Fred Hastings spends many hours in the broadcast box at Menangle.
Great to chat with Sydney harness racing caller Fred Hastings who achieved the rare distinction of tipping the programme at Penrith last week (11/4/2019). It’s the third time the popular commentator has made a clean sweep of a Sydney trotting card.
Fred wanted to be a race caller from a very early age, but had to work in many different roles before things fell into place.
This fifty three year old is passionate about the sport of harness racing and it shows!
(Banner image - Fred with great friend and mentor, Ian Craig.)
Fred got to call three races at Yonkers during a holiday trip. Here he is in the box with USA caller John Hernan.