The 2021 live meet at Hastings Racecourse begins Monday, May 3rd, but how long it can run under the current circumstances is the big question. Fifty days are scheduled, with a target final day of October 25th, but there is not enough purse money to carry the meet that long.
Glen Todd, an owner, breeder and trainer and thoroughbred representative on the British Columbia Horse Racing Industry Management Committee, said in an interview with Canadian Thoroughbred, “We’ve got enough funding at the moment to run at least twenty-five days. So we are going to get off to a good start.” Hastings is the only race track in Canada that is currently operating; the first race goes off at 5:00 pm.