Photo 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…
DetailsHASTINGS RACECOURSE LAUNCHES SEASON WITH OPENING CARD ON SUNDAY, APRIL 27 February 27, 2014 A 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…
DetailsHASTINGS RACE SEASON TAKES FORWARD STEP WITH CONFIRMATION OF FUNDING EXTENSION February 17, 2014 A late April or early May start to the 2014 racing season at Hastings Racecourse is on the drawing board following an announcement from the B.C. Horse Racing Industry Management Committee that a funding model for the Thoroughbred sector is in…
DetailsHERBIE D: UNDISPUTED STAR OF THE SHOW AT 2013 THOROUGHBRED AWARDS DINNER December 12, 2013 The dominant headline in the sports section of the Seattle Times on August 19 read: ‘Herbie D’s Day’. That can now be updated to Herbie D’s Night’ following the 2013 Thoroughbred Awards Dinner at Newlands Golf & Country Cub. The…
DetailsTHRILLING 2013 HASTINGS RACING SEASON SEES NEW WINNERS IN THREE KEY CATEGORIES October 18, 2013 Leading Jockey, Trainer & Owners Will Be Saluted Dec. 5 Vancouver, B.C. (October 18, 2013) – From opening day on April 13 to a spectacular finish on Thanksgiving Monday, October 14, the 2013 thoroughbred season at Hastings Racecourse left fans…
DetailsGRYDER CAPS HIS INITIAL HASTINGS RIDING SEASON WITH WIRE-TO-WIRE WIN IN $100,000 PREMIERS October 15, 2013 “Thank You Vancouver for Having Me” Vancouver, B.C. (Oct. 14/13) – Veteran jockey Aaron Gryder was doing most of the thanking on Thanksgiving Monday as he acknowledged a healthy holiday crowd at Hastings Racecourse for their warm Vancouver hospitality…
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