kings best ( foaled january 24 , 1997 ) was an american-bred thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 2000 guineas stakes .

he was described by his trainer michael stoute as the best miler he 'd ever trained .

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sometimes appearances can be deceptive but the stunning image of king ' s best cutting through the field is still prominent in the memory .
they haven ' t all been winners , but here are the best movies based on stephen king ' s novels and short stories .
king ' s legacy : 1960s civil rights leader dr . martin luther king jr . , with wife coretta and their children ; king ' s eldest son , martin luther king iii - dna ethnicity testing on him revealed african and european ancestry within the family ' s background .
a yearling colt by zanzibari is born out of king ' s parody after kingstar .
dripping with sweat on an abnormally warm spring day , king ' s best , who had been beaten in the craven stakes , looked anything but a potential champion beforehand .
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aidan o ' brien and sir michael stoute have dominated the 2 , 000 guineas since the turn of the century and it is the newmarket trainer who supplied the pick in 2000 with king ' s best .
ok , may be he wasn ' t quite the finished article on guineas day but we are entitled to think king ' s best faced a formidable rival and brushed him aside with the minimum of fuss .
bought for €20 , 000 at osarus yealring sale in september 2016 by meridian international ( ghislain bozo ) , kingstar is the 5th fal out of king’s parody ( king ' s best ) , a sister to sire panis ( miswaki ) , winner of prix de condé ( gr3 ) and prix messidor ( gr3 ) .
dr . martin luther king jr . ' s ancestry : dna test reveals african & european heritage in family background
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the prophet ' s heritage : a dna ancestry test on dr martin luther king jr ' s eldest son traces the african american civil rights leader ' s family background to africa and northern europe .
great partnerships . . . stephen king’s it and pet shop boys , donna tartt’s secret history with the american beauty soundtrack , margaret atwood’s the handmaid’s tale with beach house , and kings of convenience with haruki murakami’s kafka on the shore . composite : rex / corbis / pa / getty images
by kingmambo ( 1990 ) poule d’essai des poulains ( g1 ) , etc . sire of 913 foals aged three and up , including king’s best , alkaased , archipenko , campanologist , divine proportions , dubai destination , el condor pasa , encke , king cugat , henrythenavigator , king kamehameha , lemon drop kid , malhub , master of hounds , okawango , rule of law , thewayyouare , etc .
just how good king ' s best could have been we will never know . injury in his next race in the irish 2 , 000 guineas prematurely ended his career but at least he left us with memories of one fantastic run .
to celebrate these new releases , we ' ve updated our ranking of the best movies based on stephen king stories . did it make the cut ? check out our slideshow to find out .
the number of people worldwide who google the phrase , “dr . martin luther king ' s family and parents” , each month .
probably the best book you’ll ever read on the ‘60s . it’s all here—draft resisting , sexual revolution , john lennon , fake news , courage , and exile .
my year is a day , a stakes winner in france in 2014 , is a 4 - year - old daughter of king’s best . she is coming off a seventh - place finish in the kentucky downs ladies sprint on sept . 10 .
urban ocean ( c bering ) gallinule s ( g3 ) , mooresbridge s . sire .
winx ' s staying power as one of the world ' s top rac . . .
galileo ( c sadler’s wells ) champion three - year - old colt in europe , king george vi and queen elizabeth diamond s ( g1 ) , derby s ( g1 ) , irish derby ( g1 ) , 2nd irish champion s ( g1 ) . sire .
eric jaffe is the author of the king’s best highway : the lost history of the boston post road , the route that made america , which won the u . s . postal service’s 2012 moroney award for scholarship in postal history . he’s a former web editor of smithsonian magazine and now writes for the atlantic cities , a site devoted to urban life run by the atlantic magazine .
to king , these represent not only different types of terror , but a kind of craftsman’s hierarchy , with terror at the top .
' when he ' s at his best , you have a 95 % chance to win ' : eden hazard says n ' golo kante is the leading . . .
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stephen king poses during a portrait session on november 16th , 2013 in paris , france .
it ' s pretty rare to find a stephen king story that hasn ' t been adapted to film or tv at this point . that ' s even more true now that two of king ' s defining works , the dark tower and it , have made their way to the big screen within weeks of each other . and while the dark tower wasn ' t quite the rousing fantasy epic fans were hoping , stephen king ' s it has already made a huge splash .
david ord makes a rebecca bastiman - trained sprinter his best bet at pontefract on tuesday after he caught the eye last time .
martin luther king ' s family background & ancestry although king ' s parents — martin luther king sr . and alberta williams — were both of african american ethnicity , it was not until september 2010 , through a dna ancestry test , that further details about his precise genealogy and family background were revealed to the world . a genetic test carried out on king ' s son — martin luther king iii — by the organisation african ancestry , has traced the civil rights leader’s maternal heritage to west africa , and his paternal ancestry to northern europe . researchers could not be more specific about the exact european nationality he comes from , because these groups have intermingled so much over the centuries .
carole published her memoir , a natural woman , in 2012 , which debuted on the new york times best - seller list at no . 6 and prompted vanity fair to say , “america is having a carole king moment .
although many horror films seek only to create momentary fear , the very best of the bunch — those that successfully manage to create king’s conception of terror — break through the barriers of our rational minds , burrowing into our psyches in ways that can terrify us for the rest of our lives .
let ' s not go home to a nice reception . . . let ' s go home . . .
wasn ' t beaten far by the selection in the prix de l ' abbaye last year and may hold the best chance of the colts .
henry vii was a 13th century german king and son of frederick ii , who was holy roman emperor .
yet to win outside of handicap company and looks out of his depth in this company . would have needed softer conditions to be seen at his best .
based on extensive travels of the highway , interviews with people living up and down the road , and primary sources unearthed from the great libraries between new york city and bostonincluding letters , maps , contemporaneous newspapers , and long - forgotten government documentsthe kings best highway is a delightful read for american history buffs and lovers of narrative everywhere .
this race hasn ' t been won by a filly since miss andretti ' s success in 2007 but the male ' s will do well to win the this year ' s renewal .
find out which lecture is getting stormed by protesters , the best ucl trash talk and what your pret order says about you . straight into your dms . 😘
career best when winning a group 2 at the curragh last year . narrowly defeated in a pair of listed contests this time around , most recently when beaten a ½l by acapulco and best performances tend to come with cut in the ground . needs to pull out more if he is going to get competitive in this .
what , exactly , makes a movie scary or silly is different for everyone . but the best dissection of the various types of scares and how they work probably comes from the horror genre’s most successful modern practitioner , stephen king . in danse macabre , his 1980 treatise on horror film and fiction , he outlined three essential types of terror and how they work . his categorization remains the best way to understand how horror stories work — and why some types of fictional scares have a more lasting impact than others .
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author stephen edwin king was born on september 21 , 1947 , in portland , maine . king is recognized as one of the most famous and successful horror writers of all time . his parents , donald and nellie ruth pillsbury king , split up when he was very young , and he and his brother david divided their time between indiana and connecticut for several years . king later moved back to maine with his mother and brother . there he graduated from lisbon falls high school in 1966 .
the most resonant part of the book , however , comes near the beginning , when king discusses three different categories of scare .
in our recent interview with stephen king , we asked the author to name the best book he ever wrote . without a moment & apos ; s hesitation he went with lisey & apos ; s story , a 2006 novel about a woman coping with the death of her husband , who happened to be a best - selling author . we figured many of his fans would have a different choice , so we opened it up for a vote . here are the results , but note that the vast number of dark tower books made it hard for any one of them to make a great showing on the list .
mister jo ' s dam , the us - bred zanzibar girl ( johannesburg ) , was also bred by renata coleman . she ' s a sister to south african sire rabah ( nashwan ) , out of prix du bois ( gr3 ) winner the perfect life ( try my best ) , a sister to the great last tycoon .
king & apos ; s 1986 novel it has caused more people to fear clowns than perhaps any movie , book or tv show in history . it & apos ; s an epic story , spread across three decades , about a group of maine friends that battle a demented clown named pennywise who lives in their town & apos ; s sewers . they think they kill him in the 1950s , but 30 years later they are forced to reunite for a final battle . at 1 , 142 pages , it & apos ; s one of king & apos ; s longest books , but many people find themselves reading it in a matter of days .
during its evolution from indian trails to modern interstates , the boston post road , a system of over - land routes between new york city and boston , has carried not just travelers and mail but the march of american history itself . eric jaffe captures the progress of people and culture along the road through four centuries , from its earliest days as the king of englands best highway to the current era .
on january 12 , 2014 , beautiful : the carole king musical opened on broadway . audiences were amazed by her deep musical catalog , and captivated by her life story . the show became the hit of the season and won a grammy® for best musical theater album and two tony awards . in 2015 it opened on london’s west end , garnering 2 olivier awards . more productions are planned around the world .
you can see this same sort of idea - driven horror at work in many of the best horror films : although king famously isn’t a fan of stanley kubrick’s adaptation of the shining , it works as a story of an individual’s slowly deteriorating psychology . by the end of the movie , when kubrick gives you a brief and disorienting glimpse of a man in a bear suit engaged in what looks like a strange act , you wonder if maybe you haven’t gone a little crazy , too .
sea the stars ( c cape cross ) european horse of the year , derby s ( g1 ) , 2 , 000 guineas ( g1 ) , prix de l’arc de triomphe ( g1 ) , international s ( g1 ) , eclipse s ( g1 ) , irish champion s ( g1 ) . sire .
carole ' s 1971 solo album , tapestry , took her to the pinnacle . while she was recording tapestry , james taylor recorded king’s “you’ve got a friend , ” taking the song all the way to no . 1 . in a first for a female writer / artist , tapestry spawned four grammy awards® — record , song and album of the year as well as best pop vocal performance , female honors for carole . with more than 25 million units sold worldwide , tapestry remained the best - selling album by a female artist for a quarter century , and carole went on to amass three other platinum and eight gold albums . tapestry was inducted into the grammy hall of fame® in 1998 .
the name of it may be the boston post road but in eric jaffe ' s hands it becomes more like the rosetta stone - a way of decoding american history from british colony to 21st century polyglot .
the king ' s best highway
is a journey through the centuries as well as the miles , traveling from john winthrop to robert moses . any reader interested in history will be delighted to join eric jaffe on the ride .
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the past five years have been among the busiest and most successful of carole ' s career . she’s been the recipient of a number of esteemed awards and honors , and remained active in the public’s eye with musical and literary work .
jordan henderson has proved me wrong : he ' s aggressive , . . .
it ' s coming home ? croatia are hoping to send england . . .
“i enjoy reading paul auster’s the new york trilogy with bohren & der club of gore’s sunset mission album , ” said azrayna zin . perfectly thematic and jazzy .
stephen king was born on september 21 , 1947 , in portland , maine . he graduated from the university of maine and later worked as a teacher while establishing himself as a writer . having also published work under the pseudonym richard bachman , king & apos ; s first horror novel , carrie , was a huge success . over the years , king has become known for titles that are both commercially successful and sometimes critically acclaimed . his books have sold more than 350 million copies worldwide and been adapted into numerous successful films .
he refused to return to the winner ' s enclosure in another act of defiance .
in fiction , nonfiction , mysteries , children ' s books , and much more .
danse macabre grew out of a series of lectures king had been giving as part of a college course on horror fiction . most of the book consists of king’s observations on the horror films and stories of the era , from roger corman quickies to arty sci - fi horror masterpieces like alien . ( a 2010 update includes a new introduction that briefly looks at more recent entries in the horror genre . ) it’s worth reading simply as a guide to how king thinks about the work of others who are trying to do the same thing he is — namely , scare the pants off of readers and viewers , and get them to pay for it .
“terror … when you feel something behind you , you hear it , you feel it’s breath against you , and you turn around , there’s nothing there . ” warner bros .
george vi served as king of the united kingdom during world war ii and was an important symbolic leader . he was succeeded by queen elizabeth ii , in 1952 .
of the american civil rights movement , martin luther king jr , was descended from a long line of african american preachers . but a dna heritage and ethnicity test has found that mlk ' s past reveals fascinating insights into who these ancestors might have been .
even those most invested in the court’s grandeur are finding it hard to defend its reality .
if you don’t think it’s possible or appropriate to read and listen to music at the same time , look away now . we recently covered the best background music to read to . here are your recommendations for specific book - song pairings that not only go well together but , you argue , even enhance the reading experience .
winnings : 6 starts : 3 - 1 - 0 , $ 318 , 390 at 2 won breckenridge racing acomb s . ( eng ) at 3 won sagitta 2000 guineas s . - g1 ( eng ) , 2nd craven s . - g3 ( eng ) ( close )
all too beautiful ( f sadler’s wells ) middleton s ( g3 ) , 2nd oaks s ( g1 ) . dam of wonder of wonders ( f kingmambo ) cheshire oaks , 2nd oaks ( g1 ) ; victory song ( c dansili ) coppa d ' oro di milano . grandam of : alluringly ( f fastnet rock ) hurry harriet s , 3rd oaks ( g1 ) .
england ' s last world cup semi - final was 28 years ago at italia 90 . . . but how do gazza , lineker and shilton compare to today ' s bunch of stars ?
it ' s coming home ! ' three lions ' tops the uk charts as . . .
cherry hinton ( f green desert ) 2nd blue wind s ( g3 ) . dam of :
life of pi “worked extremely well” with steve reich’s music for 18 musicians , said david brax .
king released his prison drama the green mile in six monthly installments in the spring and summer of 1993 . it & apos ; s the story of a large black man sentenced to death for the rape of two young girls . he & apos ; s very timid and quiet , but he possesses the power to heal people with a touch . some accused king of creating a
magical negro
character , but the writer strongly disagrees :
when i was writing the book i said to myself , & apos ; what can i do to make sure that this character goes to the chair even if he & apos ; s innocent ? & apos ;
king says .
and i said , & apos ; well , it & apos ; s 1933 . if he & apos ; s black , nobody is going to let him off the hook no matter what the evidence is . they & apos ; re going to fry him . & apos ; so i made him a black guy .
louis xvi was the last king of france ( 1774–92 ) in the line of bourbon monarchs preceding the french revolution of 1789 . he was executed for treason by guillotine in 1793 .
king stayed close to home for college , attending the university of maine at orono . there he wrote for the school & apos ; s newspaper and served in its student government . while in school , king published his first short story , which appeared in startling mystery stories . after graduating with a degree in english in 1970 , he tried to find a position as a teacher but had no luck at first . king took a job in a laundry and continued to write stories in his spare time until late 1971 , when he began working as an english educator at hampden academy . it was that year that he also married fellow writer tabitha spruce .
on one end of the spectrum , there’s the gross out : the creatively gory or obscene image designed to engage your “ick” factor . in the middle there’s the horror , which , as king wrote in a 2014 facebook post summarizing his categories , is “the unnatural …when the lights go out and something with claws grabs you by the arms . ” and finally , there’s “terror , ” the panic you feel “when the lights go out and when you feel something behind you , you hear it , you feel its breath against you , and you turn around , there’s nothing there . ”
four - time listed winner who still hasn ' t managed to land a group race as of yet . he ' s usually thereabouts and not beaten far by marsha in the prix de l ' abbaye towards the end of last season . while that ' s amongst the best form on offer , and no doubt he ' ll love the faster ground , he usually finds one too good and has work to do to turn the form around with marsha .
eric jaffe weaves this entertaining narrative with a historians eye for detail and a journalists flair for storytelling . a cast of historical figures , celebrated and unknown alike , tells the lost tale of this road .
the new horror sequel rings aims for jump - scares , not terror . that’s an important distinction .
but the biggest problem with rings is that there’s nothing to hold it all together , no infectious idea to strike terror into the mind . it’s a horror movie that offers no reason to be afraid .
mister jo ' s yearling brother by dawn approach is for sale at goffs ireland on september 28 .
since writing her first number 1 hit “will you love me tomorrow” at the tender age of 17 , carole king has arguably become the most celebrated and iconic singer / songwriter of all time .
two - time c & d winner not beaten all that far in this last year and runner - up behind the re - oppposing goldream back in 2015 . won at meydan in the winter and no doubt he still has a big race in him but he ' s probably going to need a career best to take this contest and that seems unlikely as a veteran .
joe sharp took out his trainer ' s license in 2014 and picked up his first stakes victory in february 2015 at louisiana downs with one king ' s man . sharp earned his first graded stakes win later that year when sandbar won the grade 3 maryland sprint handicap . he finished fourth with his first breeders ' cup runner , sapphire kitten , who competed in the 2015 breeders ' cup juvenile fillies turf .
england ' s last world cup semi - final was 28 years ago at italia ' 90 . . .
england ' s last world cup semi - final appearance came 28 years ago at italia ' 90 . . . but how do gary lineker , peter shilton and gazza compare to gareth southgate ' s current stars ?
born to sea ( c invincible spirit ) blenheim s , 2nd irish derby ( g1 ) . sire .
kicker ( the forgotten front ) : a wwii thriller about a family’s hardships on the hom . . .
unleashed by kieren fallon he cut through the field and hit the front inside the final furlong . the runner - up could have been standing still as kings best sprinted to a three - and - a - half length victory , the widest margin winner since zafonic in 1993 .
dark tower mostly takes place in mid - world , the decayed remains of a once great empire where a gunslinger named roland is attempting to reach the distant – titular – dark tower . the fourth book in the series was published in 1997 , and it focuses largely on roland & apos ; s teenage years and his doomed love affair with susan delgado . it was the final dark tower book written before king & apos ; s van accident , which inspired him to quickly finish the series by writing the last three books all in a row . to some fans , the final books felt a little rushed and anti - climactic , and they see book four as the best of the series .
king’s hierarchy is about as astute an explanation as you’ll find of how scares work , and it ought to serve as a guide for horror storytelling in any medium : sometimes you have to give into the gross out , but true terror — the gnawing fear of the twisted and unknown — should always be the goal .
a bit of
niche history
that wasn ' t covered in school . that ' s too bad .
black - white ethnicity king’s part - european heritage comes as no surprise , as one out of every three african american males traces paternal lineages to europe as a result of the era of slavery and the children fathered by whites . other well known african american celebrities , such as oprah winfrey , chris tucker and snoop dogg , have also had ancestry dna tests in recent years . the dna ethnicity test on king ' s family member also revealed that his wife coretta shared her mitochondrial dna with the mende people of sierra leone , west africa . this is the same tribe that african american actor and grey’s anatomy star isaiah washington belongs to . he recently became the first african american to receive a sierra leonean passport as a result of a dna heritage test .
dna heritage tests on the family of 1960s civil rights leader dr . martin luther king jr . has revealed fascinating insights into his ancestry and ethnic background . by ben arogundade . [ may . 26 . 2016 ]
in 1987 carole was inducted into the songwriters hall of fame , and , a year later , goffin and king were awarded the national academy of songwriters’ lifetime achievement award . in 1990 the duo was inducted into the rock and roll hall of fame , and in 2002 carole was honored with the prestigious johnny mercer award from the songwriters hall of fame . two years later , goffin and king received the trustees award from the recording academy® .
england stars skipping their way into world cup semi - finals as gareth southgate ' s boys continue preparations . . .
he’s a veteran of every conservative cause you can imagine , from the 2000 florida recount to the fight against obamacare .
and the american beauty soundtrack pairs very nicely with the secret history by donna tartt , added guardian books’s sian cain .
we asked our fans to share with us which songs remind them of hawaii and the response was amazing . so , here it is , the all - time best hawaiian music playlist curated by you - our fans ! we ' ve made it easy for you to listen whenever you ' d like !
authors like king attract a lot of nutty fans , but thankfully , he & apos ; s never dealt with anyone like annie wilkes , the deranged misery character who kidnaps her favorite author and forces him to write a sequel to her favorite series . when the author fights back , wilkes takes out an axe and starts chopping away at him . it & apos ; s a disturbing book , and it wasn & apos ; t until years later that king realized the whole thing was an elaborate metaphor for his raging cocaine addiction .
misery is a book about cocaine ,
he recently told rolling stone .
annie wilkes is cocaine . she was my number - one fan .
the original draft for the stand was so long that printing presses were literally unable to handle it , forcing king to cut out a large chunk of the book , the story of a super virus called captain trips that wipes out about 99 percent of the planet . the survivors come together in two camps and wage the ultimate war of good against evil . it & apos ; s a crazily ambitious book , but king executed it flawlessly . the uncut version came out in 1990 , and four years later abc turned it into a miniseries . there & apos ; s been talk for years about a proper movie – or even a series of movies – but neither has yet to happen .
marcus townend runs the rule over the 2 , 000 guineas winners since the turn of century as racemail asks you to decide who was the best 2 , 000 guineas winner since the sixties . next week you can decide the ultimate champion from the five top winners you voted for in each of the decades .
kings best ( usa ) b . h , 1997 { 9 - h } dp = 9 - 2 - 21 - 10 - 0 ( 42 ) di = 1 . 05 cd = 0 . 24 - 6 starts , 3 wins , 1 places , 0 shows career earnings : $ 318 , 390
carole ' s many late - career achievements include a 50th anniversary troubadour reunion run with james taylor that became the riaa gold - certified live at the troubadour , inspiring the pair’s 60 - concert troubadour reunion world tour in 2010 . the troubadour shows also inspired the morgan neville - directed feature - length documentary troubadours : carole king / james taylor & the rise of the singer - songwriter , and premiered on pbs’ american masters in 2011 shortly after being released on dvd .
murray ' s back ! british star to make return to wimbledon . . as he agrees to be bbc pundit and commentator
it ' s hard to leave 2001 winner golan out of my top three winners , especially as he won a competitive race and went on to prove himself over much longer distances while last year ' s victor cockney rebel is just edged out .
limousine liberal won the first two starts of his career after debuting in june of his sophomore season . he then jumped up to graded stakes competition where he finished second in both the grade 1 king ' s bishop and the grade 3 gallant bob to set him up for a run in the breeders ' cup sprint , in which he finished 11th .
melikah ( f lammtarra ) pretty polly s , 2nd irish oaks ( g1 ) , 3rd oaks s ( g1 ) . dam of : masterstroke ( c monsun ) grand prix de deauville ( g2 ) , 3rd prix de l’arc de triomphe ( g1 ) . sire ; hidden gold ( f shamardal ) river eden fillies s , 3rd lonsdale cup ( g2 ) ; moonlight magic ( c cape cross ) meld s ( g3 ) , 2nd mooresbridge s ( g2 ) . grandam of : khawlah ( f cape cross ) uae derby ( g2 ) ; vancouverite ( c dansili ) prix guillaume d’ornano ( g2 ) . third dam of : masar ( c new approach ) the derby ( g1 ) , craven s ( g3 ) , solario s ( g3 ) , 3rd prix jean - luc lagardere ( g1 ) , 2 , 000 guineas ( g1 ) .
after breaking big with his debut novel carrie , king proved he wasn & apos ; t a one - trick pony when he released the follow - up in 1975 . salem & apos ; s lot has a rather simple premise : what if a dracula - like vampire moved to a small town in maine ? slowly , much of the town transforms into vampires – until a high school teacher and his young girlfriend begin fighting back . for years king contemplated writing a sequel , but he decided to simply fold one of characters , father callahan , into the final dark tower books .
king continues to create and be involved in provocative projects . he has worked directly in television , writing for series like kingdom hospital and under the dome , with the latter based on his 2009 novel . in 2011 he published 11 / 22 / 63 , a novel involving time travel as part of an effort to stop the assassination of president john f . kennedy . king also wrote joyland ( 2013 ) , a pulp - fiction style thriller that takes readers on a journey to uncovering who & apos ; s behind an unsolved murder . and he surprised audiences by releasing doctor sleep ( 2013 ) , a sequel to the shining , with sleep hitting no . 1 on the new york time s bestseller list .
there’s no single right way to scare someone — and what scares one won’t always scare another — but the particular type of scare a horror movie chooses , and the effectiveness with which it’s delivered , reveals something about its ambitions and sense of purpose .
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although many of king & apos ; s works were made into film or tv adaptations— cujo and firestarter were released for the big screen in 1983 and & apos ; 84 respectively , while it debuted as a miniseries in 1990—the film the shining , released in 1980 and starring jack nicholson and shelley duvall , became a renowned horror thriller that has stood the test of time .
gerald ford became the 38th president of the united states following richard nixon ' s resignation , in the aftermath of the watergate scandal .
finally , blackwell books kindly shared the playlist they have put together to accompany marlon james’s a brief history of seven killings : enjoy .
“she’s training well , ” davis said . “we’ve got to give it a shot to get her some black type . she’s missed getting black type in some nice stakes in california . hopefully , we’ll get a good post , and she can come running late . ”
the best brother to kingstar to date is kapstadt ( country reel ) , a prix de suresnes 3rd in france for françois doumen , who ' d bought him as a yearling in deauville , nad has become a handicapper over flat and jumps with ian williams , ex - assistant to doumen . he won his handicap last june at newmarket .
listening to music and reading not only can go together , but can make fantastic partners and intensify both experiences . here are your favourite pairings – with couples like stephen king and petshop boys , sci - fi and aphex twin or atwood and beach house
decisive soft ground winner of the queen mary at this meeting last year when pulling clear in memorable fashion but the form of that race hasn ' t been done too many favours subsequently . justified favouritism on her comeback run at keeneland but no doubt needs more to win this contest and will face some competition for the lead . trainer ' s runners always warrant respect around here but she ' ll need a career best to take this . fillies allowance and age allowance should help .
“there are plenty of people who have got lots of talent . this world is lousy with talent . the idea is to work that talent and try to get to be the best person that you can , given the limits of the talent that god gave you — or fate , or genetics or whatever name you want to put on it . ”
black sam bellamy ( c sadler’s wells ) tattersalls gold cup ( g1 ) , gran permio del jockey club ( g1 ) . sire .
radar scans of tutankhamun ' s tomb prove there are no hidden chambers or passages , as was once believed by archaeologists . an investigation began three years ago to find out if queen nefertiti might be hidden behind tut ' s 3 , 300 - year - old burial chamber .
on this day in 1936 , edward viii became first monarch to abdicate the throne after he insisted on marrying a twice - divorced american socialite . he had ruled for less than a year ; the next day , his younger brother was proclaimed king george vi .
winner of a group 1 at deauville last year but the runner - up hasn ' t done a lot for the form subsequently . good comeback run saw him get the better of profitable in france last time but that rival may have needed the run . would have probably wanted some rain to arrive if he was to be seen at his best here .
king and his young family moved to colorado for a brief period in the mid - 1970s , and when they were out there they spent a night at the historic stanley hotel in estes park . the place was about to close up for the winter , and king spent time wandering around the nearly empty building all by himself . he imagined would it be like spending the entire winter trapped inside , and the idea for the shining came to him almost at once . at the time , he was struggling with a pretty bad drinking problem , and this became a major element of the plot . stanley kubrick adapted the story for the big screen in 1980 , and it over time it has become a beloved classic – though king has been very vocal about his distaste for this version .
king spent four decades considering the idea of a man who goes back in time to prevent jfk & apos ; s assassination , and in 2011 he finally wrote the book about it . the result centers around a divorced high school teacher who finds a portal to 1958 in a small diner , taking a teaching job in a small town near dallas as he prepares for the big day . it & apos ; s absolutely brilliant , and the new york times even called it one of the greatest books of the year . there & apos ; s talk of turning it into a movie , but so far nobody has been able to boil down the 849 - pager into a tight screenplay .
stephen king is a ' new york times ' - bestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like ' carrie , ' ' the shining ' and ' it . ' much of his work has been adapted for film and tv .
the story of america ' s greatest generation through the eyes of the men and women who would be forever haunted by their experiences . . .
winner of the temple stakes at haydock in may and has the beating of goldream on that form . looks capable of more progression this year and should get a nice tow into the race from the likes of take cover and just glamorous drawn in nearby stalls . seen to best effect on fast ground and this trainer / jockey combination won this last year with stablemate profitable .
anja ( f indian ridge ) winner at 2 . dam of : aboulie ( f exceed and excel ) prix miesque ( g3 ) . grandam of mustajeeb ( c nayef ) greenlands s ( g2 ) , jersey s ( g3 ) , 3rd irish 2000 guineas ( g1 ) . sire .
king wrapped up his incredible run of 1970s books with the dead zone , the tale of johnny smith , a schoolteacher who awakens from a coma with psychic abilities . when he meets a deranged politician destined to become president he faces the horrible choice about whether or not he should assassinate him . it & apos ; s a riveting story , and in 1983 , it became a movie starring christopher walken and martin sheen .
group 2 winner at the goodwood festival last year certainly looks like the pick of his form and while he was no match for mecca ' s angel at york next time , there was plenty to like about that third - placed effort . not disgraced on comeback run at haydock last time , shaping like he may have needed the run . at his best when he can dominate from the front but may struggle to that here with plenty of pace in the line - up , particularly on his side of the draw .
it was la brévière ' s 10th race . born in february , she was deemed good enough to start her racing career in monroe bay ' s prix de la cascade , always a very competitive beginners race . a very concistet filly , la brèvière ran 6 times in 2017 and never finished out of the frame . bred in britain , she ' as not eligible to owners ' premiums and yet made €35 , 200 as of today . she ' s also wuite well bred as her dam zibeling ( cape cross ) is out of the excellent sprinting mare zelding ( warning ) , form a family full of speed tracing back to mill princess , last tycoon ' s dam , whom we just metnionned in mister jo ' s pedigree .
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focus on the maiden winners of the past weeks on the france galop racecourses , an opportunity to discover some of tomorrow ' s champions . . .
king himself is a master of creating terror . pet sematary , which king has said is his own pick for his scariest book , tells the story of a doctor and father whose family cat dies and is given a dark new life after he buries it at a haunted indian grave site . when his son dies , he begins to consider digging the boy out of his grave , bringing him back to life through the same process . the final 100 pages of the book are mostly an internal chronicle of how the father comes to justify his course of action .
four years later , the shawshank redemption , starring tim robbins and morgan freeman and based on one of his stories , became another acclaimed outing with multiple oscar nominations . king & apos ; s 1978 novel the stand became a 1994 miniseries with molly ringwald and gary sinise in the lead , while the mid - & apos ; 90s serialized outing the green mile was turned into a 1999 prison - based film starring tom hanks and michael clarke duncan .
outside of writing , king is a music fan . he even sometimes plays guitar and sings in a band called rock bottom remainders with fellow literary stars like dave barry , barbara kingsolver and amy tan . the group has performed a number of times over the years to raise money for charity .
' it took them 15 years but finally i allowed them to follow me . . . ' : fabregas takes cheeky dig at europa league ' s twitter account
england ' s last world cup semi - final appearance came 28 years ago at italia ' 90 . . . but how do gary lineker , . . .
want to see england ' s world cup semi - final with croatia in the flesh ? fly to moscow ( via rome and riga ) for . . .
while making novels about vicious , rabid dogs and sewer - dwelling monsters—as seen in cujo and it , respectively—king published several books as richard bachman . four early novels— rage ( 1977 ) , the long walk ( 1979 ) , roadwork ( 1981 ) and the running man ( 1982 ) —were published under the moniker because of king & apos ; s concern that the public wouldn & apos ; t accept more than one book from an author within a year . he came up with the alias after seeing a novel by richard stark on his desk ( which it turned out was a pseudonym used by donald westlake ) coupled with what he heard playing on his record player at the time—
you ain & apos ; t seen nothin & apos ; yet ,
by bachman turner overdrive .
in 1960 carole made her solo debut with a song called “baby sittin’” and , two years later , her demo of “it might as well rain until september” made the top 25 in the united states , climbing all the way to no . 3 on the british chart . in 1967 goffin and king’s “natural woman” was immortalized by aretha franklin . to date , more than 400 of her compositions have been recorded by more than 1 , 000 artists , resulting in 100 hit singles .
' she knows we ain ' t going home because it ' s . . . ' england star lingard joined by his mum to celebrate world cup quarter - final victory
“richard dawkins’s mind - blowing theory perfectly matches with max roach ’s’ deep groovie drumming sound . while listening i get the thrill that , somehow , something will change as these two pioneers moved away from the boring and stupid routine and thoughts . profound feelings come up while reading and listening . the match is absolutely awesome and dazzling . ” –giovanni giustina
the agony of exams is slowly hitting all of us , big and small , postgrads and first years , guy’s students , and yes… believe it or not , even strandies .
fast out trailing godolphin ' s corsen ( cape cross ) , kingstar had to fight all the way to overcome the latter , prevailing by half a lentgh in the end .
king and his novelist wife divide their time between florida and maine . they have three children : naomi rachel , a reverend ; joseph hillstrom , who writes under the pen name joe hill and is a lauded horror - fiction writer in his own right ; and owen phillip , whose first collection of stories was published in 2005 .
if you think it ' s easy to score one - on - one with a goalkeeper , read this . . . raheem sterling will cash in for england at this world cup
in 1973 , king sold his first novel , carrie , the tale of a tormented teen who gets revenge on her peers . the book became a huge success after it was published the following year , allowing him to devote himself to writing full time . it was later adapted for the big screen with sissy spacek as the title character . more popular novels soon followed , including salem & apos ; s lot ( 1975 ) , the shining ( 1977 ) , firestarter ( 1980 ) , cujo ( 1981 ) and it ( 1986 ) .
“i remember reading the handmaid’s tale on my morning commute . every morning i would listen to beach house full blast through my headphones to drown out the din of the train and the other commuters . teen dream’s keyboards and vocal melodies wash over you in a kind of thick and eerie haze . they do not distract you . they allow you to concentrate on the words on the page . the lush dream pop simply acts as a backdrop to the story , and it is the perfect accompaniment to atwood ’s tale , especially the flashbacks and dream sequences . ” –jack collins
the book has its share of gross - out imagery at the gravesite , and the murderous half - dead child who eventually comes back to life , but it works because dwells on the father’s state of mind . it shows readers how he is overcome by — and eventually carries out — this deeply disturbing idea , and makes terrifyingly clear how such an idea could become implanted in any rational mind . it’s the power of this deranged idea that makes the book so frightening . like a pop song that gets stuck in your head , it’s hard to shake once you encounter it .
it was none other than giant ' s causeway , the iron horse , who went on to win the eclipse , international stakes , irish champion and sussex stakes showing the courage of a gladiator .
, 8f , newmarket , by 3½l , beating giant ' s causeway , barathea guest , distant music , primo valentino , summoner , bernstein , lincoln dancer , fath , umistim , cape town .
marie de medicis ' dam , caterina de medici ( redoute ' s choice ) , made €320 , 000 as a yearling at arqana august sale in 2010 . trained by alain de royer dupré , she raced 6 thimes without breaking her maiden and didn ' t do much better in britain since it took her 5 races to finally score on southwell ' s all - weather . . . by 7 lentghs !
“while i love villagers everyday , their album { awayland } was great to read madeleine miller ’s song of achilles – both are filled to the brim with a solemn , wistful longing , ” continued sian .


mattaboy ( 3 march 1978 – ca. 1999 ) was a british thoroughbred racehorse and sire .

as a two-year-old in 1980 he won on his debut and went on to finish second in the mill reef stakes before recording his most important victory in the middle park stakes .

he failed to win in 1981 but produced a career-best performance when narrowly beaten by to-agori-mou in the 2000 guineas .

a brief sojourn in the united states was unsuccessful and he was well beaten in two starts as a four-year-old .

after his retirement from racing mattaboy stood as a breeding stallion in japan , where he had limited success as a sire of winners .

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among the top - class horses cherry - downes bought were coronation cup winner be my native and mattaboy and cajun , who won back - toback runnings of the middle p ark stakes in 1980 and 1981 .
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in 1981 to - agori - mou proved a classy winner of the race as he made amends for a shock defeat by kind of hush in the craven stakes two weeks earlier . it was a narrow win however as mattaboy forced the favourite into a photograph finish .
mattaboy , with bel bolide in third . the race was the most controversial of the year and saw the beginning of a four - race rivalry between to - agori - mou and the vincent o ' brien - trained colt kings lake . starkey held up to - agori - mou for a late run as usual and moved up to challenge kings lake , ridden by pat eddery in the last quarter mile . the irish colt edged to the left in the closing stages and appeared to bump the favourite several times before winning by a neck . starkey ended the race standing up in his stirrups and clearly indicated that he felt that his mount had been unfairly prevented from winning .
when storm bird was ruwed out of de cwassics by a series of probwems , to - agori - mou became a strong favourite for de 2000 guineas . he began his dree - year - owd season in de craven stakes at newmarket in apriw . he started odds - on favourite , but appeared short of peak fitness and was beaten dree qwarters of a wengf by de 28 / 1 outsider kind of hush . despite his defeat , to - agori - mou started de 5 / 2 favourite for de 173rd running of de 2000 guineas over de rowwey miwe course at newmarket on 2 may , wif his main opponents appearing to be de free handicap winner motavato ( 5 / 1 ) , kind of hush ( 9 / 1 ) and de wiwwiam hiww futurity winner bewdawe fwutter ( 10 / 1 ) . starkey restrained de cowt at de rear of de nineteen runner fiewd before moving forward wif dree furwongs weft to run , uh - hah - hah - hah . he wooked wikewy to win easiwy , but had to be driven out by starkey to win by a neck from de 50 / 1 outsider mattaboy , wif bew bowide in dird . [ 8 ]
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tote cherry - downes , who managed greenbay stables for charles wacker iii during the heyday of sleepytime , ali - royal and taipan , died on saturday following a long illness . he was 62 .
born in nottinghamshire but a longtime resident of the newmarket area , cherrydownes began his career at woodlands stud , where he established a lifelong friendship with henry cecil .
in time he became a highly regarded bloodstock agent , working as half of a formidable team with his partner of nearly 40 years , penny butler . although he represented some high - profile principals , cherrydownes conducted his business in a low - key manner , and even his friends were not aware of some of his accomplishments .
he was closely linked to cecil during the trainer ' s champion reign , and indeed throughout his adult life . ` ` we met when we were students working at the stud together , ' ' said cecil . ` ` he was a very close friend all through my life .
` ` he hadn ' t been well for quite some time , and he suffered a lot over the last few years . i ' ll miss him a lot . ' '
with cecil training and cherry - downes the breeding adviser and racing manager , wacker enjoyed a group 1 - winning spree in 1997 with sleepytime and ali - royal , full - siblings by royal academy out of his mare alidiva . sleepytime won the 1 , 000 guineas three months before her year - older brother aliroyal wore down starborough to take the sussex stakes , and a year later , their older half - brother taipan , bred by wacker but trained by john dunlop for lord swaythling , won group 1 events in germany and italy .
cherry - downes also managed a pair of irish studs , fort union for lord dunraven and barrettstown estates for canadian entrepreneur garfield weston . the latter , who made his fortune building up one of north america ' s largest food retail companies , bequeathed barrettstown castle and the adjoining land to the state of ireland before his death in 1978 .
he also bought 1994 jersey stakes winner gneiss for julie cecil , former wife of henry and another lifelong friend , and he purchased regal beauty in america for jim joel . the modestly bred mare went on to produce high estate , who won the coventry , royal lodge , vintage and solario stakes for joel , and king ' s theatre , who was bred by michael poland after joel dispersed his stock , and won the racing post trophy and the king george .
despite the big budgets behind him , cherry - downes was a natural bargain - hunter . ` ` if he went to a sale with 20 orders and only found 19 horses he liked , he would go home with 19 horses and one disappointed client , ' ' said his sister jacko fanshawe .
` ` he didn ' t like to spend a lot of money . the be - all and endall was buying a good horse . once he was sent out with a big order , about $ 200 , 000 , and the client was very upset when he spent only $ 20 , 000 ! ' '
ironically , the self - effacing agent found his name in lights when he spent a then - record 3 . 1 million irish guineas to buy a shergar colt for sheikh mohammed at the 1984 invitation yearling sale at goffs . sheikh mohammed was not a regular client and the relationship ` ` was pretty much a one - off ' ' , said journalist tony morris .
` ` i remember talking to tote at the time , and he said he had one instruction , and that was , ` buy it ! ' ' ' said morris .
although cherry - downes took no pride in the purchase , authaal turned out to be the best colt from shergar ' s only crop , and went on to win the irish st leger as well as two australian group 1 races , the queen elizabeth stakes and the underwood stakes .
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some of the hundreds of people who travelled to farewell spit to help project jonah and the department of consevation at a mass stranding of pilot whales .
the crowd cheered as the whale tentatively made its way back out to sea .
it was june last year it was reported
thousands of locals
helping project jonah volunteers and department of conservation workers refloat a single false killer whale stranded on christchurch ' s waimairi beach . they dug holes around it to prevent sand compressing its organs and carried buckets of water in a human chain to pour over it , before lifting it off the beach with a pontoon . it was a joyous scene .
their dedication was not a one - off . when whales are in need , kiwis respond .
our sense of compassion is partly cultural , partly circumstantial . about half of all the marine mammal species in the world can be found in new zealand waters , most of them in good numbers , which makes our coastline a frequent land trap . particularly for whales and dolphins .
data held by the department of conservation ( doc ) shows that there have been more than 1700 recorded strandings of whales and dolphins on new zealand shores since 1840 , involving nearly 18 , 000 animals . records are sporadic up until the 1970s , when environmentalism caught on , so the true numbers will be far higher , but whatever it is the country ranks high on whale awareness and conservation .
a human chain to get water to a stranded whale at christchurch ' s waimari beach in june .
project jonah was formed here in 1974 for the protection of whales , dolphins and seals and the government passed the marine mammals protection act in 1978 . about two thirds of all recorded strandings have occurred since then , and all of the recorded refloat attempts .
on one hand , this is easy to explain : everybody loves whales . their propensity to strand on our beaches only enhances this bond , real or perceived . also , whales are mammals , and humans can relate to other mammals .
although the animal is shaped like a fish , it ' s clear it is not a fish ,
dr liz slooten of the new zealand whale and dolphin trust says .
the behaviour , that they are so social , the fact that they spend a long time looking after their calves . people have a strong affinity for them .
this is true the world over , though . save the whales is not a new zealand - only phenomenon . what sets us apart , slooten says , is our connection to the ocean . for the size of our country , we have a lot of coastline .
i think the beach culture makes people more keen than they might be in other parts of the world to save them .
the water was cold but it didn ' t stop volunteers dedicated to trying to save the pilot whales .
when you see a whale on the beach , you call doc and help out . it ' s become part of our culture . partly because there ' s so many strandings here . somewhere like france , the usa , there are good stranding networks , similar to project jonah . but somehow there ' s a much stronger culture of that here .
the largest recorded whale stranding in new zealand was on the chatham islands in 1918 , when 1000 long - finned pilot whales were marooned at long beach , on the main island . second to that was 450 long - finned pilot whales on great barrier island in 1985 ( 324 were refloated ) . most strandings are of a single animal , at most a small group . almost all large - scale beachings involve pilot whales – a breed named out of a misconception their pods were
piloted
by a leader .
their social bonds are incredibly strong ,
slooten , a professor of zoology at the university of otago , says .
new zealand whale and dolphin trust trustee professor liz slooten . responding to whale strandings has
become part of our culture
.
even if there ' s only one individual in that group in trouble or ill or giving birth , or any reason that one individual is going to strand , then what tends to happen is the entire group strands .
the reasons why whales strand are numerous and imprecise , but slooten suspects this is behind the beaching at farewell spit – a large pod nursing one stricken member . pilot whales prefer deep water . the shallow , sandy bays of the northwest south island , where their echolocation sensor goes awry , are a notorious graveyard .
if there ' s a shallow beach the sound can actually bounce on and further away from the whale rather than back towards it ,
slooten says .
it ' s very confusing for pilot whales already to be in shallow water , then to have this long stretch of shallow water with no clear way out . if they were off the coast of kaikoura they ' d only have to swim ten or 20 metres and they ' d know which direction was deeper water . in farewell spit they ' re literally stuck in there and can ' t find their way back out . it ' s partly the geography of the area , partly several aspects of the biology and behaviour of pilot whales that means this just keeps happening [ there ] .
placard waving and brass bands helped ird and mbie workers call for better pay around the country today .
it ' s in our best interests as a diverse country to allow language to flourish , rāwiri paratene says .
auckland commuters on the southern motorway face delays after a four car crash pile up .
a person has been taken to hospital in a critical condition after their papakura , south auckland flat caught fire .
no issue is too small to be tackled at this year ' s festival for the future .
council to enforce vehicle ban on several wellington beaches , leaving coastal residents upset .
opinion : identify the culprit for our bus fiasco in this fun family board game .
hurricanes backs coach jason holland wonders if damian mckenzie can still play this week .
review reveals
systemic challenges
with schools for young parents - but teens say they ' re a lifesaver .
steffan pearce - loe , who was killed while walking his dogs , had only hours earlier attended a friend ' s funeral .
a man was attacked in riccarton after someone try to take his wallet , police say .
sam edwards takes a look at the arts week that was in the waikato .
kahlee marfell is under guard in hospital dealing with the loss of her boyfriend , who died protecting her .
it also ripped the conservatory roof off but there was one silver lining to the damage .
caitlin ' s spine is curved in two places and threatening to strangle her heart and lungs .
chiefs lock claims his labelling of ' team pest ' may have been over - exaggerated .
co - captain sam cane set to join damian mckenzie on the sidelines for final - round clash against hurricanes .
a bonus - point win , and margin of 23 - plus , needed against the hurricanes to earn quarterfinal hosting rights .
the wild weather saw windows smashed at new plymouth ' s museum and library and power cuts at hundreds of properties .
plant expert : the city park ' s prized rhododendrons are
severely compromised
.
gladys hopkinson , 81 , has filled two rooms of her small flat with elvis presley memorabilia .
one person has died after a tree fell on a car in rangitīkei . two others are badly injured .
students participating in a new pilot programme are excited to be beginning their journey .
one of the main divisions on the right is between
libertarians
and those who are
conservative
.
in an age of increasing isolation , many are turning , sober , to ' ' dance floor therapy ' ' .
greenmeadows centre will be given a full independent review and assessment to clear any remaining concerns .
a yacht broke free from its mooring and ended up on the boulder bank .
the public have been warned to steer clear of a toxic whale carcass as burial planned .
a car was in flames after it crashed into a power pole on sunday night .
costumes of all shapes , sizes , and colours have arrived for the beauty and the beast .
opinion : it ' s a difficult process - enough of a reason for another look at the system .
decision that allows the diversion of more rangitata river for irrigation is labelled a
slap in the face
.
striking workers help at timaru hospice after walked off the job for a couple of hours .
the man followed the woman as she walked home from work in queenstown and grabbed at her .
a man remains in a serious but stable condition after an assault at a south dunedin petrol station .
johannesburg , buenos aires or sydney - highlanders halfback aaron smith doesn ' t care where his side ends up .
within 18 hours of winning the nz young farmer of the year title , logan wallace was back working on his farm .
a man injured in a house fire in gore remains in a serious condition in icu at christchurch hospital .
having supportive parents and a reliable family car enables sisters to play sport in gore .
wellington phoenix midfielder talks about the birth of his first daughter and the effect of the kaikoura earthquake on his family .
there is a tendency to think professional sportspeople are impervious to the pressures of modern life .
but it is wrong to think that because all they have to do is kick , hit or shoot a ball for a living , it automatically means they live a carefree life .
take gui finkler for instance . he arrived at the wellington phoenix in june last year with the aim of propelling the team into top - four contention .
wellington phoenix midfielder gui finkler ( right ) celebrates both his goal against perth glory on saturday and the birth of his daughter with team - mate alex rodriguez .
his pregnant wife , karine , joined him later and he started the first five games of the season . the results weren ' t great , but at least things were ok off the field .
then came november 14 , when the kaikoura earthquake shook not just the ground below wellington , but the nerve of many of its inhabitants .
as finkler explains , it rattled his family to the point where the decision was made for karine to return to brazil for the remainder of the pregnancy .
when it happened that day it was scary , after a week we talked a lot about it . i went to the club and talked with them with my wife and the club let me make a decision .
it wasn ' t easy to make the decision i was really gutted at that time that she was going , but at the same time i was happy she would be safe and have my family over there and her mum and dad .
it left finkler alone in wellington . roly bonevacia was in the same boat , with his wife and two kids moving to sydney after the quake .
finkler missed the team ' s match against perth glory on january 5 to return home to brazil , which was as much for his own wellbeing as to support karine .
rafaela was born early on february 8 , with finkler missing two more games on paternity leave . it wasn ' t easy getting on the plane to come back to wellington .
oh yes , i think everyone knows when the little one is there it ' s hard to say goodbye , but it was our decision to have the birth in brazil and this was going to happen sooner or later , so they totally understand .
he said having a wife as supportive as karine made coming back a bit easier .
we ' ve been together for so long , it ' s a special moment , we want to be together , we want to share every second , but it ' s part of my life .
even if she was here i would have been away for a week in auckland , now i ' m going to sydney next week , so i wouldn ' t be here the whole time .
now it ' s just a little bit longer that we won ' t spend together , but she understands completely , that ' s my wife , she really understands the way it is , my life .
finkler scored the first goal in the team ' s 3 - 3 draw with perth in auckland on saturday , wheeling away to perform one of the classic football celebrations when there has been a birth in a family of sucking on his thumb .
it ' s something special in our lives so every time i can show the love i have for her i will . i ' m just disappointed we couldn ' t get the three points in the end , but i think the boys did a good job and perth is a good team .
and there it is . even through all the stress of the last four months , finkler ' s thoughts were as much on his team as they were on his family .
my wife and i found out recently that she is pregnant , which brought to mind that old phrase ,
the rabbit done died .
this got me thinking about that wacky scientific / medical practice of using rabbits as a pregnancy test , and now i need some answers . what exactly did they do to the rabbit ? who came up with this ? when ? how ? why rabbits ? help me out , matt .
he done died , eh . well , i done found out what killed him . her , actually . wacky or not , the rabbit test was the first reliable medical pregnancy test , aside from waiting nine months . it was developed by a researcher in physiology at the university of pennsylvania in the 1930s . urine from a woman who suspected she was pregnant was injected into a female rabbit . pregnant - lady urine contains a lot of chorionic gonadotrophin . if the woman was pregnant , the hormone jolt would cause the rabbit ' s ovaries to enlarge and develop characteristic surface changes . unfortunately , the only way to read the test results was to open up bunny and look around . so it wasn ' t so much that the rabbit done died ; more like the rabbit was done in . hold on a moment while i envision a shelf full of 1950s - era home pregnancy tests . lots of wiggling noses and a big knife .
must - do ' s , see ' s and eats in the impressive argentinean capital .
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the middle park stakes is a group 1 flat horse race in great britain open to two - year - old colts . it is run on the rowley mile at newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs ( 1 , 207 metres ) , and it is scheduled to take place each year in september .
the event was founded by william blenkiron , and it is named after his stud at eltham . it was established in 1866 , and was initially titled the middle park plate . it was originally open to horses of either gender .
the race was formerly staged during newmarket ' s cambridgeshire meeting in late september or early october . it was restricted to colts in 1987 . it became part of a new fixture called future champions day in 2011 .
from 2015 , the middle park stakes was moved from future champions day and brought forward two weeks , returning to the cambridgeshire meeting , to avoid a clash with the similar dewhurst stakes .
the leading horses from the middle park stakes sometimes go on to compete in the following season ' s 2 , 000 guineas . the first to win both was prince charlie ( 1871–72 ) , and the most recent was rodrigo de triano ( 1991–92 ) .
three valleys finished first in 2003 , but he was subsequently disqualified after testing positive for a banned substance .
recurring sporting events established in 1866 – this race is included under its original title , middle park plate .
urltoken – international federation of horseracing authorities – middle park stakes ( 2016 ) .
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the 2 , 000 guineas stakes forms the first leg of the english triple crown for colts and is the first of the five english classics to be run each year .
as befits its standing , the guineas is a group 1 flat horse race open to three - year - old thoroughbred colts and fillies . it is run on the rowley mile at newmarket over a distance of 1 mile and takes place each year at the end of april or first saturday in may .
the race roll of honour is a pantheon of the thoroughbred greats stretching back to 1809 when the race first took place and was named after its original prize fund . the first renewal was won by a horse called wizard and the race’s magic quickly caught on ; by the mid - 1860’s the 2 , 000 guineas was considered britain’s premier race for the classic generation with other countries introducing their own versions of the race .
part of the attraction of the 2 , 000 guineas is the mixture of different horse types it attracts . it is often the first major target of the season for horses likely to tackle longer middle distance races later in the year , but perhaps have sufficient speed for a mile . then there are the specialist milers , who in theory ought to be in their element at this distance . there are also sprinters , who are tried over the rowley mile in the hope that they might just last out the distance . then there are the champion two year olds from the season before , attempting to prove that they have developed over the winter and still retain their position at the head of their generation .
in those formative years of the 2 , 000 guineas , jockey jem robinson established a record 9 victories which stands to this day , successful with the following horses : enamel ( 1825 ) , cadland ( 1828 ) , riddlesworth ( 1831 ) , clearwell ( 1833 ) , glencoe ( 1834 ) , ibrahim ( 1835 ) , bay middleton ( 1836 ) , conyngham ( 1847 ) , flatcatcher ( 1848 ) .
that century also saw john scott become the most successful trainer in the race with seven wins : meteor ( 1842 ) , cotherstone ( 1843 ) , nunnykirk ( 1849 ) , west australian ( 1853 ) , fazzoletto ( 1856 ) , the wizard ( 1860 ) , the marquis ( 1862 ) .
for the most successful owner in the history of the race one does not have to travel back in time however , as sue magnier has been associated with seven winners of the race thus far : entrepreneur ( 1997 ) , king of kings ( 1998 ) , rock of gibraltar ( 2002 ) , footstepsinthesand ( 2005 ) , george washington ( 2006 ) , henrythenavigator ( 2008 ) , camelot ( 2012 ) and gleneagles ( 2015 ) .
there have been some extraordinary performances down the years and two stand out visually : tudor minstrel was a brilliantly fast horse who in 1947 annihilated his rivals by 8 lengths , giving the great jockey gordon richards his third victory in the race .
however , for many there will never be a performance to match that of frankel in 2011 , a race played out in glorious technicolor and seen around the world .
frankel scorched up the rowley mile from the outset setting pace - making sectional times which would finish most racehorses after a few furlongs . however this remarkable colt maintained his gallop establishing an enormous lead and only conceding a few lengths as he was eased down inside the final furlong . it was a devastating performance and set the mark by which he continued to excel during his 14 race unbeaten career for the legendary sir henry cecil .
in 1868 there was a dead - heat between formosa and moslem . other notable horses down the years included ormonde , the 1886 winner and atlantic in 1874 , who gave fred archer the first of his three victories in the race .
topically disraeli won the guineas in 1898 while the brilliant filly sceptre in 1902 , became the only horse in history to win four english classics , claiming the 2 , 000 guineas and then following up in the fillies’ equivalent the 1 , 000 guineas two days later . a bruised foot interrupted her preparations for the epsom derby where she finished fourth but she then won the oaks and st leger .
the following year rock sand became the tenth colt to win the english triple crown . bahram was another notable triple crown winner in 1935 and blue peter ( 1939 ) and djebel ( 1940 ) were renowned winners during a golden era for british racing .
crepello in 1957 became a first guineas winner for lester piggott and would go on to epsom glory .
the late 1960s saw a couple of horses who won two legs of the triple crown as first royal palace ( 1967 ) and then a year later sir ivor won at newmarket and followed up in the epsom derby . both horses were top draw but if vincent o’brien’s sir ivor had won two legs , by 1970 he had a champion who would become the first colt to win the triple crown in 35 years .
that horse was a son of the mighty northern dancer and his name was nijinsky . in a glorious career , nijinsky had dominated the two year old rankings in 1969 and returned with success over the famous national hunt stallion deep run in the gladness stakes . at newmarket he ambled to an easy two and a half length victory over yellow god at odds - on , before brilliantly winning the derby and scrambling home in the st leger . no horse since has won the colt’s triple crown .
the 1971 guineas saw the re - match of europe’s top two juveniles of 1970 as the prolific colt my swallow took on the little horse he had beaten as part of his unbeaten run of seven victories that year : mill reef . my swallow extended that run to eight on his seasonal bow in 1971 while mill reef proved an outstanding two year old winning the gimcrack stakes by 10 lengths and the dewhurst stakes by 4 lengths . mill reef sauntered to victory in the greenham stakes and was then race - fit for newmarket .
the middle park stakes had been won by another unbeaten colt who was less well regarded in brigadier gerard , who was trained by major dick hern for the guineas without a preparatory race .
nijinsky’s brother minsky also contested the race but was beaten with a full quarter of a mile to run . at that stage those two great rivals my swallow and mill reef had taken the field along at a scintillating pace and had most of their rivals in trouble .
inside the last two furlongs the dual down the centre of the course suddenly became a three - way fight as brigadier gerard on the stands side joined and then incredibly passed the two colts as if they were average , galloping on but drifting across to the stand rail . in the end he won by an easy three lengths and would go through a remarkable career which yielded 17 wins from his 18 starts .
mill reef was never beaten again and would go on to win the epsom derby , eclipse stakes , king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes , arc de triomphe and coronation cup .
high top took the next running of the race and in 1973 mon fils gave richard hannon his first classic winner .
in 1975 and 1976 henry cecil had his first english classic wins thanks to bolkonski and wollow with these colts ridden by gianfranco dettori , father of lanfranco dettori . these victories heralded lift - off for perhaps the most celebrated training career of them all but sir henry ( as he was by 2011 ) did not train another 2 , 000 guineas winner until frankel came along . however the 1975 race was also memorable for a stable lads’ strike which caused the start of the race to be moved forwards meaning the guineas was run over less than a mile and failed to suit subsequent derby winner grundy .
in 1979 the 2 , 000 guineas was the launch pad for another stellar career as steve cauthen ( whose career would intertwine with sir henry’s ) rode the outsider tap on wood to defeat cecil’s kris just days after the teenage rider had arrived in britain to become a glittering career .
1980 brought controversy as the brilliant unbeaten colt nureyev barged his way through to finish first past the post before becoming the only horse in the race’s history to be disqualified . he had almost brought pat eddery and posse down and that colt stayed on strongly to finish a close - up third . meanwhile on the stands rail , known fact and willie carson were out of trouble and finished second past the post , only to be awarded the race on the french trained colt’s demotion .
the 1983 renewal went the way of vincent o’brien with the powerhouse owner of that era robert sangster . however victory for lomond was somewhat unexpected as he proved an able deputy following the failure of danzatore on his three year old return to action .
a year later the o’brien / sangster / eddery team were back again as el gran senor beat a strong field including chief singer , lear fan and rainbow quest .
lester piggott recorded his fourth victory in the 2 , 000 guineas in 1985 as shadeed narrowly outpointed bairn and went on to prove himself an outstanding miler .
the following year another of the great horses of the last half century claimed the guineas as dancing brave powerfully careered out of the dip to defeat champion sprinter green desert before suffering a narrow defeat in the epsom derby . by season’s end dancing brave was heralded as the champion colt of 1986 following victories in the eclipse stakes , king george vi and queen elizabeth diamond stakes and arc de triomphe .
don’t forget me’s 1987 win was a second for richard hannon and came after an eleventh hour scare when the horse injured a foot on the morning of the race .
two years later dick hern repeated his preparation tactics with the unbeaten nashwan , who became the first guineas winner without a preparation race since brigadier gerard all those years before . nashwan enjoyed a glorious summer , his guineas win came against the smart danehill and he went on to win at epsom , the eclipse stakes at sandown park and then the king george .
tirol became a third guineas winner for richard hannon in 1990 as the hot favourite from france machiavellian got into traffic problems . a year later france was again denied victory as clive brittain’s admirable grey mystiko got the better of lycius in a driving finish .
then in 1992 lester piggott , by now aged 56 , was reunited with the robert sangster colours he had ridden in with such distinction during the 1970s – and won the 2 , 000 guineas aboard rodrigo de triano .
a year on and the race finally had a french winner again , as pat eddery rode the electrifying zafonic to a devastating victory over barathea as thunder and lightning crashed around the rowley mile .
in 1994 there was a large field which raced in two groups and the race eventually played out on the far rail with mister baileys beating grand lodge in a race record time .
the 1995 renewal provided a thrilling spectacle as two outstanding unbeaten colts duelled in a dramatic race . the french colt pennekamp – trained by the irrepressible andre fabre just got the verdict over the brilliant celtic swing , with champion miler bahri back in third place .
mark of esteem took the 1996 race in a dramatic three - way photo and the following year saw the start of sue magnier’s success as entrepreneur repelled the late challenge of revoque .
in 1998 magnier tasted further success as aidan o’brien trained his first winner of the race courtesy of king of kings , who defeated the hot french favourite xaar .
in 2000 coolmore and o’brien had another strong fancy in giant’s causeway but in a huge field , it was king’s best , ridden coolly by kieren fallon , who weaved a path through and defeated the iron horse who promptly went on to win five successive group ones .
golan proved a smart winner of the race in 2001 although in time his successes came over longer distances . however rock of gibraltar was very much a specialist miler and won seven successive group one races in the colours of sir alex ferguson .
haafhd was a slightly surprising winner of the race in 2004 despite having won the craven stakes beforehand . however he beat a top class field including irish derby winner grey swallow and the top class azamour – and crowned his career with victory in the champion stakes back at newmarket .
aidan o’brien took the race the next two years with footstepsinthesand in 2005 and then the mercurial george washington in 2006 . o’brien was successful again in 2008 as henrythenavigator demonstrated he was a brilliant miler in defeating subsequent derby and champion stakes winner new approach .
then in 2009 the race went the way of a horse who had looked all promise beforehand , albeit most likely over longer distances . this was the year that sea the stars came to the fore and john oxx’s colt stamped his class on the guineas before claiming the derby , eclipse , juddmonte international , irish champion stakes and arc de triomphe in an astonishing career .
in 2010 the portents suggested that aidan o’brien had another guineas winner in the form of st nicholas abbey , whilst richard hannon was hopeful of big runs from canford cliffs and dick turpin . in the event the race went the way of another french raider as makfi heralded the arrival of trainer mikael delzangles in the big time .
after frankel’s extraordinary rout in 2011 , the following year yielded hopes of a triple crown winner at long last . camelot had been a leading two year old but was another horse expected to excel over longer distances . however , he won the 2 , 000 guineas with a late burst of speed and then claimed the derby and irish derby , only to be denied at doncaster in the st leger .
the 2013 renewal went the way of dawn approach , who avenged the defeat of his sire new approach with a fabulous performance .
a year later , kieren fallon and night of thunder won a sensational race , drifting across the course in the latter stages but still holding on from the year’s champion miler kingman and the subsequent derby winner australia , in a very strong renewal .
in 2015 trainer aidan o’brien won his seventh 2 , 000 guineas as gleneagles beat the french colt territories . gleneagles went on to add the irish 2 , 000 guineas and prove himself an exceptional colt .
the following year , o’brien sent his champion two year - old air force blue to the rowley mile . however , he proved a bitter disappointment behind the hugo palmer trained galileo gold , who beat massaat , to give the trainer his first newmarket classic . galileo gold would go on to land the group one st james’s palace stakes at royal ascot .
in 2017 , o’brien was back on the winner’s board . churchill had swept all before him at two , culminating in his success in the dewhurst stakes at newmarket . he made no mistake in the 2 , 000 guineas , defeating barney roy , before adding the irish 2 , 000 guineas from thunder snow .
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