June 12: Polo Park Race Track opened.

Polo Park Race Track
Top: Manitoba Free Press, June 12, 1925
Bottom: U of M, Tribune Collection

June 12, 1925 - Jim Speers' Polo Park Race Track opened. The grandstand held 4,500 people and another 11,000 could watch from the lawns. In 1939, it hosted a Royal visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth. In 1954, it was sold off and the land was redeveloped into Polo Park Shopping Centre.

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