By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Hard-working jockey agent Wayne Snow doesn’t get nearly the credit he deserves for his part in the Mario Gutierrez success story. Nor does trainer Terry Jordan. The massive effect Glen Todd and Troy Taylor have had on Mario’s career over the years has been well documented.…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Word spread quickly through the shed row Tuesday when a CNN-style bulletin on Glen Todd’s newsletter read: “Mario Gutierrez Confirmed To Ride at Hastings on BC Festival Day – Monday, Aug. 7”. It is always “breaking news” when Marvelous Mario announces he is coming home for…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Its official name is still the BC Cup Golf Tournament in order to maintain a longstanding tradition. But in reality, the event is now a lead-up to the newly named BC Day Festival of Racing on the Holiday Monday of August 7 at Hastings Racecourse.…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: When Friday Night Live racing was introduced at Hastings Racecourse several years ago the philosophy was quite simple: (a) to give a new and younger demographic the opportunity to enjoy live thoroughbred racing as a form of night-time entertainment heading into the weekend and (b) to…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Today marks the official halfway mark of this 2017 thoroughbred season at Hastings Racecourse. One year ago this weekend Richard Hamel was leading the jockey standings with 47 wins; Mike Anderson led his training rivals by sending 18 horses to the winner’s circle and Swift Thoroughbreds…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Veteran journalist Bob Mackin showed up for the wiener dog races last weekend bearing a nostalgic gift in the form of a July 15, 2000 racing program from what was then known as ‘Hastings Park Racecourse’. What practically jumped off Page 3 was a large black…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Hastings Racecourse GM Darren MacDonald was the bearer of good news when he paid Nick Felicella a visit on a rainy Tuesday afternoon this past January. And what better place to deliver the message than Nick’s Spaghetti House on Commercial Drive? That’s where Mr. Felicella…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: The return of the Wiener Dog Races can mean only one thing: Hastings Racecourse is officially – and happily – looking forward to its very own “spring into summer” mode. With the recent nasty weather behind us, our ‘darling little dachshunds’ (as TSN Radio’s Brook…
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