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 (BCTOBA),” said Richard Yates, Secretary-Treasurer of HBPA of BC. “It has been strongly supported by the management of Hastings Racecourse, in particular, its General Manager Darren MacDonald.”
According to Yates, “the sale was conceived primarily as a way to put horses in the hands of people wanting to race at Hastings Racecourse, by offering horses that were close to race-ready at a date not far from the season opening. This will reduce risk and expense for those buying in the sale and, hopefully, encourage them to do so.