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ALUMNI DAY AT THE RACES A SPECIAL DAY IN SO MANY WAYS

Press ReleasesBy andrea lamasJune 15, 2017

SCENE & 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…

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RACING FANS ON SITE AT HASTINGS CAN CONTRIBUTE TO JOSE’S FUND

Press ReleasesBy andrea lamasJune 9, 2017

Nothing 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…

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A VETERAN JOCKEY’S MESSAGE TO JOSE: “DON’T GIVE UP; DON’T GIVE IN”

Press ReleasesBy andrea lamasJune 8, 2017

  By 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…

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SMOOTH LANDING FOR VENETIAN MASK IN WINNING JOHN LONGDEN 6000

Press ReleasesBy andrea lamasJune 6, 2017

SMOOTH 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…

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CHANTS OF ‘GINO, GINO, GINO’ COULD FILL HASTINGS AIR ON JUNE 18

Press ReleasesBy andrea lamasJune 2, 2017

  By 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…

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ALL-TIME GREAT LUI PASSAGLIA JOINING ALUMNI DAY AT THE RACES

Press ReleasesBy andrea lamasJune 1, 2017

By 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…

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‘BLANKETING’ THE SPORTS SCENE IN VARIOUS WAYS AT HASTINGS RACECOURSE

Press ReleasesBy andrea lamasMay 26, 2017

By 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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PAT JARVIS & HER DEDICATED TRAINING CREW LOOKING TO TURN THINGS AROUND

Press ReleasesBy andrea lamasMay 25, 2017

By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport   SCENE & HEARD: Behind the wheel of her 1969 Camaro, back in the day Pat Jarvis was known as “the fastest gal in the Northwest” on the National Hot Rod Association circuit. “I could drive faster than my boyfriend in high school,” she says. “Nowadays you’d get locked…

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