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…
DetailsSCENE & 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…
DetailsBy 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…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: As this 2017 thoroughbred racing season winds down, the competitive juices of our infamous three Hastings Handicappers begin to hit uncontrollable levels. Not that they require further introductions but for the record, we’re talking about Randy Goulding of the Daily Racing Form and the two Derby…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Mexican-born apprentice jockey Jose Mariano Asencio has a message for his friends and fans that nobody can put into words better than the courageous and charming 20-year-old himself: “I am doing very well. Better every day. I am walking without crutches and have no more pain.…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: It was a homecoming of sorts for Howard Jones last Sunday when he returned to Hastings Racecourse in an official capacity for the first time in 10 years. Back in the day his business card was imprinted with the words: “Producer/Director/Cameraman for the local Sport…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Nick and Pauline Felicella had completed their homework two days before this year’s CTHS Yearling & Mixed Sale and pretty well knew what horses they would be purchasing if all went according to plan. What they didn’t prepare for was Nick being taken away by…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: In Saturday’s live racing program it was pointed out that there was some intrigue behind the history of the George Royal statue that stands so proudly in the paddock at Hastings. It seems the story behind the live-sized sculpture is not clear to many of our…
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