{"id":317725,"date":"2026-03-07T13:55:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:55:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/317725\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T13:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T13:55:16","slug":"aussie-raider-wins-g2-auckland-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/317725\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Raider wins G2 Auckland Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian trainer Henry Dwyer crossed the Tasman with two horses earlier this week and he nearly went home with the perfect result at Ellerslie on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Stable sprinter Cote Atlantique was runner-up behind Sweynesday in the Gr.3 Haunui Farm King\u2019s Plate (1200m), but stablemate Paradise Storm wasn\u2019t to be denied in the Gr.2 Trackside Auckland Cup (3200m), storming home to a dominant 6-1\/4 length victory.<\/p>\n

\"Paradise<\/p>\n

Racing three-wide with cover, Joe Doyle wasn\u2019t content with the sedate pace in the race, sending his charge forward down the back straight to sit outside leader Just Charlie. Paradise Storm loomed ominously at the turn and shot away from the pack when asked the question by Doyle and carried OTI Racing\u2019s silks to a commanding win.<\/p>\n

\u201cFair play to Henry, he was spot on about this horse,\u201d Doyle said. \u201cHe said if he gets a bit chewy, he would rather I see him going with him, and to be honest I couldn\u2019t hold him any longer. He was bang fit for today.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey attacked early at the 800m, and I thought \u2018we have got going a bit here\u2019, when I heard George (Simon, commentator) I looked at the big screen and he was obviously just too good.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dwyer, who is accumulating an envious international record, having tasted success in the Northern Hemisphere with Group One winner Asfoora, was rapt to get another international success, having initially intended on tackling Monday\u2019s Gr.2 Adelaide Cup (3200m) with Paradise Storm.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is just terrific. Winning a cup overseas somewhere just takes it to another level,\u201d he said. \u201cThere is so much more that goes into it and so much more that can go wrong. On a risk to reward scenario, it is just a massive thrill.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe intention was always to go to the Adelaide Cup. I don\u2019t even remember nominating the horse for this race and then Craig (Baker, Auckland Thoroughbred Racing) rang me up and I asked what it was worth and he said $600,00, so I said we better go there then.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dwyer was full of praise for Doyle\u2019s ride and he was pleased that he rode to instructions.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has always been a horse that when they back the tempo off he is going to get keen,\u201d he said. \u201cJoe was cognisant of that and we spoke about it before the race that if the tempo does come out of it, get going a bit and get rolling into the race because you are just pulling against him and using his energy when you don\u2019t need to.<\/p>\n

\u201cI loved how he did it though, he waited until they got to the top of the hill and then he got going downhill. He got outside the leader and they got rolling, he kept his cool and then he ran away from them.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was the first time at two miles for us, and he saw it out beautifully.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Having now won the Auckland Cup, Dwyer is now eyeing some Group One two-mile races on home soil with the French-bred gelding, who has a dour staying pedigree being by St Leger winner Masked Marvel..<\/p>\n

\u201cWe thought the Sydney Cup might be the go on the way through, but if he is qualified for a Melbourne Cup, it\u2019s an aspirational game, so why wouldn\u2019t you?\u201d \u2013 LOVERACING.NZ News Desk<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Australian trainer Henry Dwyer crossed the Tasman with two horses earlier this week and he nearly went home…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":317726,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-317725","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317725"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317725\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/317726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}