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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Hi Jinx
| image = Hi Jinx (NZ).jpg
| caption = Hi Jinx (NZ)
| sire = Pride of Kildare
| grandsire = [[Foxbridge]]
| dam = Lady's Bridge
| damsire = Miss Ridicule by the Ace
| sex = [[Mare (horse)|Mare]]
| foaled = 1955<br>[[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]], [[New Zealand]]
| death_date = 1979
| country = [[New Zealand]] 
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = Seton Otway
| owner = Trevor H. Knowles
| trainer = Trevor H. Knowles
| record = 
| earnings = 
| race = [[Melbourne Cup]] (1960)
| awards = 
| honours =  
}}

Breeder: Estate of C.J. Casey senior.{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse}}'''Hi Jinx''' (1955−1979) was a [[New Zealand]]-bred [[Thoroughbred]] [[Mare (horse)|racemare]] who won the Centenary [[Melbourne Cup]] in 1960, at the odds of 50 to 1.

==Pedigree==
Hi Jinx was bred by the estate of C.J Casey senior and foaled at [[Trelawney Stud]], [[Cambridge, New Zealand|Cambridge]]. She was sired by the non-winner, but good sire, Pride of Kildare (IRE), her dam was the [[Great Northern Oaks]] winner, Lady's Bridge by the leading sire, [[Foxbridge]] (GB) out of Miss Ridicule by The Ace (GB).<ref name="Digby">Digby, John; ''Thoroughbred Families and Sires of Australian and New Zealand'', AJC & VRC, 2002</ref> Pride of Kildare was imported into New Zealand by Seton Otway and sired 15 stakes-winners that won 36 stakes races before he was exported to [[Japan]].<ref name="de Bourg">de Bourg, Ross, ''The Australian and New Zealand Thoroughbred'', Nelson, West Melbourne, 1980, {{ISBN|0-17-005860-3}}</ref> Hi Jinx was a half-sister to Erin's Bridge (dam of the stakes-winner, Marchere). She was [[Inbreeding|inbred]] to [[Bayardo (horse)|Bayardo]] in the fourth generation (4mx4f).

==Race record==
She was sold for 500 guineas and raced in the partnership of Trevor H. Knowles and K.R. Sly.<ref name="Cavanough">Cavanough, Maurice, ''The Melbourne Cup'', Jack Pollard P/L, North Sydney, 1976 {{ISBN|0-909950-62-8}}</ref>

Hi Jinx was trained by her part owner, Trevor H. Knowles. Her record was undistinguished prior to going to Australia. There she was unplaced in the [[Caulfield Cup]] before finishing second in the [[Moonee Valley Cup]]. Hi Jinx was allotted 7 stone 10 pounds in the Centenary Melbourne Cup and ridden by William A. Smith. The field of 32 included the champion racehorse [[Tulloch (horse)|Tulloch]] who finished seventh. Hi Jinx started at 50/1 and defeated the New Zealand-bred horses Howsie and Ilumquh by a half head, and a neck in 3.23¾.<ref name="Cavanough"/>

==Stud record==
She is known to have produced:
*1963 a filly Centinx by Comte De Grasse (USA) (third dam of Robyn's Faffair, which won the Group 3, Winter Cup Handicap)<ref name="Morris">Morris, Simon; ''Tesio Power 2000 - Stallions of the World'', Syntax Software</ref>
*1968 a filly Royal Service by Alcimedes (GB)<ref>[http://www.studbook.org.au/horse.aspx?hid=205724&pagetype=MARENPROD ASB: Hi Jinx (NZ)] Retrieved 2010-3-16</ref>

== See also ==
[[List of Melbourne Cup winners]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/hi+jinx Hi Jinx's pedigree and partial racing stats]

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