By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Don’t be fooled by the constant smile and demure look of the security officer who’s been policing the paddock area at Hastings Racecourse for the past 15 years. Put simply, you don’t want to mess with Linda MacDonald, the five- foot-three, 120-pound grandmother of two…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Hastings Racecourse is about to experience up close and personal the ‘Corgi Craze’ that has captured dog lovers the world over. It most assuredly began with the long line of corgis bred by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace and heightened with an…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Quietly and without much fanfare a champion was retired at Hastings Racecourse last month after multiple stakes winner Modern ran his last race on July 15 in the 58th running of the Lieutenant Governors. True to his character over seven years of racing, Modern performed…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: While the original form of BC Cup Day established in 1995 at Hastings Racecourse has been adjusted this year, owners of B.C.-breds in today’s open stakes races have an enticing $25,000 incentive award in store should they be making trips to the winner’s circle. It used…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Robbie Henson was walking horses at Hastings for his dad Steve at the age of 10 and there was no doubt in his mind at that early age what the future had in store for him. “I was born into racing and my desire to…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: There won’t be any shortage of things to talk about under the Marquee Tent this afternoon when racing fans have an opportunity to circulate with former playing greats from the Canucks, BC Lions, Whitecaps FC and three of the most engaging retired jockeys ever to…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: It was in August of 2008 when the return of night racing became a significant news item on the Vancouver sports and entertainment calendar. “Three Fridays in September that had originally been scheduled as afternoon cards will be changed to night-time starts,” announced Raj Mutti,…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Just when you might have thought things couldn’t get any better for Phil Hall last weekend, guess what? They did. Hastings’ leading trainer was here, there and everywhere over a three-day run that included a $50,000 stakes win at Northlands Park in Edmonton Saturday, back-to-back…
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