Racing: Hawke's Bay-trained horses bag five at local meeting 18 Dec, 2020 12:13 AM 10 minutes to read 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.