Hastings Racecourse

Outstanding Weekend at Hastings

And a fine BC Cup Day it was at Historic Old Hastings Racecourse. A substantial crowd, one of the largest in several years, was on hand to take in the six stakes races offered on a 9 race card. There were some outstanding performances, human and equine. Rico Walcott came down from Northlands in Edmonton […]

Summer Arrives at Hastings

While the Deighton Cup patrons are gone for another year, it looks like summer days are finally here. After several weeks of unseasonable cloud drizzle and rain, Sunday’s card was blessed with brilliant sunshine and absolutely perfect temperatures. While a short sprinkling of showers and thunder did occur, it compliantly held off until after the […]

Wiener Dog Days and More at Hastings

The track dried out for Sunday’s racing and we knew that all was well when the wiener dogs were able to return to the main track after Saturday’s stint on the asphalt. The two Wiener Dog Days drew huge crowds, with many of the attendees making inquiries as to how they could wager on the […]

Snuggles Claims Emerald Downs Stake

Sunday afternoon was alright for racing and the fans assembled at Historic Old Hastings Racecourse seemed to have a fine time. Almost 700K was wagered on the card that was run over a fast track that was kind to speed even if it did not outright favour it. Favourites won half of the eight races […]

Twistgrips Clamps Down On The Wire

A dozen days into the season it begins to dawn on folks that some other folks are having really good years thus far at Historic Old Hastings Racecourse. There are 5 locally based riders who are winning at 20% or better, topped by Richard Hamel at 31%. Four jockeys (Hamel, Antonio Reyes, Silvino Morales, Denis […]

Odds R Good at Hastings

It was a tough day at Historic Old Hastings for the speculators. No betting favorites won, despite the fact that 4 of the 8 races went to horses that had won their previous race. Five winners paid $10.00 or more, so the folks that got it right got paid. All sources, the handle was a […]

New Incentives Program for Hastings

A fresh horse incentive program has been introduced at Hastings Racecourse, designed to increase the horse population. The following are the rules and eligibility criteria for 2016: • Up to $1,000 will be paid to cover actual shipping costs. • An additional $3,000 will be paid to the horse owner after the first start at […]

A Full Card at Hastings

Perfect would have been racing both days, but the alternative, 10 races on Sunday, provided for a full card of racing that turned out better in a number of dimensions than it might have. The overnight monsoon stopped, morning produced a mix of broken clouds, sunshine and wind that quickly dried out the track, providing […]

Opening Day at Hastings

The largest opening day crowd in a long time turned out for the first card of the 2016 season at Historic Old Hastings Racecourse. For their efforts they got to watch a couple of high quality stakes races for older horses of both genders and two strong, if short, fields of allowance horses prepping for […]

Hastings Paddock Sale a Huge Success

There was some old-time auction action at the 2016 Hastings Paddock Sale when 18 thoroughbreds of racing age were sold for a total of $150,000

Hastings Paddock Sale

Hastings Racecourse will hold a paddock sale featuring two-year-olds in training and horses of racing age on March 26, 2016. This is the first such offering, and is the result of the “efforts of the Horsemen’s Benevolent & Protective Association of British Columbia (HBPA of BC) and the British Columbia Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association […]

Hastings Racecourse Alive and Buzzing

With more than 300 thoroughbreds galloping in the early morning mist, the backstretch at Hastings Racecourse these days has taken on the look of a bustling community at the break of dawn. Under constant surveillance of owners, trainers, jockeys and gallop riders, the horses appear from their stalls in an orderly fashion to begin exercising […]

Two-Year-Old in Training Sale at Hastings

Hastings Racecourse in coordination with BC TOBA and HBPA on Sunday announced the official dates for a Two Year Olds in Training and Mixed Horses of Racing Age. The sale will be held in the Paddock area of Hastings Racecourse on Saturday, March 26th and Preview day on Saturday, March 19th. Further details will be […]

Hastings Season Final Stats

Sunday’s nine race card brought the end of the 2015 Live Racing season at Hastings Racecourse. The season certainly ended on a high note with the wagering totaling $968,504.00 and that was the fourth best wagering day of the 2015 season. In total we ran 404 races with a total of 2797 horses for an […]

Hastings 53-Card Season Opens in April

The 2016 thoroughbred racing season will begin in mid-April and conclude in mid-October it was announced today by Hastings Racecourse General Manager Darren MacDonald. “It was great to come to a mutually beneficial schedule with the horsemen’s groups,” MacDonald said. “I couldn’t be happier. Now we just wait for the approval of the Gaming Policy […]