According to a report in the Agassiz Harrison Observer, Langley Township in BC is pitching a new horse racing facility to replace both Vancouver’s Hastings Park Thoroughbred track and Surrey’s Fraser Downs Standardbred track.
The Township of Langley sent a letter to the BC Horse Racing Industry Management Committee and Mayor Jack Froese confirmed the Township is exploring the idea, although it is in its infancy. In the letter, council was asked to advise the BC government and the BC Lottery Corporation that the Township, in partnership with the Kwantlen First Nation, was interested in hosting a racetrack and gaming facility.
The motion read in part that the Township “would like to explore the relocation of the two major racetracks, both thoroughbred and standardbred, to a new one-mile, all-weather racetrack and training centre to be established on agricultural land in the Township at the lands owned by the Township at the North East corner of 216 Street and 80 Avenue, which would include a teletheatre (racebook) and, when permitted, an ancillary gaming facility.”
The Township is reportedly asking horse racing industry stakeholders if there is any interest in moving the racetracks to Langley.
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