Turf racing dominated Woodbine last week, several trainers grab their first 2020 wins and Alberta's biggest race comes up this weekend.
Hastings Racecourse
Poor air quality in the Vancouver area Sunday led to the Sunday race card at Hastings Racecourse to be postponed until Thursday.
Tod Mountain Stable take the feature with favourite Stay Fantastic, and one other win on the day moves the outfit to just two behind in the owner standings.
"The Queen of Hastings”, Canada’s 2019 Sovereign Award winner Here’s Hannah added another jewel to her crown Sunday afternoon at Hastings.
Stakes action in western Canada has been heating up and Hastings Racecourse changes its racing dates mid-meet in search of more wagering.
Roy and Dixie Jaconson's 7-year-old stretch runner rallied three wide on the last turn to defeat heavily-favoured Five Star General.
On the July 20th card at Hastings, Christine Ammann saddles 3 winners and her 4 victories in 2020 are already her best season ever.
Silvino Morales and Amadeo Perez both had riding doubles while the stallion Second in Command had two winners as racing continues without fans.
It was a day in which even money or close to it favourites were established in all of the seven races - but only three of them actually won.
BC breeders are off and running with their homebreds as Hastings Racecourse completes the first two days of its late-starting 2020 season.
Quiet grandstands and some unscheduled Race 2 delays notwithstanding, it was an exciting second day of racing at the Vancouver oval.
The last major Canadian racetrack awaiting approval from health officials, but reports are entries will be taken next week; BC Derby not on stakes schedule.
Century Mile in Alberta and Hastings Racecourse in British Columbia appear set to announce opening dates for racing, possibly as soon as June 12.
BC's Thoroughbred track will allow for horses and horsepeople to return to the backstretch May 1 with training beginning May 2.
Hastings Racecourse was supposed to open April 26 but like most tracks, racing is on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic and breeders are concerned.