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Industry reps say they're thrilled at plans for a new track near Saskatoon but will still fight to keep Marquis Downs open in the interim.

  SASKATOON -- On Friday Moosomin First Nation Economic Development Corporation announced plans to build a horse race track northwest of the Saskatoon, giving life to the sport in the province. The race track will be named Moosomin Downs. “Overall it’s good to see that there is an interest to bringing life…. or rescuing the horse racing industry from its demise here in Saskatchewan,” apprentice jockey Nicole Hein said.  Moosomin Downs will consist of 124 acres of land northwest of the city near Highway 16, in the R.M of Corman Park. Neil Sasakamoose, a project member for Moosom...

Industry reps say they're thrilled at plans for a new track near Saskatoon but will still fight to keep Marquis Downs open in the interim.

Marquis Downs is getting out of the horse racing business and Moosomin First Nation is planning to fill the gap using its Treaty Land Entitlement property in the RM of Corman Park. A joint . . .

There may still be horse racing in the Saskatoon area despite Prairieland Park’s decision to close Marquis Downs.