A dozen days into the season it begins to dawn on folks that some other folks are having really good years thus far at Historic Old Hastings Racecourse. There are 5 locally based riders who are winning at 20% or better, topped by Richard Hamel at 31%. Four jockeys (Hamel, Antonio Reyes, Silvino Morales, Denis […]
It was a tough day at Historic Old Hastings for the speculators. No betting favorites won, despite the fact that 4 of the 8 races went to horses that had won their previous race. Five winners paid $10.00 or more, so the folks that got it right got paid. All sources, the handle was a […]
A fresh horse incentive program has been introduced at Hastings Racecourse, designed to increase the horse population. The following are the rules and eligibility criteria for 2016: • Up to $1,000 will be paid to cover actual shipping costs. • An additional $3,000 will be paid to the horse owner after the first start at […]
The largest opening day crowd in a long time turned out for the first card of the 2016 season at Historic Old Hastings Racecourse. For their efforts they got to watch a couple of high quality stakes races for older horses of both genders and two strong, if short, fields of allowance horses prepping for […]
With more than 300 thoroughbreds galloping in the early morning mist, the backstretch at Hastings Racecourse these days has taken on the look of a bustling community at the break of dawn. Under constant surveillance of owners, trainers, jockeys and gallop riders, the horses appear from their stalls in an orderly fashion to begin exercising […]
One of the richest and most exciting stakes schedules ever presented at Hastings Racecourse launches with the Sir Winston Churchill and Brighouse Belles on opening day, Sunday, April 17. The two $35,000 Allowance Stakes mark the beginning of a 41-stake schedule with purses totalling $2.6 million over the course of the 2016 season, up $100,000 […]
Hastings Racecourse in coordination with BC TOBA and HBPA on Sunday announced the official dates for a Two Year Olds in Training and Mixed Horses of Racing Age. The sale will be held in the Paddock area of Hastings Racecourse on Saturday, March 26th and Preview day on Saturday, March 19th. Further details will be […]
Sunday’s nine race card brought the end of the 2015 Live Racing season at Hastings Racecourse. The season certainly ended on a high note with the wagering totaling $968,504.00 and that was the fourth best wagering day of the 2015 season. In total we ran 404 races with a total of 2797 horses for an […]
The stakes festivities kicked off in the fourth with the CTHS Sales Stake for two-year-old colts and geldings. Fear of the Cat ($3.50) won it as the heavy favorite over the closing We Found Gold who finished a length back in second. Timber King did some closing of his own to be third. The 6 […]
The second qualifying leg of the Champions Starter Series was split into a pair of races and the first was won by Wine Stock ($4.30) who covered a sloppy 6 ½ furlongs in the day’s best time of 1:17.04. That was good three-and-a-quarter-length win over Ganbei who closed a ton of ground in the last […]
