By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: So much has been said and written about Alumni Day at the Races this Father’s Day afternoon, it was almost overlooked that there are so many father-and-son working relationships right here at Hastings. And to the best of our research, one father-daughter combination with…
DetailsSCENE & HEARD: John Ulmer was a member of the BC Lions’ 1985 team that was inducted into the BC Sports Hall of Fame after dominating the CFL throughout the season and capping it all with a Grey Cup victory. Ulmer played in the Canadian Football League from ’85-89 with the Leos and Ottawa Rough…
DetailsNothing is more disheartening in this racing business than having to witness an accident involving a jockey and his horse during the heat of battle. Nothing is more concerning than hearing the wailing of a siren as attendants rush to the aid of the fallen. We all experienced that nauseating feeling last Sunday at Hastings…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Jeffery Burningham tried to get to see fellow jockey Jose Asencio at Vancouver General Hospital this past Monday morning. “By the time I got there,” Burningham says, “they had already taken him to surgery.” Burningham, 45 in a couple of weeks, had a message…
DetailsSMOOTH LANDING FOR VENETIAN MASK IN WINNING JOHN LONGDEN 6000 Vancouver, B.C. (June 4/17) — Horse owner George Morgan, a retired commercial pilot, was flying high again at Hastings Racecourse Sunday afternoon but this time he left the controls in the capable hands of trainer Mike Anderson and jockey Jeffery Burningham. It was a…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: The banquet room at the Richmond Country Club was jammed with former NHL players, coaches, trainers and media people following the 19th annual Canucks Alumni Golf Classic this past week. Part of broadcaster Joey Kenward’s assignment as emcee was to introduce each and every one…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: The BC Lions have jumped all over the Father’s Day (Sunday, June 18) fund-raiser at Hastings Racecourse. With Director of Community Relations Jamie Taras flexing his muscles, the Leos will have the largest – in the truest sense of the word – contingent of past…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: In the aftermath of her father’s passing in 2002, trainer Pat Jarvis was looking for things to keep her mind active during the winter months. Albert Jarvis had been a trainer at Hastings for 50 years and, not surprisingly, was responsible for introducing his daughter to…
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