Racing: Size proves no handicap for Hastings filly Swing Low
14 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Strapper Sarah Davis gives Swing Low an affectionate pat after the filly s gutsy win in a maiden 1600m race at Woodville last Saturday. Photo / Supplied
Strapper Sarah Davis gives Swing Low an affectionate pat after the filly s gutsy win in a maiden 1600m race at Woodville last Saturday. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
By: John Jenkins
What Hastings filly Swing Low lacks in size and stature, at the moment, she more than makes up with in toughness, as she showed when scoring a gutsy maiden win at Woodville last Sunday.
Racing: Group 1 Waikato sprint next for Callsign Mav
14 Jan, 2021 11:37 PM
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Jockey Jonathan Riddell drives Callsign Mav (yellow colours) between horses to take the lead in the final stages of last Saturday s $32,500 open 1400m race at Awapuni.
Hawkes Bay Today
By: John Jenkins
Hastings trainer John Bary has elected to stick to his original plan and freshen Callsign Mav for a tilt at the Group 1 $200,000 BCD Sprint (1400m) at Te Rapa on February 13 before he steps him up over more ground.
The Atlante 4-year-old produced a herculean effort in lumping 63kg to a convincing win in a 1400m open sprint at Awapuni last Saturday, giving Bary good reason to consider running the horse in the Group 1 $200,000 Thorndon Mile (1600m) at Trentham on January 30.
Racing: Hawke s Bay-trained horses bag five at local meeting
18 Dec, 2020 12:13 AM
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Hastings-trained Dark Alley surges clear of his rivals in the final stages to score a dominant 1-1/4 length win in a maiden 1200m race at Hastings last week.
Hastings-trained Dark Alley surges clear of his rivals in the final stages to score a dominant 1-1/4 length win in a maiden 1200m race at Hastings last week.
Hawkes Bay Today
By: John Jenkins
Hawke s Bay-trained horses dominated at their local meeting on Wednesday of last week, winning half of the 10-race card.
Such were the number of entries for the annual Hawke s Bay Christmas twilight meeting that the number of races had to be increased from eight to 10.
Racing: Prominent Hawke s Bay racing identity Don Gordon dies
11 Dec, 2020 12:31 AM
9 minutes to read A proud Don Gordon leads Survived and jockey Opie Bosson back at the head of the field following the horse s Group 1 win in the 2013 Makfi Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Hastings. A proud Don Gordon leads Survived and jockey Opie Bosson back at the head of the field following the horse s Group 1 win in the 2013 Makfi Challenge Stakes (1400m) at Hastings.
Hawkes Bay Today
By: John Jenkins
Don Gordon, one of Hawke s Bay s most successful thoroughbred owner-breeders, died last week aged 87.
Gordon bred and raced horses for nearly 60 years and owned some of the best to come out of the Hawke s Bay racing centre.