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There are 8 days to the New Zealand Cup

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Tango Tara will have his final hit-out at Kaikoura on Monday ahead of the Gr. 1 IRT New Zealand Trotting Cup (3200m) at Addington Raceway on November 10.

Australian trainer Rickie Alchin is hoping Tough Monarch can replicate last year’s first-up winning heroics in New Zealand, just without the pre-race drama.

There are 9 days to the New Zealand Cup

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Journeyman horseman Dean Halliday has spent more than three decades in harness racing, but it’s a maiden race at Methven that has proven to be one of the highlights of his career.

Southland trainer Mark Shirley is hoping for some 2011 Rugby World Cup-type heroics from his first ever starter at Kaikoura on Sunday.

Paul Nairn is running out of time to get defending champion Habibi Inta to the Dominion at Addington in two weeks.

There were times when Bettor Twist didn’t look like she was going to be able to follow in her dear old mum’s hoof prints.

There are 10 days to the New Zealand Cup

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