TWO $50,000 STAKES ON 8-RACE SUNDAY CARD LAUNCH ENCOURAGING SEASON AT HASTINGS

  Vancouver, B.C. (April 15/16) – With an unmistakable feeling of enthusiasm in the air, the 2016 thoroughbred season gets rolling at Hastings Racecourse Sunday afternoon with an eight-race card featuring two $50,000 stakes:  the Brighouse Belles and Swift Thoroughbreds Inaugural. “We’re ready for a big year,” says Hastings General Manager Darren MacDonald. “There’ve been…