HASTINGS RACECOURSE ANNOUNCES 52-DAY LIVE RACING DATES FOR 2018 Vancouver, B.C. (Nov. 27/17) – Live thoroughbred racing in 2018 will begin with opening day on Saturday, April 21 and continue through Sunday, October 14 it was announced by Darren MacDonald, General Manager, Hastings Racecourse & Director, BC Racing. “The 2018 season will encompass 52…
With the curtain closing on our 2017 thoroughbred racing schedule this afternoon, I’d like to share what I consider my five favourite memories from this past season. 1) Daz Lin Dawn – The word ‘sensational’ immediately springs to mind when you consider this three-year-old filly was purchased at the 2015 CTHS Yearling & Mixed…
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Cancer survivor Casey Wright has met countless celebrities in his young life but none has literally swept him off his feet as veteran jockey Richard Hamel did last Saturday afternoon at Hastings Racecourse. Having been introduced in the private jockeys dressing quarters by former rider…
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Hastings Racecourse is proud to be a long-time corporate partner of the Vancouver Canadians, winners of their fourth Northwest League Baseball Championship this year. And with the 2017 World Series about to begin in 10 days, it seemed an appropriate time to acknowledge three members…
Vancouver, B.C. (Oct. 12/17 – Hastings Racecourse General Manager and Director, B.C. Racing Darren MacDonald said Wednesday that a “lack of entries” has forced cancellation of Sunday’s card. “We will be going with a nine-race card Saturday at our regular 1:50 p.m. start,” MacDonald said. “But due to a lack of entries there will not…
SCENE & HEARD: Some trainers in the backstretch at Hastings good-naturedly – and we emphasis good-naturedly – refer to Dianne Peacock as ‘The Track Vampire’. It comes with the territory of being a racetrack veterinary technician in charge of injecting Lasix to horses with a history of bleeding. In the trade, it is known as…
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: For a while last Sunday it appeared there would be a real life Hollywood-type comeback story in the works during the $100,000 Ascot Graduation at Hastings Racecourse. Jockey Scott Williams was back in a competitive saddle at Hastings for the first time since June of…