Hastings Racecourse has put together without question the best racing card of the 2015 season for tomorrow’s Canada Day live program. The day features 4 stakes races all with good size fields, three heats in the Championship series and first six furlong race for two year old allowance horses. Lots of features for the whole […]
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The day after the first Triple Crown in all those years could have been something of an anti-climax, but Sunday at the Track of the Water and Mountains produced some outstanding performances, both equine and human. Jockey Keishan Balgobin won three and Richard Hamel won both stakes on the card. In fact, Hamel won three […]
Sunday saw better horses and larger fields than the day before and the result was a larger crowd and a handle that pushed past $830,000, nearly $370,000 more than Saturday. Jockeys and trainers had big clumps of success with Pedro Alvarado and Richard Hamel each riding three winners while Mike Anderson trained two, as did […]
Ten race days and five weekends into the 2015 season at Hastings Racecourse has shown a clear resurgence locally in the popularity of the legendary Sport of Kings. Case in point: wagering was up nearly 30 per cent this past weekend compared to the same time last year. Overall, the daily handle for live racing […]
Jockey Nichelle Milner was paralyzed for seven months when she suffered a broken back in 1989 and a broken neck in 1992 following accidents during her riding career in the U.S. But she never allowed it to break her spirit. Milner is the newest member of the Hastings Racecourse management team and says of her […]
After six days of racing at Hastings Racecourse the mutual handle is up 13% over 2014. We keep track on a day to day basis comparing day one against day one in 2014 and so on. A combination of good weather so far and the field size being up by nearly a half a horse […]
Cederberg ($12.80) won the co-featured Jim Coleman Province Stakes for three year-olds on Sunday at Hastings Racecourse with an unrelenting effort over the 6 ½ furlong sprint distance that saw him eventually wear down a very game Bluegrass Angus and win in 1:16.32, that being plenty fast for a three year-old at Hastings in early […]
Two new stakes races have been added to BC Cup Day on Monday, August 3 while two established BC Cup stakes are moving to a huge Friday Night Live program August 21 on the eve of the 2015 PNE Fair. Darren MacDonald, Hastings General Manager and Director, BC Racing, announced the addition of a new […]
Hastings General Manager, Darren MacDonald sends along late yesterday that he walked the entire barn on Thursday afternoon and states the horse count now appears to be around 530 horses. Although we don’t have an official count for the same time last year it would appear we are up over the total count. The number […]
Sunday morning was another beautiful, fairly warm and comfortable morning. The weather and the excitement of opening day not too far away brought out several owners to watch their pride and joys train. The track is in perfect shape for this time of year with the help of the weather this year as I can […]
Hastings Racecourse’s general manager, Darren MacDonald, reports that there are more than 350 horses now on the grounds. That is very good news because at this time last year it was only about 200 horses on the grounds. MacDonald also reported that a large stable from Portland Meadows had started to ship in and they […]
Over 100 horses were on the grounds for the opening of training Thursday at Hastings Racecourse. With the 2015 thoroughbred season set to open Saturday, April 25, long-time trainer John Morrison was the first to have a horse on the track shortly after 7:30 a.m. “It’s an encouraging start,” said Darren MacDonald, General Manager at […]
Hastings Racecourse, General Manager, Darren MacDonald called two meetings yesterday to show a open door policy to horsemen with the racing office to discuss relevant issues pertaining to the 2014 Live Season at Hastings. The race office official met with the Jockey Agents during the first meeting and it was a very fruitful meeting with […]
The skies cleared about 1:00pm on Sunday at Hastings Racecourse and the race goers poured in for what appeared to be the largest opening day crowd in many, many years. General Manager, Darren MacDonald in his first year as G.M of the East Hastings Oval was grinning from ear to ear as the handle […]
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 on income during the 51-day meet, as per the agreement announced last week by […]
