HBPA BC will make plans on how to combat the BC government's devastating move to stop casino revenue sharing.
Hastings Racecourse
The BC Provincial Government has informed Horseracing B.C. that effective Jan, 31, 2026, it will cease all slot-funding revenue to the horse racing industry.
Dates for the 2026 Thoroughbred season at Hastings are still to be discussed with the new owner of the casino, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation.
Peter Redekop, in his 90th year, is selling the remainder of his horses next week in Kentucky, including top mare Avana.
Amadeo Perez claims fourth consecutive jockey title, trainer Barbara Heads dominates for third year; total wagering reaches $17.3 million.
Two-year-olds owned, co-owned and trained by Dino Condilenios for Jordan Froelich won both prestigious Futurities at Hastings.
The Grade 3 Derby has nine entered while filly Chi Chi Time, entered in both, will compete against the gals in the Oaks.
The $125,000 British Columbia Derby at Hastings Racecourse on Sept. 13th looms as the decisive final showdown of the series.
Favourites swept all four CTHS BC Sales Stakes on a perfect Monday night at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver.
Turmoil in British Columbia with the closing of Fraser Downs, Hastings losing days and few horses entered in yearling sale.
A single winner took down the entire pool on Friday night, which will grow again heading into the BC Derby on Saturday, September 13th.
Rondelito won his third stakes race in succession in the Sir Winston Churchill, a local prep for the BC Derby.
Seven races at Hastings Racecourse on July 5 included a pair of three-year-old stakes races, both won by BC-breds.
The first-time starter by Finality was 2-to-1 in the slop on May 31 and romped to a 12-length win in near-track record time.
The Steven Henson trainee fended off numerous challengers in the late stages of his 2025 return to win his fifth career race.
