THE ASN RACING GAZETTE

Royal Stakes

Official ASN replay · January 2, 1900

Kissmary changes the Royal Stakes in the final furlong

C&D game used: PLAAY at the Races · PLAAY Games · ASN historical adaptation.

Royal Stakes · Ellerslie · 6 furlongs · 6 starters

Kissmary wins the six-furlong Royal Stakes under McKay, with Screw Gun second and Renown third. All six starters complete the replay.

Screw Gun leads after the first two furlongs. Renown heads the recorded order after the third, fourth and fifth, but Kissmary takes the final checkpoint and the official win. The changing order comes from the replay journal, not the original historical finish.

Recorded leader after each furlong: 1: Screw Gun; 2: Screw Gun; 3: Renown; 4: Renown; 5: Renown; 6: Kissmary.

PlaceHorseReported jockeyStatus
1KissmaryMcKayFINISHED
2Screw GunR. DerrettFINISHED
3RenownNealeFINISHED
4Lady AvonAbbottFINISHED
5Val RosaBuchananFINISHED
6RosellaGallagherFINISHED
Sources and replay limits

Original scan uninspected; names and numerical OCR are provisional. Screw Gun weight conflicts in indexed reports (8.0 / 8.6), so retained as unavailable. Renown includes a reported 5 lb penalty and Val Rosa 3 lb; weights/allowances are metadata only, not extra ability adjustments.

Card abilities, neutral styles, equal rider priors, NORMAL going and the randomized draw are Estimated ASN setup. The recorded replay pace is SLOW. No historical finish was substituted. Horse identities remain provisional and event-scoped; jockey labels are not merged into named careers.

Elapsed time and margins: unavailable. The leader checkpoints are derived from the verified replay journal.

Auckland Star, 3 January 1900, page 3, Racing News. Full indexed OCR; original scan unavailable. Fields, investment figures and some spellings remain provisional.

New Zealand Graphic, 6 January 1900, page 14. Indexed race-report cross-check; original scan not inspected. Conflicting readings are retained rather than silently resolved.

New Zealand Herald, 3 February 1900: Mimoa spelling cross-check only. No later performance enters ratings.