By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: So much has been said and written about Alumni Day at the Races this Father’s Day afternoon, it was almost overlooked that there are so many father-and-son working relationships right here at Hastings. And to the best of our research, one father-daughter combination with…
SCENE & HEARD: John Ulmer was a member of the BC Lions’ 1985 team that was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame after dominating the CFL throughout the season and capping it all with a Grey Cup victory. Ulmer played in the Canadian Football League from ’85-89 with the Leos and Ottawa Rough…
Hastings Racecourse goes country! Join us and put on your cowboy hat and enjoy a country themed day at the Races! Country tunes blasting all day with live performances by Rowdy Spurs Visit the 93.7 JRFM street team
Nothing is more disheartening in this racing business than having to witness an accident involving a jockey and his horse during the heat of battle. Nothing is more concerning than hearing the wailing of a siren as attendants rush to the aid of the fallen. We all experienced that nauseating feeling last Sunday at Hastings…
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Jeffery Burningham tried to get to see fellow jockey Jose Asencio at Vancouver General Hospital this past Monday morning. “By the time I got there,” Burningham says, “they had already taken him to surgery.” Burningham, 45 in a couple of weeks, had a message…
SMOOTH LANDING FOR VENETIAN MASK IN WINNING JOHN LONGDEN 6000 Vancouver, B.C. (June 4/17) — Horse owner George Morgan, a retired commercial pilot, was flying high again at Hastings Racecourse Sunday afternoon but this time he left the controls in the capable hands of trainer Mike Anderson and jockey Jeffery Burningham. It was a…
Join us Thursdays from June 1st to June 22nd for our Spring into Summer Draws at Hastings! Swipe daily to earn ballots! Be here at 7pm on the Draw days for a chance to win a spring themed prize and $250 CASH!
By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: The banquet room at the Richmond Country Club was jammed with former NHL players, coaches, trainers and media people following the 19th annual Canucks Alumni Golf Classic this past week. Part of broadcaster Joey Kenward’s assignment as emcee was to introduce each and every one…