Opening Day of the 2019 thoroughbred season at Hastings Racecourse on Saturday, May 4 will be taking on its own festive Kentucky Derby flavour with four $50,000 stake races, a fleet of food trucks, entertainment, giveaways and live simulcast coverage of the 145th running of the world-renowned Run for the Roses direct from Churchill Downs.
“It promises to be an awesome start to our 51-day schedule,” said Darren MacDonald, Regional Director, BC Racing.
“We’re celebrating the 130th anniversary of thoroughbred racing in British Columbia this year and plan to kick things off in style during opening weekend.”