BIG CROWD JOINED PRAVEN & DEBBIE SORENSEN FOR THE BRODIE SORENSEN MEMORIAL PURSE Tweet “The people who work at the track have big hearts,” Praven says. “When I’m there, it’s like being with family.” At first glance it appeared a horse from either Hastings Racing Club 1 or Club 11 had just won and…
LANCE & KIM MAKE TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH STAKES WIN & YEARLING PURCHASE Tweet In the span of six weeks, Lance Giesbrecht has bounded back into the limelight at Hastings Racecourse wearing that same engaging smile that was so familiar to local racing fans dating back to the late 1980’s. His most recent flurry…
Vancouver, B.C. (Sept. 11/16) – On one hour’s sleep, horse owner Glen Todd was back at his Hastings Racecourse stable Sunday morning wondering if life could get any better. It was 12 hours earlier when Todd had won his first BC Derby with Sorryaboutnothing, describing the moment as “the last thing on my bucket list”.…
A DAY TO REMEMBER & SHARE FOR OWNER AND TRAINER SHAWN LAWSON Tweet Shawn Lawson Shawn Lawson’s story is strictly movie material. When Shawn lost his mother at the age of five, his father became his best friend in the whole wide world and cared and protected him through unthinkable tough times. Alex Lawson…
HORSE RACING TRAINER JOHN SNOW CREDITS HIS ‘TEAM’ FOR EARLY SUCCESS Tweet Horse racing trainer John Snow is the type of person that every coach in every sport would want on his roster: a hard-working, down-to-earth guy who respects his profession and takes nothing for granted. Photo by Jackie Humber I just…