Dontpokethetiger’s connections haven’t given up their chase for Australian black type, despite passing up an opportunity today.They have opted to start the filly in a A$40,000 Benchmark 85 handicap rather than running for double…
Month: June 2017
Racing: NZTR throws in $2m for major stakes boost
New Zealand thoroughbred stakes are on the rise again.More than $2 million will be added to stakes for the feature and premier2 thoroughbred meetings next season.The boost for feature meetings, together with other increases for…
NZ Herald editorial: Public money should be a last resort for the Cup defenders
The America’s Cup was barely in Team New Zealand’s hands before the Prime Minister and the Mayor of Auckland were being asked whether public money would be put into the defence. Bill English hedged, Phil Goff was forthright. The…
Big cats back All Blacks for tonight's test
Feelings of feline favouritism may have blinded our lion soothsayers in the first Test last weekend. The Herald ‘s pride of match-predicting lions, in the wake of Paul the psychic octopus who guessed winners in football’s 2010…
Wynne Gray: High mental voltage key to finding spark in test
The Lions are challenging history with a twist on modern rugby thinking as they venture into tonight’s sudden-death duel at the Cake Tin.The tourists and All Blacks are stocked with quality players whose physical prowess is similar…
By George! How a 'slow' rider became a Tour de France contender
At last, New Zealand has the type of cyclist who might one day win the Tour de France. On the eve of the start of the 104th edition, George Bennett talks about fear, food and ambition.To contend for the yellow jersey in the world’s…
Kris Shannon: Why Sonny Bill Williams is our greatest sports star
Any objective sports journalist will say they cheer not for players and teams but for the story.And that’s certainly true for this correspondent, who in the past week has rooted for the Lions to beat the All Blacks, purely for the…
The comeback kids: How Team New Zealand won the America's Cup
In Grant Dalton’s mind, Team New Zealand were finished.The Kiwi syndicate was dangerously close to operating while insolvent. He didn’t know how he was going to pay the staff, let alone meet the supplier and construction costs of…
Rugby: How the All Blacks stopped being chokers
The All Blacks have gone from first-class chokers to world domination. And their “brain biologists” can take a lot of the credit. If the All Blacks have indeed become the most dominant side in history in the past decade, their journey…
Choi, Yang shoot 5-under 66, tied for lead at Women’s PGA Championship
South Korea’s Chella Choi, with only one top-five finish in 33 major starts, fired a 5-under par 66 Thursday to seize the lead in the …