Surprise At Hastings

Northern Advocate, 28 June 1943, Page 5

Surprise At Hastings

(Special) . HASTINGS, This Day. There was a surprise at the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club’s winter meeting at Hastings on Saturday when the hurdler Hasten won the big flat race, the Winter Handicap, from The Monarch and paid over a third of a century. Hastings Maiden, of £130; 6 furlongs.— First division: (1-1) Carnforth, 8.0 (Green), 1; (3-2) Fescue, 8.7 (Kilgour), 2; (5-5) Sun Valley, 8.7 (Shaw), 3. Griffin and Ann Hatfield were coupled with the winner, and Lady Pombal and Mynet with the second horse. Three-quarters length; half a length. Time, 1.18. Second division: (12-12) The Grand, 8.7 (Sellars). 1; (8-0) Silver Coin. 8.7 (Nicholson), 2; (1-1) Ann Hatfield, 8.0 (Broughton), 3. Cantala and Greenfeast were coupled with the winner, and Prince Alchemic with the second horse. Scratched: Leigh on Eka, Fox Furr, Novocaine. Length; half a length. Time, 1.17 2-5. Havelock Handicap, of £200; 6 furlongs. -(1-1) Killeymoon, 9.0 (Broughton), 1; (7-6) Crispin, 9.3 (Bishop), 2; (6-9) KinnefT, 9.7 (Redstone). 3. All started. Three lengths; a neck. Hawke’s Bay Hurdles, of £300; 1% miles. -(5-4) Talenta, 9.11 (Brady), 1; (2-1) Malacca, 9.12 (Temperton), 2; (9-9) Opaltown, 9.0 (Deslandes), 3. Scratched: Native Chief, Hasten, Irish Morn, Mimetical, Taharakau. Winter Handicap, of £300; IV4 miles.— (12-12) Hasten, 7.3 (J. Garth), 1; (5-5) The Monarch, 7.12 (K. Chote), 2; (7-8) Clipper, 7.0 (Messervy), 3. Scratched: Noble Fog. A head; three-quarters of a length. Time, 2.10. Hawke’s Bay Steeples, of £450; 2% miles.—(2-1) Abbey Lu, 9.0 (A. Jenkins), 1; (5-4) Gar Vaals, 9.6 (Brown), 2; (1-3) Noko, 11.3 (Boyle), 3. Scratched: The Dozer. Five lengths; four lengths. Time, 4.31. Rotopai Handicap, of £200; 1 mile. — (4-5) Kinsman, 9.5 (Shaw), 1; (1-2) Crucible, 9.1 (Morris). 2; (3-3) Hamish, 8.0 (Sellars), 3. Scratched: Sir Mark, Taharakau. Six lengths; three-quarters of a length. Time, 1.41. Flying Handicap, of £250; 6 furlongs.— (4-4) Noble Fox, 9.2 (Dulieu). 1; (3-3) Black Robe, 8.11 (Green), 2; (7-7) Cheddington, 8.7 (P. Atkins). 3. Scratched: Pompit, Noble Eagle. Two lengths; one length. Time, 1.17. Final Handicap, of £200; 7 furlongs.— (5-5) Vin D’Honneur, 8.8, 1; (3-3) Abbey Fox, 9.7, and (1-1) Broiveine, 8.7, dead heat, 2. Siyana was fourth. Scratched: Killeymoon, Te Kiwi, Retort, Sanger, Kinconda.