HAWKE’S BAY JOCKEY CLUB’S MEETING.

New Zealand Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic Review, Volume IV, Issue 166, 28 September 1893, Page 5

HAWKE’S BAY JOCKEY CLUB’S MEETING.

[By

“Borderer.”]

There is every prospect of the Hawke’s Bay Jockey Club meeting with marked success in connection with their two days’ meet, which has been fixed to come off on October 2nd and 3rd. The nominations and acceptances are very satisfactory indeed, and the ten events will all start with good fields. Up to the time of writing the weights in connection with only two of the events on the card, the First Handicap Hurdle Race and the Flying Handicap, were forthcoming, so that the task of anticipating the judge for the various races becomes a work of great difficulty, and makes any attempt at tipping very much of a leap in the dark affair. For the first race, the Handicap Hurdles of 75 sovs, about two miles, Satyr, even with 11.12, will prove a dangerous starter, and in spite of his impost will, I fancy, catch the judge’s eyes first. Kapua, 11.0, and Chester, 10.7, will make a big run for the stake, but I prefer the former’s chance for second place to Chester’s. Jack, 10.6, Dromedary, 10.5, Avis and Joker, 10.0, have been fairly dealt with by the handicapper, and the light weight, Oddfellow, 9.10, will make a big race over the two miles. The third position should lie between Joker and Oddfellow, and I give the latter the preference.

For the Flying Handicap of 100 sovs, six furlongs, twelve horses have accepted, and these include sufficient fliers to make the spin over the six furlongs a very interesting event. The top weight is, of course, St. Hippo with 10.6, and the others have been awarded as follows:— Miss Letty and St. Katherine 8.9, Swivel 8.8, Ua 8.6, Loch Ness and Stanmoor 8.0, Porepo 7.0, Fleta 6 12, Spinaway and Dingo 6.10, and The Parson 6.7. The light-weight division I do not think have a show. The top weight will have a big following, and will doubtless carry the bulk of the money, but I will not be surprised to find the middle weights tackle St. Hippo in earnest at the finish. Ua, Loch Ness and Stanmoor I regard as very much in it, and incline to the second named as the pick of the trio. St. Hippo and Loch Ness should provide the winner, with Stanmoor second and Ua third. As regards the other events, as I said before, the tipping must be of the leap in the dark order. So I will without further detail give my selections. For the Hawke’s Bay Guineas of 300 sovs, one mile, I take Pegasus 1, Noyade 2, Stanmoor 3. For the Welcome Stakes I take Fornffi 1, Haeata 2, St. Kevin 3.