The backstretch is open at Hastings Racecourse and training could begin Feb. 18; plus another win by a western Canadian horse in Arizona.
spring training
Trainers and jockeys hit the dirt at the border oval to prepare for the May 28 season opener of the track's 127th season.
More than 113 horses shipped into the backstretch over the long weekend, with more coming into the border oval daily.
There are less than two months before the opening of the 2022 Woodbine racing season, the first one set to begin on time in two years.
