Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I eke a Blake Shinn i runga i te pere i te whakataetae whakatuwheratanga o tētahi hui i Hītini. Ko te 27 tau te pakeke i whakaatu katoa ki te hunga i te Hyland Race Colours Plate i Canterbury, Ahitereiria i a ia e ngana ana ki te eke i a Miss Royale ki te wikitoria. I te takahuri whakamutunga i roto i te Whakataetae 1, ka tu a Shinn ki runga i tana hoiho kia kaha ake ai ia i a ia e ngana ana ki te eke atu i te kaiarahi a Tommy Berry me te raina mutunga i te tirohanga. I raru te kaihoe o Ahitereiria a Blake Shinn (matau) i te koretake o tana kakahu i a ia e whakataetae ana i te Taite. I whakaatu a Shinn (matau) i tana moenga ki te katoa i te Hyland Race Colours Plate i Canterbury, Ahitereiria i te wa o te whakataetae. Ko te taera o Shinn (matau) i roto i tana tarau i taka i a ia e ngana ana ki te eke i a Miss Royale ki te wikitoria i te Taite. Heoi anō, mō Shinn, ko te mea anake i kitea e te hunga e mātakitaki ana, ko tōna tuara tahanga. I runga ake i a Miss Royale i a ia e pakaru ana i te rārangi kāinga, ka hinga te rākau i roto i te kākahu o Shinn, e whakaatu ana i tōna tuara ki ngā kaitākaro i te taha o te rārangi. 'I nui ake taku āwangawanga ki te wikitōria i te whakataetae. I haere rātau i muri noa iho i te tīmatanga, ā, kāore he mea i taea e au te mahi,' ka mea ia i muri mai. 'Ki taku whakaaro he maha nga tangata ka whai waahi ki tenei, engari kaore e taea e ratou te kii kaore au i arotahi, ka haere ki te raina.' Ko Shinn, e 27 ona tau, i kaha ki te eke neke atu i te 200 mita ki te raina mutunga me ona tarau i raro. Ahakoa tana raruraru whakama, he pai te wairua o Shinn i muri i te whakataetae i te wa i whakataurite ai ia i tana ahuatanga ki tera o te kuini ataahua a Jennifer Hawkins. I te tau 2004, ka taka te kākahu o Hawkins i tōna whitiki i te wā o te whakaaturanga kākahu kākahu o Westfield Miranda. A i kite a Shinn i te taha ngahau o tana ake whakakitenga i mua i te wa e tweet ana: 'Kei te mohio au inaianei ki te ahua o Jen Hawkins. I ngana ahau ki te tuku i aku hoa ki te mahi, engari heoi, he kino te mahi. Me whai i aku @BondsAus.' Ko te kuini ataahua o Ahitereiria a Jennifer Hawkins i whakakitea e ia tana hope i te wa o te 2004. I kī a Greg Rudolph, te tumuaki o te waka, kāore anō ia kia kite i tētahi mea pēnei i roto i tōna wā i roto i te whakataetae. 'I hiahiatia e ia he whitiki i te 200-mita...
I ngaro i a Jockey Blake Shinn tōna kākahu i a ia e eke ana ki raro i te rārangi tika. 'Kua ngaro te kākahu... ā, kāhore he mea i taea e au te mahi,' ko tāna i kī i muri mai. Ko Shinn, i runga i a Miss Royale, i kaha ki te whakaoti tuarua i te whakataetae. I kii a Greg Rudolph, te tumuaki o te waka, kaore ano ia kia kite i tetahi mea penei.