By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Canada’s jockey “watchdog” was in the house at Hastings Racecourse on Mother’s Day and liked what he saw. Robbie King, Jr., Executive Director of the Jockey’s Benefit Association of Canada headquartered in Toronto, said in the aftermath of Sunday’s card: “The riding talent at Hastings is…
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Regular racing fans at Hastings can be forgiven for thinking there are two or possibly three guys wearing the name Ran Gosal on the identification badges pinned to their lapels. That’s because Ran Gosal – Manager, Security – is here, there and everywhere on any…
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Can Justify become the 13th Triple Crown winner in thoroughbred racing history? John Gunther thinks so and after knocking on wood when he says it, the Langley-based breeder of this year’s Kentucky Derby champion doesn’t hesitate to share his thoughts. During an in-depth interview with James…
HERE’S HANNAH SERVES NOTICE SHE’S READY TO RESUME WINNING WAYS Thrilling Finish at the Wire in Ross McLeod Stakes Vancouver, B.C. (May 6) – On the way back to the winner’s circle aboard Here’s Hannah Sunday afternoon, jockey Richard Hamel kept pointing an outstretched hand at the smart-looking filly making her first start…
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Racing fans might be hearing a certain “clicking” sound emanating from the Marquee area at Hastings Racecourse this afternoon. That’s because the community-based charitable foundation CLICK will be on hand raising funds … CLICK as in Contributing to Lives of Inner City Kids. Once again…
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: On this very date six years ago, Joey Kenward was sitting alone in a Portland, Ore., hotel room screaming at his television set as Mario Gutierrez rode I’ll Have Another to a stunning victory in the 2012 Kentucky Derby. “I was in Portland broadcasting the…
By Greg Douglas / Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: The aptly named Daz Lin Dawn was the darling among 3-year-olds at Hastings Racecourse in 2017. In ‘dazzling’ fashion, she won seven consecutive stake races to boost her career earnings to more than $280,000. After collecting four major trophies at the B.C. Thoroughbred Awards Dinner last…
Blue Law a $37.70 Winner in Swift Inaugural After Favoured Alliford Bay Wins Brighouse Belles Vancouver, B.C. (April 22/18) – The Fab Four behind Swift Thoroughbreds, Inc. – owners Horatio & Jacqueline Kemeny along with Mark and Naudia Mache – weren’t complaining about being in the winner’s circle twice Sunday afternoon at Hastings Racecourse.…