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The National
a day ago
- Entertainment
- The National
Best photos of June 8: Novak Djokovic at French Open to Mubadala New York Sail Grand Prix
The Black Cloud artwork in Kyiv, Ukraine. Created by Ukrainian artist Oleksiy Sai, a 30-metre-long work, will be shown for two days at Saint Sophia Square before heading to the 2025 Burning Man Festival in the US. The piece represents an unavoidable threat, a looming storm, symbolising the war in Ukraine. EPA
The Age
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
Tips and race-by-race guide for Canterbury on Monday
How to play it: Blue Willow to win. Race 4 3. Bengal Boy is an underrated provincial-based five-year-old which impressed when surging home from well back to win a BM 68 at Newcastle third-up. Thrives in the ground for a race that isn't much harder, and any extra trip is a plus being a typical son of Dundeel. 2. Naval Commission was very disappointing second-up over the mile after being well backed. Gets some weight relief, again from an ideal trailing draw, but suggesting he's under the odds stepping up in distance. 1. Monarch's Brae can improve sharply third-up over more ground, especially if the track improves a couple of ratings, after drifting a mile back in two runs so far this campaign. Finds a weaker race here, but a query whether he'll get enough speed on to run over them. Gap to the rest headed by 4. Fay's Angels, an honest country mare who is well into her campaign. How to play it: Bengal Boy to win. Race 5 Not much between several runners here, but 1. First Mission can make it two wins from three starts this prep, coming back 150m in distance. Landed a good betting move when a comfortable winner against similar opposition when resuming. He was then taken to the front in deeper Saturday Midway company and boxed on OK behind a smart winner. Distance and track are the keys, despite being asked to carry 61kg. 2. Gatekeeper is a big watch first up behind two improving trials, and returning to where he won on debut in mid-January after being backed from $6 into $4.40. Keep safe 9. Spaceballs, a talented filly which comes to hand quickly, and draws the inside resuming off a quiet trial. 8. Queen's Rhapsody scored an overdue and dominant first-up win at Hawkesbury as a hot favourite and drops in weight, but has to get in from a wide barrier. How to play it: First Mission to win. Race 6 3. Apex is a smart son of Exceedance who can put two wins together having easily got the maiden out of the way when resuming at Warwick Farm 19 days ago. Always shown ability, right at home on rain-affected ground, and the extra 150m is no concern. 4. Puntin resumes from the inside draw behind two trials. Has natural speed and won three straight up to BM 64 grade last prep before a game unplaced effort when trying to lead over a mile in much tougher company at Randwick. Would likely prefer the track a little drier, but sure to give a big sight. 9. Metaphorically is a big market watch at good odds, resuming as a gelding for the John O'Shea and Tom Charlton camp off two progressive trials. Stablemate 10. Straand Beauty is also right in the mix rolling forward, having missed narrowly in two runs back in weaker grade. How to play it: Apex to win. Race 7 7. The Black Cloud is a smart mare, and terrific value resuming off an easy trial. Has already won twice from four attempts fresh and is unbeaten on soft ground from three starts. Drawn to get a cosy run with cover right behind the speed and just needs a clear crack at them from the 300m. 4. Zealously is a talented customer which fought on strong to claim a BM 78 third-up on the stand-alone Saturday meeting at Scone. Carries a kilo less here, but this is a deeper race and he has a task on this tighter track getting over from near the outside draw. 13. Dollar Magic chased home the former at Scone first-up and wasn't far away from pulling off a big-value move firming from $7.50 into $5.50. Normally holds her form into the next run and from a handy draw is right up to this. Be surprised if the winner comes from anywhere else, but 6. Flying Destiny, down sharply in weight first-up behind two trials, and 11. World Alliance, five weeks between runs via a trial win; are both capable of running into the money at good odds. How to play it: Black Cloud to win. Race 8 3. Who Ever Thought is a tough country-based six-year-old which has earnt a start in a metropolitan race second-up. Dug in hard from the front to claim the Country Cup on Scone Cup day 24 days ago and will carry only 1.5kg over the minimum weight after the jockey's claim in what is a suitably much smaller field. 2. Pink Shalala chased home a smart winner here second-up in heavy ground and has the conditions and the draw to suit again. 6. Sacredarro is a lightly raced and progressive four-year-old stepping up in grade and distance from a dominant country Class 1 win when resuming. 1. Forecaster is over the odds dropping in grade fourth-up. 7. Line Of Fire is the best of the rest deep into the prep with blinkers back on.
Sydney Morning Herald
2 days ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Tips and race-by-race guide for Canterbury on Monday
How to play it: Blue Willow to win. Race 4 3. Bengal Boy is an underrated provincial-based five-year-old which impressed when surging home from well back to win a BM 68 at Newcastle third-up. Thrives in the ground for a race that isn't much harder, and any extra trip is a plus being a typical son of Dundeel. 2. Naval Commission was very disappointing second-up over the mile after being well backed. Gets some weight relief, again from an ideal trailing draw, but suggesting he's under the odds stepping up in distance. 1. Monarch's Brae can improve sharply third-up over more ground, especially if the track improves a couple of ratings, after drifting a mile back in two runs so far this campaign. Finds a weaker race here, but a query whether he'll get enough speed on to run over them. Gap to the rest headed by 4. Fay's Angels, an honest country mare who is well into her campaign. How to play it: Bengal Boy to win. Race 5 Not much between several runners here, but 1. First Mission can make it two wins from three starts this prep, coming back 150m in distance. Landed a good betting move when a comfortable winner against similar opposition when resuming. He was then taken to the front in deeper Saturday Midway company and boxed on OK behind a smart winner. Distance and track are the keys, despite being asked to carry 61kg. 2. Gatekeeper is a big watch first up behind two improving trials, and returning to where he won on debut in mid-January after being backed from $6 into $4.40. Keep safe 9. Spaceballs, a talented filly which comes to hand quickly, and draws the inside resuming off a quiet trial. 8. Queen's Rhapsody scored an overdue and dominant first-up win at Hawkesbury as a hot favourite and drops in weight, but has to get in from a wide barrier. How to play it: First Mission to win. Race 6 3. Apex is a smart son of Exceedance who can put two wins together having easily got the maiden out of the way when resuming at Warwick Farm 19 days ago. Always shown ability, right at home on rain-affected ground, and the extra 150m is no concern. 4. Puntin resumes from the inside draw behind two trials. Has natural speed and won three straight up to BM 64 grade last prep before a game unplaced effort when trying to lead over a mile in much tougher company at Randwick. Would likely prefer the track a little drier, but sure to give a big sight. 9. Metaphorically is a big market watch at good odds, resuming as a gelding for the John O'Shea and Tom Charlton camp off two progressive trials. Stablemate 10. Straand Beauty is also right in the mix rolling forward, having missed narrowly in two runs back in weaker grade. How to play it: Apex to win. Race 7 7. The Black Cloud is a smart mare, and terrific value resuming off an easy trial. Has already won twice from four attempts fresh and is unbeaten on soft ground from three starts. Drawn to get a cosy run with cover right behind the speed and just needs a clear crack at them from the 300m. 4. Zealously is a talented customer which fought on strong to claim a BM 78 third-up on the stand-alone Saturday meeting at Scone. Carries a kilo less here, but this is a deeper race and he has a task on this tighter track getting over from near the outside draw. 13. Dollar Magic chased home the former at Scone first-up and wasn't far away from pulling off a big-value move firming from $7.50 into $5.50. Normally holds her form into the next run and from a handy draw is right up to this. Be surprised if the winner comes from anywhere else, but 6. Flying Destiny, down sharply in weight first-up behind two trials, and 11. World Alliance, five weeks between runs via a trial win; are both capable of running into the money at good odds. How to play it: Black Cloud to win. Race 8 3. Who Ever Thought is a tough country-based six-year-old which has earnt a start in a metropolitan race second-up. Dug in hard from the front to claim the Country Cup on Scone Cup day 24 days ago and will carry only 1.5kg over the minimum weight after the jockey's claim in what is a suitably much smaller field. 2. Pink Shalala chased home a smart winner here second-up in heavy ground and has the conditions and the draw to suit again. 6. Sacredarro is a lightly raced and progressive four-year-old stepping up in grade and distance from a dominant country Class 1 win when resuming. 1. Forecaster is over the odds dropping in grade fourth-up. 7. Line Of Fire is the best of the rest deep into the prep with blinkers back on.
New York Post
22-04-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Tribal activists stand up for Long Island town's Chiefs mascot after Trump pledges ‘fight' over NY Native American logo ban
High-profile tribal activists backed a Long Island school in its fight to keep its team name despite a state ban on Native American logos – joining a President Trump rallying cry. Frank Black Cloud, a member of the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota, said Tuesday that rebranding the Massapequa Chiefs would be a 'terrible thing to do.' 'Historically, we are Chiefs, we are Warriors,' said Black Cloud, 60, referencing neighboring Wantagh's Warriors team — which may also have to drop its name. Advertisement He pointed to a pair of 2004 and 2016 polls that found nine in 10 Native Americans do not take offense to terms like 'Redskins.' 'All of these names, images, they are something we all uphold and we're proud of,' Black Cloud said The statement comes one day after Trump pledged to 'fight' for Massapequa to keep the name even though the town lost a court battle over the change. 5 Pictures of the Massapequa High School mascot. Massapequa Public Schools Advertisement A state Department of Education spokesperson shot back on Monday that if the Massapequa board of education members were 'interested in honoring and respecting Long Island's Native American past, they should talk to the Indigenous people who remain on Long Island.' But some locals like Laura Albanese-Christopher, a Massapequa graduate of Cherokee descent, called the removal of Chiefs 'off the charts hurtful and disrespectful.' 5 A large mural on the side of a building next to Massapequa High School. Dennis A. Clark Advertisement 'Massapequa's history speaks for itself. The history cannot and should not be erased,' Albanese-Christopher, 51, told The Post. 'Everyone is way too soft in this world. Instead of trying to abolish history, they should worry more about what's being taught in the district.' Native American symbols are found around the town beyond just the school team — including on the trucks of its volunteer fire department. 'We have no intentions of changing anything,' said Justin McCaffrey, Massapequa's chairman of the board of fire commissioners. 'It's a long part of our history. We're proud of our town. We are proud of our community and our heritage.' 5 Donald Trump at the wake of slain NYPD officer Jonathan Diller at the Massapequa Funeral Home in Massapequa, NY. Dennis A. Clark Advertisement McCaffrey also finds it laughable that the word chief is in jeopardy in schools. 'Everybody has chiefs, just look at us,' he said. 'I would like to think the New York State Education Department has things that they should be focused on beyond renaming the emblems for the school.' Calling in the Commander-In-Chief Black Cloud joined the fight as a representative of the nationwide Native American Guardians Association (NAGA). The 87,000-strong group fights to keep Native American team names from being canceled in sports culture, from high school to the professional level, across all 50 states. Massapequa and Wantagh were part of a group that unsuccessfully sued the New York State Board of Regents to keep their monikers in defiance of a 2023 mandate to remove all Native American team names statewide. Massapequa's school board, saying the rebrand could cost as much as $1 million, called on President Trump for help earlier this month. 'I agree with the people in Massapequa, Long Island, who are fighting furiously to keep the Massapequa Chiefs logo on their Teams and School,' Trump posted on Truth Social Monday afternoon, ordering Secretary of Education Linda McMahon 'to fight' for the town. 5 Frank Black Cloud, a high-profile tribal activist and member of the Spirit Lake Nation in North Dakota, told The Post that removing the Massapequa Chiefs logo would be 'a terrible thing to do.' Dennis A. Clark Advertisement Black Cloud, a car salesman by trade, praised Trump for standing up for the school. 'The left tries to tell us how we should feel,' Black Cloud said. 'They don't want to listen to us on the reasons why these names and images should be kept sacred. They want us to just disappear, fade off into the sunset,' he added. It's unclear what the federal government can actually do beyond trying to get the state to rescind its ban. Advertisement But the state stood by the policy. 'Disrespecting entire groups of people is wrong in any context, but especially in our schools, where all students should feel welcome and supported,' said JP O'Hare, a spokesperson for the Education Department. 5 Black Cloud joined the fight on LI as a representative of the nationwide Native American Guardians Association (NAGA). Courtesy of David Finkenbinder David Finkenbinder, a Crow Creek Sioux Tribe and NAGA member, in Coxsackie, New York said he was devastated when his Colorado high school in Yuma removed its 'Indians' name a few years ago and is hoping for a different result for Long Island. Advertisement 'It's frustrating,' he said. 'Not once was I ever offended or ridiculed or made fun of because of my Native heritage. 'There's a lot of Native history here in New York,' he said. 'But this takes the interest away from students to learn why their towns and teams are named this way.'
