Rather than accept a bye and guarantee himself two Dexter Cup final starters, Ake Svanstedt decided to let Incommunicado compete in Saturday s (April 24) Dexter Cup elimination at Freehold Raceway.
The gamble paid off, as Incommunicado cruised under the wire 2-3/4 lengths in front and established himself as one of the favourites for next week s Dexter Cup final.
When the entry box closed on Wednesday, ten horses were entered for the Dexter Cup. Svanstedt was offered two byes with his pair of Ambassador Hanover and Incommunicado, and while he accepted the bye with the former, he decided to race Incommunicado. The Massachusetts Sire Stakes champion was made the 8/5 second choice in the field of eight.
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Alice Te Punga Somerville cleans up the myth of Captain Cook s legacy
15 Jan, 2021 03:00 AM
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By: Alice Te Punga Somerville
Scholar and poet Alice Te Punga Somerville was asked to contribute a piece for a journal to mark the 250th anniversary of Captain Cook s arrival in Aotearoa – that article is now published as Two Hundred and Fifty Ways to Start an Essay about Captain Cook, in the BWB Texts series. In this extract, Te Punga Somerville explores pushing back against Cook s global colonial legacy.
34. By pushing back
One of the projects of Indigenous people is to push back against colonial narratives. This is the bit I describe to my students as walking into a room on the television show Hoarders, getting a broom and a rubbish bag, climbing over all the junk until you get to the centre and making a space that reveals some of the floor underneath. If you started at the door and tried to work your way in, you would get discouraged by the sheer size of