With the total wagering handle skyrocketing to $810,252 and crowds gathered, opening day at Hastings Racecourse was a successful one.
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Opening Day of the 2019 thoroughbred season at Hastings Racecourse on Saturday, May 4 will be taking on its own festive Kentucky Derby flavour.
Stakes purses totaling $2.27 million kick into gear on opening day, Sunday, April 21, 2019, at Hastings Racecourse, including the $250,000 BC Derby.
Meet Lenny and Learie Seecharen, 22-year-old jockeys from Trinidad who will be riding during opening weekend of the season at Hastings Racecourse.
Trainer Dino Condilenios was dressed to the nines on Mother’s Day in a dark blue suit and crisp blue-on-white button-down shirt. After winning three races Sunday at Hastings Racecourse including the $50,000 George Royal with Modern for a third consecutive year, he says he’s thinking about making it his normal attire for the balance of […]
Dating back centuries the phrase “familiarity breeds contempt” basically referred to a person disliking another after spending too much time together. It most certainly does not apply to Peter Redekop and Glen Todd, a couple of gladiators who have known and respected each other for years as successful horse owners at Hastings Racecourse. In fact, […]
The 2017 thoroughbred racing season will see an increase of three races to its stakes schedule announced today by Darren MacDonald of Hastings Racecourse
The 2016 thoroughbred racing season will begin in mid-April and conclude in mid-October it was announced today by Hastings Racecourse General Manager Darren MacDonald. “It was great to come to a mutually beneficial schedule with the horsemen’s groups,” MacDonald said. “I couldn’t be happier. Now we just wait for the approval of the Gaming Policy […]
Jockey Nichelle Milner was paralyzed for seven months when she suffered a broken back in 1989 and a broken neck in 1992 following accidents during her riding career in the U.S. But she never allowed it to break her spirit. Milner is the newest member of the Hastings Racecourse management team and says of her […]
Over 100 horses were on the grounds for the opening of training Thursday at Hastings Racecourse. With the 2015 thoroughbred season set to open Saturday, April 25, long-time trainer John Morrison was the first to have a horse on the track shortly after 7:30 a.m. “It’s an encouraging start,” said Darren MacDonald, General Manager at […]
