Vancouver, B.C. (March 8/19) – Opening day of the 2019 live racing season at Hastings Racecourse has been moved to Saturday, May 4 after an interruption of training schedules in February and March due to inclement weather. “Excessive February freezing temperatures in Vancouver limited our opportunities to train at Hastings,” said Darren MacDonald, Regional…
DetailsVancouver, B.C. — The silverware never gets too heavy in the arms of Paul Caravetta and his fellow owners from B.C. Stables. Capping a 2018 thoroughbred season that saw Here’s Hannah win four stake races at Hastings Racecourse, their brilliant 3-year-old filly also galloped off with Horse of the Year honours at the annual Thoroughbred…
DetailsTRACK ANNOUNCER DAN JUKICH NAMED TO B.C. SPORTS HALL OF FAME Calling the Races for 28 Years Earns Him Status in Class of 2019 Media Category By Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport Vancouver, B.C. (Nov. 14/18) – The man who has called more than 20,000 thoroughbred races at Hastings Racecourse was among those in…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport Vancouver, B.C. (Nov. 8/18) – More Friday Night Live cards and earlier start times on two of the biggest days of the year: these are two major changes to the 2019 live thoroughbred racing schedule announced by Darren MacDonald, General Manager, Hastings Racecourse & Director, BC Racing. “We’re excited…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Emergence and resurgence are two words that come to mind when reflecting on the 2018 thoroughbred season that draws to a close following nine-race cards on both Saturday and Sunday at Hastings Racecourse. Youth was certainly served when two-year-old fillies Summerland and Dancin Shoes emerged…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Two or three mornings a week a tall, lean man wearing a broad brimmed, caramel-coloured hat walks briskly through the Hastings Racecourse parking lot towards the track’s main entrance. His routine rarely changes. He mingles for a bit with his pals in Jerome’s, picks up…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: To quote Postmedia journalist Lori Culbert in a riveting article published in the Vancouver Sun in November, 2017: “The 350 square foot, two-bedroom apartment is a cramped, no-frills space, but it provided a safe place for cabinet-minister-to-be Shane Simpson, his little sister and his mother…
DetailsBy Greg Douglas – Dr. Sport SCENE & HEARD: Two very special ladies who have dedicated countless hours over decades to the well-being of horsemen and horsewomen in the backstretch at Hastings are going to be singled out during tomorrow’s Thanksgiving Holiday Monday card. Jeannie Spence, co-founder of the Hastings Park Learning Centre and…
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