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Paid artist to enter a horse (4)

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I believe the answer is:

prad

'a horse' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'paid artist to enter' is the wordplay.
'paid' becomes 'pd' (I've seen this in other clues).
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'to enter' is an insertion indicator.
'pd' going around 'ra' is 'PRAD'.

(Another definition for prad that I've seen is " horse".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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