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Look out! NZ harness racing stars are coming to Town

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Look out! NZ harness racing stars are coming to Town

Copy That and Old Town Road will fly to Victoria on Wednesday to take part in the Ballarat Cup and the Hunter Cup. They will have just the two races in Victoria. Neither will go to Sydney for the Miracle Mile. Copy That's trainer Ray Green won't be with him. He's been battling health issues. Oldtown Road's main aim is to win The Race at Cambridge. He ran a second in a 30m handicap in Auckland last start. The proposed four-horse race at Cambridgeshire was scrapped. There are few races at the North Island. New Zealand's HRNZ cancelled a proposed race last weekend.

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