Vancouver's Thoroughbred season got underway on Sunday, April 30 with plenty of exciting finishes and a victory by a new trainer.
Hastings Racecourse
A Pick 5 and High 5 will now offer 100% carryovers and the takeout rate is a fan-friendly 15% on the Vancouver track's races.
The brilliant 6-year-old mare was undefeated in five races in 2022, all stakes events, padding her career earnings to over $469,000.
Jordan Froelich began his foray into horse ownership through the Hastings Racing Club; now he buys his own through incentive program.
$1.75 million in stakes race purses are up for grabs as the 2023 Hastings Thoroughbred season launches on the last day of the month.
Canadian horsepeople look forward to spring as the backstretches open; Moon Landing moves to the top of the charts for the King's Plate.
Former Woodbine COO played a role in recent growth of the Assiniboia Downs racing product in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Restauranteur, racehorse lover Nick Felicella raced dozens of top horses with wife Pauline including richest BC Bred ever, Spaghetti Mouse
Here are some of the multiple winning racehorses in Canada in 2022 who didn't get into the headlines but were stars nonetheless.
Kentucky-bred 'iron horse' has won 13 of 28 races in 2022 and was co-bred by Vancouver horse owner George Gilbert.
The latest news on BC horses and horsepeople, including recent weanling purchases, is compiled by Nigel Reid at Horseracing BC.
BC-bred mare rolled to an 8 3/4 length win in the biggest race for older mares at Hastings Racecourse - her ninth straight stakes win.
The Lent gelding has won three stakes races in four starts in 2022; earlier, Air Force won the $100,000 Sadie Diamond Futurity.
The Jersey Town gelding won BC-bred race for owner Lance Giesbrecht and Kim Peacock and trainer Robert Anderson.
Horseracing BC's Nigel Reid takes a look at the catalogue for the upcoming BC CTHS Yearling and Mixed Sale.