With the intention of ensuring quality race cards, Hastings Racecourse general manager Darren MacDonald announced today the re-scheduling of the Sunday, May 18 card to Wednesday, July 23. “We will strive to have strong nine-race cards on Saturday, May 17 and the Victoria Holiday Day Monday on May 19,” MacDonald said. “Tentatively, we’re looking at…
DetailsBack-to-back stakes victories in the early going of the 2014 Hastings Racecourse season left owner Peter Redekop in a jovial mood Saturday. “I think I could get quite comfortable here,” Redekop smiled amid the celebration with trainer Anita Bolton following a comfortable victory by Aspen Getaway in the $50,000 Jim Coleman Province. Redekop was also…
DetailsThe 140th running of the Kentucky Derby from Churchill Downs will be viewed live on the new gigantic television screen located on the infield at Hastings Racecourse Saturday afternoon. “The historic Run for the Roses will be part of our seven-race program,” said Stuart Slagle, Racing Secretary at Hastings. “Combined with two $50,000 stakes races…
DetailsVisiting jockeys Rico Walcott and Aaron Gryder thrilled an opening day crowd with $50,000 stakes victories under ideal weather conditions Sunday at Hastings Racecourse. Walcott, leading rider at Edmonton’s Northlands Park in 2013, slipped through the rail on Title Contender to take a commanding lead entering the final turn and won the George Royal Stakes…
DetailsOpening Day Sunday, April 27 Launches 2014 Season Historians have recorded that the first thoroughbred race staged in Vancouver was held in 1889 in what was referred to as the Vancouver City Stakes. It was the first – and last – time Howe Street was used as a racetrack. A horse named Mayflower took home…
DetailsPhoto of Jockey Fuentes Wins National Prize For Single Mom Red carpets, champagne receptions and $250-a-plate dinners have never been part of Patti Tubbs’ lifestyle. She’s a 48-year-old single mother surviving on a monthly $900 disability pension who tries to make ends meet by delivering pizza at night and occasionally selling one of her racing-related…
DetailsGreat Canadian Gaming Corporation is pleased to announce the appointment of Darren MacDonald to the position of General Manager of Hastings Racecourse. MacDonald, 42, joined the Hastings team as Manager of Gaming Operations in 2007 and over the past four years has been extensively involved in the racing side of the business as Assistant General…
DetailsA 51-day live thoroughbred racing schedule has been announced for 2014 at Hastings Racecourse beginning Sunday, April 27 and concluding Monday, October 13. Darren MacDonald, Hastings’ interim general manager, said there are also four tentative dates reserved for late October depending upon income during the 51-day meet, as per the agreement announced last week by…
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