HAWKE’S BAY CLUB

Dominion, Volume 37, Issue 229, 24 June 1944, Page 9

HAWKE’S BAY CLUB

Winter Meeting At Hastings

(BY

St. Simon.)

Fields for the Hawke's Bay Jockey Club’s winter meeting at Hastings today are eonilned largely to horses trained in Napier and Hastings, the transport restrictions preventing the usual team ot visitors from the Manawatu area. The weather in Hastings thi<s week has been changeable, and the track is in easy condition, but not likely to be very heavy. The form should prove interesting, tor most of the Hawke's Bay horses who are to race at Trentham next month are engaged. Betting will be win and place, and the following horses are likely to be well supported:— Hastings Hack Hurdles —Blue Title, Alienate, Combination. Hastings Maiden —First division: Beneve, Ann Hatlield, Laurium. Second division: Foxspear, Dark Morning, Casilda. Hawke’s Bay Hurdles—Epping, Pomplt, First Edition. Havelock Handicap—Findon, Hula Chief, Skyhawk. Hawke's Bay Steeplechase—Opaltown, Rhodes, Lueulliis Boy. Rotopal Handicap—Queen’s Charm, Mr. Valiant, Haughty Queen. Winter Handicap—Regal Night, Catterick Bridge, Boulder Dam. Final Handicap—Hula Chief, Kincrop, Walk Oft. Brackets are as follows:—Hastings Maiden: Lady Premier and Desert Ace, Beneve and kinzano, Yarramanana and Dark Morning, Treasure Tee and Whangai, Ann Hatlield and Fairy Godmother, Glad Fox and Rough Passage, Ziugari Song and Yarrow, Walpukurau and Master Gain, Master Gary and Peter's Girl, Jingle Jangle and Foxspear, Royal Melton and Master Peter, Gauges and Gynette, Silvestro, Ausar and Royal Duce, Cardouess, Kauri Queen and Casilda, Grand Coulee, Silver Rod and Laurium, Kahika, Curiality and Da Vinci. Havelock Hack: Hula Chief and Peata, Royal Heir and Royal Melton.

Dually engaged horses will start as .follows:—Hula Chief in the Final Hack; Piko Piko in the Final Hack; Gold Quest ill the Havelock Hack; Royal Melton in the Maiden. Faultless, Kadina, Broiveine and Grand Coulee, who is suffering from an abscess on the jatv, are not starting at the meeting. Riding engagements:—A. E. Lord, Tideover, Epping, Captain Star; A. Midwood, Siglow, Lady Premier; D. Ryan, Alienate: J. F. Nlcolson, Blue Title, First Edition; B. Kowhai, Black Saint; C. Sturgess. Teddy Lack; A. Gregory, Flying Spy; RHawes, Pompit, Malacca; W. J. Skillington, Kilmanagh; W. J. Stevens, High Morale; E. S. Deslandes, Opaltown; S. J. Paramore, Oisuara, Lucullus Boy; W. Carter, Rhodes; R. G. Howell, Tigreterre; L. Lewis, Desert Ace, Lindrum, Oxyopia; N. Vaughan, Beneve; T. Kllgour, Yarramanana, SUver Bail; W. J. Mudford, Treasure Tee, Magnus Lux, Kinneff, Pink Bonnet, Roto Parera; P. Atkins, Silvestre, Skyhawk, Alondi, Nlgbtward; W. J. Broughton, Foxspear, Boulder Dam, Royal Pageant, Findon; H. Macdonald, St. Bill, Greenfeast, Yarrow; J. Campbell, Kaheka; A. Jenkins, Queen’s Charm; M, L. Edwards, Haughty Queen; S. Waddell, Regal Night, Kincrop; A. G. Waddell, Circular Note; K. Carlyle, Master Merit, Kinzano; J. Forsyth, Ausar, Ivar; A. Messervy, Kauri Queen, Gold Quest, Lenardo; E.. M. Fraser, Zingari Song, Lutanist; W. L. Aitken, Royal Duce, Walk Off, Dashup. Following is the card: — 11.20—

HACK HURDLES, of £2OO. One mile and a half. —Siglow, Alienate, 10.5; Travancore, 9.12; Blue Title, Faultless, 9.9; Black Saint, 9.5; Combination, Timothy, Gold Dip, Tideover, Teddy Lack, Oisuara, 9.0. Noon—

HASTINGS MAIDEN, of £lBO. Six furlongs.—First Division: Lady Premier, Beneve, Yarramananna, Treasure Tee, Ann Hatfield, Glad Fox, Zingari Song, Waipukurau. Master Gam, Jingle Jangle, Royal Melton, Ganges, 8.7; Silvestre, Royal Duce, Kauri Queen. Grand Coulee, Laurium, Curiality, 8.0. Second Division: Desert Ace, Kinzano, Dark Morning, Fairy Godmother, Whangal, Rough Passage, Yarrow, Master Gary, Peter’s Girl, Foxspear, Master Peter, 8.7; Gynette, Ausar, Cardoness, Casilda, Silver Rod, Kaneka, Da Vinci, 8.0. 12.45—

HAWKE’S BAY HURDLES, of £3OO. About one mile and three-quarters.— Epping, 11.0; Flying Spy, 9.13; Pomplt, 9.8; First Edition, 9.5; Lindrum, Kilmanagh, High Morale, 9.0. 1.25—

HAVELOCK HACK HANDICAP, of £2OO. Six furlongs.—Sky ha wk, 9.12; Magnus Lux, 8.12; Hula Chief, 8.8; Lady Nahieen, Gay Rajah, Royal Heir, St. Bill, Findon, 8.6; Sliver Ball, Star Peer, Kadina, 8.2; Aral, Gold Quest, Royal Melton, Barrosa, Peata, 8.0. 2.5—

HAWKE’S BAY STEEPLECHASE, of £4OO. About two miles and three-quarters. —Malacca, 10.8; Opaltown, 9.11; Lucullus Boy, 9.5: Rhodes, Captain Star, Tigreterre, Oxyopia, Exit, 9.0. 2.50—

ROTOPAI HACK HANDICAP, of £2OO. One mile. —Queen’s Charm, 10.0; Mr. Valiant, 8.12; Piko Piko, 8.3; Kadina, Dashup, Haughty Queen, Hightward, 8.2; Roto Parera, 8.0. 3.30—

WINTER HANDICAP, of £3OO. One mile and a quarter.—Boulder Dam, 9.0; Broiveine, 8.3; Kinneff, 7.13; Ivar, 7.11; Lenardo, Fiddler’s Green, 7.8; Catterlck Bridge. 7.2; Greenfeast. Regal Night, Circular Note, Lutanist, Walpukurau, 7.0. 4.15—

FINAL HACK HANDICAP, ot £2OO. Seven furlongs.—Royal Pageant, 9.2; Kincrop, 9.0; Hula Chief, 8.7; Walk Off, Master Merit, Alondi, 8.5; Piko Piko, 8.3; Kinconda, Gold Quest, Gaie Duchesse. Pink Bonnet, Jingle Jangle, 8.0.