Hastings General Manager, Darren MacDonald sends along late yesterday that he walked the entire barn on Thursday afternoon and states the horse count now appears to be around 530 horses.
Although we don’t have an official count for the same time last year it would appear we are up over the total count.
The number of workers for the same dates for last year is considerably higher and we will have far more horses ready to run on opening day.
Opening day is just 29 days away on April 25th.
HASTINGS RACECOURSE TRACK SURFACE
The track along with the three racing association did a study on the racing surface at Hastings.
The group brought in racing surface expert Mick Peterson who has done research and studies at nearly all of the major tracks in North America, he spent a day at Hastings with group going over the track surface.
Peterson has since made several recommendations that are underway by track management.
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