Hastings Racecourse was hot on Sunday. Pedro Alvarado won three races. Keishan Balgobin rode a double. The 22-year-old sire Stephanotis showed everyone he was still hot, siring two winners. SenorRojo scorched an Allowance type field on his way to a daylight win. And the racing fans that came out were blazing under the sun. Senor […]
There were some nice horses running at Hastings Racecourse on Sunday. There were three quality allowance type races (including two Maiden Special Weights) with a $25,000 maiden claimer thrown in for good measure. Both upper level maidens for three-and-ups went as straight three-year-old races as has happened so many times this season. Leading riders Richard […]
Presidents of the three racing associations, members of the BCHRIMC and Hastings, General Manager, Darren MacDonald will meet with the acting mayor of Vancouver to discuss Hastings Racecourse this coming Sunday, July 12th. Great Canadian Casino Corporations lease expires in the fall of 2016 and they have had discussions with the city on an extension […]
Hastings Racecourse has put together without question the best racing card of the 2015 season for tomorrow’s Canada Day live program. The day features 4 stakes races all with good size fields, three heats in the Championship series and first six furlong race for two year old allowance horses. Lots of features for the whole […]
The day after the first Triple Crown in all those years could have been something of an anti-climax, but Sunday at the Track of the Water and Mountains produced some outstanding performances, both equine and human. Jockey Keishan Balgobin won three and Richard Hamel won both stakes on the card. In fact, Hamel won three […]
Sunday at historic old Hastings Racecourse was a good day. There were enough people there to keep you from missing them and while we could have used another horse or two, a lot of what was there was high quality. There were three Allowance races, an open $16,000 that went to a distinguished senior citizen, […]
Last year an estimated 22,000 Thoroughbred foals were registered in North America and will soon be making their racing debuts. When those horses retire from racing, they will need to find new careers. That’s where New Stride Thoroughbred Adoption Society comes in. New Stride is proud to showcase the athleticism and talent of the Thoroughbred […]
After six days of racing at Hastings Racecourse the mutual handle is up 13% over 2014. We keep track on a day to day basis comparing day one against day one in 2014 and so on. A combination of good weather so far and the field size being up by nearly a half a horse […]
Hastings General Manager, Darren MacDonald sends along late yesterday that he walked the entire barn on Thursday afternoon and states the horse count now appears to be around 530 horses. Although we don’t have an official count for the same time last year it would appear we are up over the total count. The number […]
Sunday morning was another beautiful, fairly warm and comfortable morning. The weather and the excitement of opening day not too far away brought out several owners to watch their pride and joys train. The track is in perfect shape for this time of year with the help of the weather this year as I can […]
