2007 Press Releases

December 17, 2007Hastings Owners Cheema & Sangara Each Capture Two Sovereign Awards
Bob Cheema and K.K. Sangara put Hastings Racecourse in the national thoroughbred racing spotlight Friday night at the 33rd Annual Sovereign Awards... [more...]
November 5, 200744 Years Between Training Titles For Popular Veteran Troy Taylor
With the leading jockey and owners titles having been determined heading into the final weekend of the 2007 Hastings Racecourse season all eyes were... [more...]
October 29, 2007Hastings Says ‘Au Revoir’ On Fan Appreciation Day Nov. 4
With long shot Royal Hudson having won the final stakes race of the season at Hastings Racecourse this past Sunday, the focus now turns to the closing... [more...]
October 27, 2007It Was A Sunday Afternoon Stroll For Fantasy Stakes Winner
Dancing Allstar pushed her earnings to over $300,000 with an easy two-length victory Saturday in the $109,217 Fantasy Stakes at Hastings Racecourse.

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October 14, 2007Sir Gallovic Answers The Call In Dramatic Finish Against True Metropolitan
Sir Gallovic played the role of giant killer with a dramatic at-the-wire victory over True Metropolitan in the $100,000 BC Premiers at Hastings... [more...]
October 13, 2007Monashee Makes It 11 Straight With Easy Win In Ballerina
As farewells go, Monashee did it up right. With jockey Dave Wilson enjoying the trip – again – the 5-year-old gray mare won her 11th consecutive... [more...]
October 11, 2007As Outstanding Horses Go Monashee Is One, Precious Commodity
Sports fans pay big bucks to watch the very best athletes perform their crafts. The price of a ticket will be no object when Sydney Crosby comes to... [more...]
October 8, 2007Desert Alf Sparkles In Jack Diamond Futurity
Jockey Frank Fuentes made his third win Sunday at Hastings Racecourse a big one by winning the $100,000 Jack Diamond Futurity aboard Desert Alf, owned... [more...]
October 7, 2007Dancing Allstar Sets Record For Two-Year-Olds In Sadie Diamond
Trainer Terry Jordan expressed some concern about the wet track conditions prior to the $100,000 Sadie Diamond Futurity Sunday but there was never... [more...]
September 19, 20072007 British Columbia Breeders’ Cup Derby Fact Sheet
Date: Sunday, September 23, 2007

Location: Hastings Racecourse

Race: $250,000 Grade III British Columbia Breeders’ Cup Derby, approximate post time 5:... [more...]
September 9, 2007Star Prospector & Dancing Allstar Prove To Be Ideal ‘Draft Picks’
The annual CTHS (British Columbia Division) Yearling & Mixed Sale has been likened to amateur and college drafts of young prospects in the NFL,... [more...]
July 18, 2007Live Racing Video Stream Service Now Offers Unrestricted Access
Access to online video streams to watch live racing from Hastings Racecourse, Fraser Downs, Georgian Downs and Flamboro Downs has become much less... [more...]
July 4, 2007Spaghetti Mouse & True Metropolitan On Course For An August Showdown
Could Spaghetti Mouse and True Metropolitan be headed for another shootout at the OK Corral we know as Hastings Racecourse?

Even though they were 3,00... [more...]
July 1, 2007Spaghetti Mouse Proves Again He Loves The Distance
Jockey Dave Wilson said Spaghetti Mouse “was set up perfectly for this race” and there was no disputing his words Sunday in the $107,8540 Grade 3... [more...]
June 29, 2007Lt. Governors Stake & A ‘Giant’ Birthday Cake Are Highlights Of The Hastings Holiday Weekend
Celebrating the 118th year of thoroughbred racing in Vancouver, Hastings Racecourse is providing an ideal wind-up to this weekend’s Canada Day... [more...]
June 23, 2007"She Has So Much Confidence You Can Go Anywhere With Her"
After winning her seventh straight stakes race by capturing the $50,000 Strawberry Morn at Hastings Racecourse Saturday, owner Ole Nielsen... [more...]
May 30, 2007Hastings Horses Getting Recognized For Talent At Various Levels
The true measure of success is being accepted by your peers from rival markets and lately, the quality of talent at Hastings Racecourse has been an... [more...]
May 23, 2007Canadian Horse Racing Hall Of Fame Welcomes The Bennetts & Chris Loseth
Russ and Lois Bennett, breeders of more than 50 stakes winners, and jockey Chris Loseth are among this year’s inductees into the Canadian Horse Racing... [more...]
May 21, 2007Ookashada Makes No Mistake In Winning Jim Coleman Province Stakes
Jockey Pedro Alvarado made amends aboard Ookashada in winning the $55,733 Jim Coleman Province Stakes Monday afternoon at Hastings Racecourse.

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May 17, 2007Super Mario Off To Hot Start As Hastings Prepares For Holiday Weekend
The Holiday Weekend at Hastings Racecourse has three stakes on the grill beginning with Saturday’s simulcast coverage of the 132nd Preakness from... [more...]
May 6, 2007Monashee & True Metropolitan Sprint To Hastings Stakes Wins
As 2007 debuts go, neither Monashee nor True Metropolitan wavered from the scripts on the weekend at Hastings Racecourse.

Monashee, who dominated the... [more...]
April 29, 2007$50,000 Cths Stakes Races Launch 2007 Hastings Season
As expected, Ookashada and Thesaratogaexpress went head-to-head in the colts and gelding division of the $50,000 CTHS Sales Stake Sunday at Hastings... [more...]
April 17, 2007Pedro Alvarado Anxious To Start Defence Of Hastings Title
Pedro Alvarado’s routine rarely changes as he prepares for another thoroughbred season at Hastings Racecourse.

His alarm kick-starts his day at 4 a.m.... [more...]
January 16, 2007Opening Day At Hastings Racecourse Set For Saturday, April 28
Friday afternoon racing; 39 stakes races with purses totaling $2.5 million; five holiday Monday cards ... the action starts at Hastings Racecourse... [more...]
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