Daily Archives: September 3, 2019

REDEKOP EYES UNPRECEDENTED FIFTH BC DERBY VICTORY

By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport   SCENE & HEARD:  There are so many intriguing storylines behind tomorrow’s 74th running of the BC Derby it’s a challenge to know where to begin. Let’s start with Peter Redekop, the BC Racing Hall of Famer (Class of 2013), who’s been a major part of the local thoroughbred…

NUGENT-HOPKINS VACATES SPOTLIGHT TO MAKE ROOM FOR TRAINER PHIL HALL

Vancouver, B.C. (August 30/19) – It was another CTHS Sales Stakes ‘game day’ under the lights Friday at Hastings Racecourse and for a short time Ryan Nugent-Hopkins appeared to be on his way to first star status, something hardly new to him as a key player with the NHL Edmonton Oilers. The Burnaby-born Nugent-Hopkins was…