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 […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
As of Sunday we have completed 46 days of live racing at Hastings Racecourse. In total we have run a total of 347 races which includes 39 stakes races. The average field size although it slipped a little in July and August is holding pretty steady at 6.94 horses per race. The overall handle at […]
The second qualifying leg of the Champions Starter Series was split into a pair of races and the first was won by Wine Stock ($4.30) who covered a sloppy 6 ½ furlongs in the day’s best time of 1:17.04. That was good three-and-a-quarter-length win over Ganbei who closed a ton of ground in the last […]
Hastings Racecourse was hot on Sunday. Pedro Alvarado won three races. Keishan Balgobin rode a double. The 22-year-old sire Stephanotis showed everyone he was still hot, siring two winners. SenorRojo scorched an Allowance type field on his way to a daylight win. And the racing fans that came out were blazing under the sun. Senor […]
There were some nice horses running at Hastings Racecourse on Sunday. There were three quality allowance type races (including two Maiden Special Weights) with a $25,000 maiden claimer thrown in for good measure. Both upper level maidens for three-and-ups went as straight three-year-old races as has happened so many times this season. Leading riders Richard […]
