British Columbia

A New Home For Racing In B.C.?

Reports are surfacing of the possibility of a modern, dual-breed horse racing venue in Metro Vancouver — one that, should it come to fruition, could offer horsepeople in British Columbia an up-to-date...

HRBC Yearling Sale Moves Online

November 20, 2020

For the first time, the 2020 Harness Racing British Columbia Yearling Sale will be conducted in a virtual format.

Yoga Pants Rebounds In BC Stakes

October 06, 2017

Multiple stakes winner Yoga Pants ($3.40) returned to her winning ways on Thursday evening (October 5) at Fraser Downs, proving fastest of 20 three-year-old pacing fillies with a 1:55.3 triumph in her...

New Fractional Ownership Club

If someone said that you could spend $250 a year and experience the ride of campaigning and owning a piece of a racehorse, would you do it?

Cobalt Testing Coming To BC

September 02, 2015

Officials with Harness Racing BC have announced that there will be cobalt testing in the province in the near future.

Smooth Sailing Reported In BC

December 05, 2012

When the announcement of a planned south Surrey casino came to light this past summer in BC, local businesses loyal to Fraser Downs let it be known that they were against the expansion due to the assu...

Live Sports Betting At Fraser Downs?

September 17, 2012

It has been reported that on Tuesday, September 11 at the Cloverdale and District Chamber of Commerce's luncheon, Jim Lightbody, the BC Lottery Corporation's VP of casino and community gaming, told th...

Pacer Is A Rare High School Mascot

January 20, 2012

Think back to high school, when you knew everything. What was the school mascot? Was it a purple gryphon? Was it a majestic falcon? Chances are it wasn't a standardbred pacer… unless you hit the books...

Davis Dares To Be Different

January 10, 2012

Standardbred driver Billy Davis Jr. was taught it is important to be different and the driving suit he wears is a testament to that.

HRBC Releases Sale Results

November 24, 2011

Harness Racing BC has released the results of its recently-conducted 2011 yearling and mixed sale

Altered Sandown Re-zoning Okayed

November 23, 2011

According to a report, the 12 acres, or 4.8 hectares, of land to the direct east of the now-defunct Sandown Park raceway in North Saanich, BC will now not be re-zoned for commercial and agricultural u...

Gemmill Gets A Scare

November 18, 2011

Recently, octogenarian trainer Ray Gemmill, who drove Guy Dominion to the first-ever race win at Fraser Downs on January 1, 1976, thought God had called his number while he was jogging one member of h...

Butters Appointed In BC

October 28, 2011

British Columbia's Horse Racing Industry Management Committee has named Brian Butters its Director of Sustainability of Horse Racing.