HorseRacing Central – May 31st, 2013 NEW RACING SECRETARY JUMPS IN WITH BOTH FEET The west coast rain is one thing … learning the ropes in a new role is another. Whichever way you look at, the latest member of the Hastings Racecourse management team has been getting his feet wet since his arrival…
HorseRacing Central – June 7th, 2013 ‘SPRING INTO SUMMER’ WITH 3-DAY HASTINGS WEEKEND Hastings Racecourse has dubbed it “Spring Into Summer” and with the promise of cooperative weather from Global Television meteorologist Mark Madryga, the three days of live racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday couldn’t be more aptly named. It begins with the return of…
HorseRacing Central – Friday, June 14th, 2013 THE BROTHERS BARROBY HONOURED THIS WEEKEND Members of the British Columbia Horse Racing Hall of Fame are going to be saluted throughout the season at Hastings Racecourse and what better way to launch the project than to recognize brothers Harold and Frank Barroby. These two racing industry…
HorseRacing Central – June 21st, 2013 HORSES WORKING OUT HAD A NEW AUDIENCE AT HASTINGS Not that they were aware of it but those horses working out at Hastings Racecourse early Thursday morning were doing so in front of a whole new audience. An estimated 150 members of the B.C. Lions Waterboys Club were…
HorseRacing Central – Friday, June 28th, 2013 CANADA DAY WEEKEND LIVE RACE CARD REDUCED Hastings Racecourse & Slots advises racing fans that the upcoming Canada Day live racing weekend will be reduced with the cancellation of the Saturday, June 29 card. Simulcast and off-track wagering will be open and available as usual. In agreement with…
HorseRacing Central – Friday, July 5th, 2013 LEADING TRAINER TAYLOR HAS SOME COMPETITION For the past six years Troy Taylor has been saluted as Leading Trainer at the Annual Thoroughbred Awards Dinner. With 22 wins after 81 starts this season, it might seem that the 81-year-old elder statesman of the backstretch at Hastings Racecourse is…
HorseRacing Central – Friday, July 12th, 2013 FRIDAY NIGHT LIVE RETURNS; WIENER DOGS ON WEEKEND Friday Night Live thoroughbred racing resumes this week (July 12) at Hastings Racecourse with a seven-race card that features fillies and mares going a mile and sixteenth in Race 6. The morning line favourite at 2-1 is Notis Her, trained…
HorseRacing Central – Friday, July 19th, 2013 RACES GO FRIDAY & SUNDAY; SATURDAY CANCELLED Due to a flu-like virus that has affected a substantial number of horses at Hastings Racecourse, the upcoming weekend of live racing has been reduced to Friday Night (July 19, 7:00 p.m.) and Sunday afternoon (July 21, 1:50 p.m.). The Saturday…