Changeover (horse)
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Changeover is a New Zealand Standardbred racehorse. He is most noted for winning the New Zealand Trotting Cup
in 2008, where he posted a race record time of 3:56.4. His other achievements include winning the Great Northern and New Zealand Derbies, the 3YO Emerald and 4YO Emerald at the Harness Jewels raceday, the Noel J Taylor Mile and the Len Smith Mile at Menangle in Australia. He was also first past the post in the Sires Stakes 3yo Championship before being disqualified for a positive swab (he also returned a positive swab after the Len Smith Mile, but that was overturned on appeal). He is New Zealand's second highest earning pacer ever with over $2.4 million. He was retired in March 2010 after running 5th in the Auckland Cup
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New Zealand Trotting Cup
The New Zealand Trotting Cup or New Zealand Cup is a Group One harness race held annually by the NZ Metropolitan Trotting Club at Addington Raceway in Christchurch, New Zealand. It is considered the country's most prestigious harness racing event. the prize was NZ$750,000, the largest prize for a...
in 2008, where he posted a race record time of 3:56.4. His other achievements include winning the Great Northern and New Zealand Derbies, the 3YO Emerald and 4YO Emerald at the Harness Jewels raceday, the Noel J Taylor Mile and the Len Smith Mile at Menangle in Australia. He was also first past the post in the Sires Stakes 3yo Championship before being disqualified for a positive swab (he also returned a positive swab after the Len Smith Mile, but that was overturned on appeal). He is New Zealand's second highest earning pacer ever with over $2.4 million. He was retired in March 2010 after running 5th in the Auckland Cup
Auckland Cup
The Stella Artois Auckland Cup is an annual race held by the Auckland Racing Club . It is an Open Handicap for thoroughbred racehorses competed on the flat turf over 3200 metres at Ellerslie Racecourse in Auckland, New Zealand. The race is graded as a Group One and was first contested in 1874...
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