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VIRUS HITS THE HASTINGS BARNS CAUSING SATURDAY CANCELLATION

  10-Race Card Goes Sunday at 1:50 p.m.   Vancouver, B.C. (Oct. 15/15) – The regularly scheduled Saturday afternoon card at Hastings Racecourse has been cancelled due to a virus that has spread through the barns, General Manager Darren MacDonald announced today. “We made every effort to fill the back-to-back weekend cards,” MacDonald said.  “The…

NORTHLANDS VISITOR GOES WIRE TO WIRE TO BEAT FAN FAVOURITE SQUARE DANCER

Killin Me Smalls Cruises to $100,000 Premiers Handicap Victory Vancouver, B.C. (Oct. 12/15) – While a Thanksgiving turkey dinner was on the buffet menu at Hastings Racecourse, it was Reuben sandwiches all around for the winning connections celebrating the $100,000 Grade 3 Premiers Handicap Monday afternoon. Jockey Ruben Lara, one of the leading riders at…

LEADING RIDER HAMEL LOOKS FORWARD TO THANKSGIVING DATE WITH SQUARE DANCER

ONE STAKES STREAK ENDS, ANOTHER CONTINUES IN HASTINGS $100,000 DIAMOND FUTURITIES

Vancouver, B.C. (Sept. 20/15) – The love affair involving an owner, a trainer, a seasoned jockey and spunky two-year-old filly blossomed again at Hastings Racecourse Sunday afternoon. C U At Eau Claire extended her winning streak in 2015 stakes races to three with a victory by a neck in the 26th running of the Sadie…

RACING HISTORY WILL BE SHARED AGAIN WITH POSTER GIVE-AWAY ON FATHER’S DAY

Hastings Fans Can Relive the Triple Crown Belmont Moment Vancouver, B.C. (June 14/15) — More than 10,000 racing fans at Hastings Racecourse watched on the jumbo screen as American Pharoah won the Triple Crown at Belmont earlier this month.It hadn’t happened in 37 years. And now Hastings patrons have the opportunity to share the moment…

NEW HASTINGS RACING CLUB OWNERS GET THEIR FIRST LOOK AT URBAN ACHIEVER

2-YEAR-OLD COLT BREEZES TWO FURLONGS IN 25.40 Vancouver, B.C. (June 19/15) — An enthusiastic gathering of mostly first-time owners was on hand early Sunday morning to watch their latest investment breeze for the first time at Hastings Racecourse. With trainer Steve Henson and manager Richard Yates hosting the freshly-minted team of partners who have joined…

HAMEL WINS THREE OUT OF FOUR STAKES ON BUSY BELMONT WEEKEND AT HASTINGS

While the loudest cheer at Hastings Racecourse on the weekend was reserved for American Pharoah’s history-making Triple Crown victory at the Belmont in New York, local jockey Richard Hamel also received his fair share of adulation. Hamel won three of the four $50,000 stakes features on the Saturday/Sunday cards at Hastings and came close to making…

QUATRE CAT RUNS AWAY FROM THE FIELD WITH IMPRESSIVE WIN IN ROSS McLEOD STAKES

Jockey Predicted Cederberg Victory in Jim Coleman Province Vancouver, B.C. (May 3/15) With a well-timed move by jockey Ryan Pacheco, Quatre Cat took control of things at the half-mile call and drew clear to win the $50,000 Ross McLeod Stakes by 8 ½ lengths Sunday afternoon at Hastings Racecourse. Quatre Cat returned $15.60, $5.70 and $3.50 and finished…