have become a fixture in Winnipeg’s horse racing community. Thirteen of the 17 jockeys at the […]