To further celebrate the Miracle of Kimberley, which completed a highly unexpected one-day cricket series victory in South Africa, Chris Rattue finds a few other shock New Zealand sporting victories to drool over

The battle lines have been drawn in the Meads house ahead of tomorrow's Karaka Million at Ellerslie.

What great value Annie Higgins looks to be at $12 in tomorrow's $200,000 Pacific Jewellers Wellington Cup.

The second favourite for Sunday's $1 million New Zealand Bloodstock Karaka Million, Gobi Ranger, has come up at $6.50 with the TAB, way shorter than the $2.40 for the favourite, Ruud Awakening.

Trainer Peter Moody says there is a chance Black Caviar might start in the Newmarket Handicap, but she would have to be "invited".

Danica Guy is determined to treat her first $1 million race just like any other - maybe with one small exception.

Champion Kiwi trotter I Can Doosit's Australian campaign is back on after an extensive veterinary examination failed to find too much wrong with him.

An extra 200 metres and a return to Rosehill are the factors boosting Noel Mayfield-Smith's confidence in Standard Bearer ahead of the A$250,000 ($314,000) Inglis Classic.

Leading Sydney jockey Corey Brown will return to the saddle in considerably less pain than when he left it at the start of the year.

A month ago when Mosse astounded everyone by winning the Concorde at Ellerslie this column told the story that John Bell wasn't gushing like everyone else.

Good on co-chief stipendiary steward Ross Neal and his team for lining jockeys up after Saturday's farcical $55,000 Marton Cup.