Racing industry mourns the loss of Shane HapetaRACE IMAGES Byerley Park horse trainer Shane Hapeta has died suddenly. The racing industry is mourning the passing of Auckland horse trainer Shane Hapeta, who died suddenly on Sunday night. Hapeta left school at the age of 15 to work for trainer Margaret Bull and gained his apprentice jockey's licence there. "He worked for me and was my foreman and when I got up to 50 in work we trained in partnership," Collett said. Collett and Hapeta trained in partnership for three successful seasons before Shane and wife Julie established Hapeta Racing in 2009, where they trained publicly as well as breaking and pre-training.

Source: Stuff October 30, 2017 04:32 UTC