Opinion: Canada Day horse-racing picks for Hastings Racecourse.
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Canada Day kicks off one of the best weekend of racing thus far this 12 months at Hastings Racecourse. There are 4 $50,000 Stakes races with the Monashee for fillies and mares, and the Lieutenant Governors’ for three-year-olds-and-up sharing the highlight on the seven-race Canada Day card that begins at 2 p.m.
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Included within the festivities is a draw for a day on the races within the VIP Field, which comes with a $100 betting voucher and a FlyOver Canada ticket giveaway. There’s additionally a $20,000 assured pool for the Choose 4.
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Each races Sunday, the Supernaturel for three-year-old fillies and the Chris Loseth for sophomore colts and geldings, may give us a clue to who the contenders are for the Grade 3 $125,000 B.C. Derby and the $75,000 B.C. Oaks on Sept. 16.
Neighneigh, the 2022 juvenile filly champion at Hastings, will attempt to get again on monitor within the Supernaturel. A Kentucky-bred daughter by Cross Site visitors, Neighneigh received each of her races final 12 months together with a convincing victory within the $50,000 Fantasy the place she led from begin to end within the 1 1/16-miles race.
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She has began simply as soon as this 12 months and, after contesting the tempo, she pale to complete fifth within the $50,000 River Rock On line casino on June 10.
Competitors will likely be stiff with the Keith Pedersen-trained Air Pressure going for the hat trick following her recreation victory over Above Common within the River Rock.
The River Rock could have been a race Neighneigh wanted and, with that behind her, she may take an enormous step ahead Sunday. She regarded nice engaged on June 25 and her five-furlong transfer in 1:00.00 flat was one of the best of the day.
Rob Maybin and his spouse, Sheena, have been the main homeowners at Hastings final 12 months. His first involvement with horses got here using in donkey races as a child rising up in Eire. When it comes to cash, they’ve given much more to the native horse-racing business than they’ve acquired.
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“It’s a pastime for us,” he mentioned. “We might not be doing this if we didn’t find it irresistible. If this was a enterprise, we’d have stop a very long time in the past.”
The Maybins are at the moment tied for second within the proprietor’s standings with Jordan Froelich, three behind Willow Creek Farms who paved the way with eight victories.
Rob didn’t appear desirous to touch upon Neighneigh’s possibilities within the Supernaturel.
Stakes Choices
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Monashee: I like the best way Bayakoas Picture labored for coach Brian O’Connell final Saturday and she or he is undefeated in three begins on the distance. Giving her the nod in a wide-open occasion.
Lt. Governors: Arollercoasterride was a simple winner of his second begin this 12 months and coach Barbara Heads seems to have final 12 months’s B.C. Derby and Premier’s runner-up primed for an enormous effort.
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I’m not counting out Massive Union who was spectacular successful the George Royal for coach Nicole Rycroft. The five-year-old Kentucky-bred has educated sensationally since and on condition that he received going a mile at Churchill Downs and simply missed at 1 1/16 miles on the turf at Indiana Downs, he must be OK stretching out to a center distance for the primary time this 12 months.
Massive Union was on his toes when he labored a half-mile in 46.6 seconds in entrance of the group that confirmed up for Clocker’s Nook at Hastings final Sunday.
“He’s doing very well,” mentioned Rycroft. “He trains like he can run all day and we had a tough time pulling him up in his earlier work.”
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Chris Loseth: Regardless of not having one of the best journey, closely favoured Legacy Sq. virtually received the Ross McLeod. He ought to make amends with main rider Amadeo Perez aboard for coach Edgar Mendoza.
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Supernaturel: Key to Success ran nicely in her first begin at Hastings and will fireplace an enormous shot for coach Larry Grieve going a distance she received at in Lexington as a two-year-old final 12 months.
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