Friday Cash Frenzy – Friday, December 2 – 30
Every Friday in December you can take home cash! Earn ballots every Friday from 2:30pm-11:30pm and be here for draws at 8pm, 10pm and midnight. You could win up to $1000!
HAMEL SCORES AN EARLY RACING HAT-TRICK INCLUDING BACK-TO-BACK STAKES WINS Veteran Jockey Surpasses 1,500 Career Victories
Vancouver, B.C. (Oct. 1/16) – Jockey Richard Hamel attended to his business early and with a bang at Hastings Racecourse Saturday afternoon. Hamel entered the seven-race card just two victories shy of 1,500 career trips to the winner’s circle. By the end of the third race, the 47-year-old leading rider at Hastings had scored a…
RICHARD HAMEL HAS 1,500 CAREER WINS CLEARLY IN HIS SIGHTS THIS WEEKEND
Vancouver, B.C. (Sept. 30/16) – A normal question frequently heard at a racetrack, for obvious reasons, is: “What are the odds?” In the case of veteran jockey Richard Hamel, the answer might be as obvious as the question heading into this weekend at Hastings Racecourse. Hamel is just two wins shy of 1,500 career riding…
IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HALL FAMILY TRADITION SPIRIT BAY CAPTURES SADIE DIAMOND FUTURITY Jockey Denis Araujo Scores a Racing Hat Trick
Vancouver, B.C. (Sept. 19/16) – Dressed for the occasion, everything went according to plan for trainer Phil Hall at Hastings Racecourse Sunday afternoon. Decked out in a dark suit, matching tie and crisp white shirt, Hall stood tall in the winner’s circle following Spirit Bay’s impressive victory in the $100,000 Sadie Diamond Futurity for 2-year-old…
COMPETITIVE FIELDS CREATE PLENTY OF DRAMA FOR BC DERBY/OAKS DAY AT HASTINGS
Vancouver, B.C. (Sept. 8/16) – Not only is Saturday’s BC Derby/Oaks Day card the richest of the 2016 thoroughbred season at Hastings Racecourse, the fields in six stake races are being cited as the most competitive on this year’s calendar. The marquee event is the 71st running of the Grade 3 BC Derby for 3-year-olds…
BACK-TO-BACK BC CUP STAKES WINS KEEP THE HALL NAME FRONT & CENTRE
Vancouver, B.C. (August 3/16) – The father-son bond between current Hastings owner/trainer Phil Hall and the late, legendary Robert (Bobby) Hall lives on. Bob Hall, who passed away following a lengthy illness on July 22, 2015, was best known for being the owner and trainer of the greatest Britiish Columbia-bred ever, George Royal. As a…
BIG CROWD JOINED PRAVEN & DEBBIE SORENSEN FOR THE BRODIE SORENSEN MEMORIAL PURSE
BIG CROWD JOINED PRAVEN & DEBBIE SORENSEN FOR THE BRODIE SORENSEN MEMORIAL PURSE Tweet “The people who work at the track have big hearts,” Praven says. “When I’m there, it’s like being with family.” At first glance it appeared a horse from either Hastings Racing Club 1 or Club 11 had just won and…
LANCE & KIM MAKE TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH STAKES WIN & YEARLING HORSE PURCHASE
LANCE & KIM MAKE TRIUMPHANT RETURN WITH STAKES WIN & YEARLING PURCHASE Tweet In the span of six weeks, Lance Giesbrecht has bounded back into the limelight at Hastings Racecourse wearing that same engaging smile that was so familiar to local racing fans dating back to the late 1980’s. His most recent flurry…