LANCE & KIM MAKE TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH STAKES WIN & YEARLING PURCHASE Tweet In the span of six weeks, Lance Giesbrecht has bounded back into the limelight at Hastings Racecourse wearing that same engaging smile that was so familiar to local racing fans dating back to the late 1980’s. His most recent flurry…
Hastings Live Contest Over $3,850 in Total Prize’s Contest Days September 25th, Oct1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, 15th, 16th Contest Conditions Qualified Entrant and Entry A qualified entrant (“Entrant”) is someone who is 19 years of age or older. Employees of Teletheatre BC, Great Canadian Gaming Corporation and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, “GCGC”) ,…
Jockey Denis Araujo Scores a Racing Hat Trick Tweet IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HALL FAMILY TRADITION SPIRIT BAY CAPTURES SADIE DIAMOND FUTURITY Vancouver, B.C. (Sept. 19/16) – Everything went according to plan for trainer Phil Hall at Hastings Racecourse Sunday afternoon. Decked out in a dark suit, matching tie and crisp white shirt, Hall stood…
ANOTHER ANDERSON IS AT HASTINGS RACECOURSE WITH FAMILY MATRIARCH JUNE ANDERSON Tweet Of all the stories you’ve heard and read over the years about kids being introduced to a racetrack by their parents early in life, this one takes the cake. And speaking of cake, odds are there’ll be a snazzy one upstairs in the…
Vancouver, B.C. (Sept. 11/16) – On one hour’s sleep, horse owner Glen Todd was back at his Hastings Racecourse stable Sunday morning wondering if life could get any better. It was 12 hours earlier when Todd had won his first BC Derby with Sorryaboutnothing, describing the moment as “the last thing on my bucket list”.…
The first annual Sip & Smoke at Hastings Racecourse is coming on September 25th. Join us for an action packed day of live racing while sipping on whiskey and smoking a cigar! $50 per person with only 50 seats available. Ticket includes one Romeo y Julieta cigar and flight of five whiskys featuring: Canada -…
COMPETITIVE FIELDS CREATE PLENTY OF DRAMA FOR BC DERBY/OAKS DAY AT HASTINGS Tweet Vancouver, B.C. (Sept. 8/16) – Not only is Saturday’s BC Derby/Oaks Day card the richest of the 2016 thoroughbred season at Hastings Racecourse, but the fields in six stake races are also being cited as the most competitive on this year’s…
A DAY TO REMEMBER & SHARE FOR OWNER AND TRAINER SHAWN LAWSON Tweet Shawn Lawson Shawn Lawson’s story is strictly movie material. When Shawn lost his mother at the age of five, his father became his best friend in the whole wide world and cared and protected him through unthinkable tough times. Alex Lawson…