Right first time 1,925 Report post Posted January 27, 2018 Found this old photo from 1967 or 1968 - Stabling area - Alexandra Park. I'm the little fella on the far right - most school holidays I was at the Auckland Showgrounds where my father Frank Atkinson worked, and each day we popped in to Alexandra Park alongside. Dad went on to be a Life Member of the Auckland Trotting Club. For a long time horses were stabled at the Auckland Showgrounds. Indeed the Showgrounds caretaker Harry Wattam himself trained horses. Some Racecafers may recognise people in the photo. globederby12 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,124 Report post Posted January 28, 2018 The fella sitting could be Charlie Faulkner ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim vince 985 Report post Posted January 28, 2018 Good spotting still going strong. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 203 Report post Posted February 1, 2018 On 28/01/2018 at 4:27 PM, ivanthegreat said: The fella sitting could be Charlie Faulkner ? More likely a chap called Wingrove, who trained at Alex many moons ago now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,723 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 A few names who would have been either training or at workouts around this time Dan Wingrove Barney Repia Ron Smith Noel Taylor John Llewellyn John MacQuibban Jack Cooney Nat Mackenzie (? on the right) Colin Dodds Other names escape my elderly brain at the moment. Hermione 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,723 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 and how could I forget P.T. Wolfenden and Ted Edwards Also the Kumeu contingent who visited the park Don Hayes George Cole Jack Bassett Des Botica Fred Wigg Ron Wigg Jack Longville Arthur Gibbons Ray Norton Tony Milina Frank Parsons Phew - many many more!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,723 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Still they tumble back Snow Weaver Don Hooper Alek Goryl Peter Young Eddie Town Monty Kerr That'll do for today!! Looking again at the photo - could be Johnny Macquibban on the left Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasman man 11 979 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 I'm impressed eljay !!! Were you there the day Transmitter Sound won on Morrie Holmes' last day ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim vince 985 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 I was Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Spyro 409 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Bloke in front could be Charlie or Barney Repia. In the early 80's he had a horse he trained there called Abbot's Way. Unusual in that it had pale blue eyes and hated the lights, only time he would ever perform according to Barney was day meetings. I think Barney died some time back ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 258 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Dusty Dunsmuir. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,723 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 2 hours ago, tasman man 11 said: I'm impressed eljay !!! Were you there the day Transmitter Sound won on Morrie Holmes' last day ? Me too, Tim Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,723 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Ah yes, Alan Dunsmuir, knew him very well - went to Aussie after they said he was too old to drive. A great character. Nick name I believe given by Peter Wolfenden. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikecity 758 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Maybe this is clearer - isn't that Wolfie on the left Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,124 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 I'm sticking to Charlie Faulkner but I have to agree certainly could be PTW. Either of those could sort this. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,723 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 A few more names - not sure if they all were from Auckland/Kumeu area Les Pyres Tom Knowles Herb Moase Bob Tribe Peter Steedman Owen Nicholas Peter Stewart Bob Barry Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda 143 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Looks like Wolfie. I "worked Transmitter Sound for all the wins that he had in the north. He never went in the cart, I used to ride him instead. Bruce J Hadley and Slim Dusty 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,124 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Charlie Faulkner sitting and PTW on the left. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,124 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 48 minutes ago, Belinda said: Looks like Wolfie. I "worked Transmitter Sound for all the wins that he had in the north. He never went in the cart, I used to ride him instead. Belinda , Where was he worked ? I know Bruce Stennings lived out Howick way in fact didn't he build the golf course on land he owned ? I remember Transmitter Sound winning with Morrie Holmes that night ,apart from the history being made I backed it. It's trotting action had me with my heart in my mouth the whole trip......... wasn't a fliud trotter like most was he. ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda 143 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 He was an awful trotter,lol. used to hit himself badly and couldnt go left-handed. He was a black horse and had a hogged mane, lovely boy, Timmy was his paddock name. I worked him at Taupaki, near Kumeu. I believe Bruce died fairly recently, could be wrong on that though Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda 143 Report post Posted February 2, 2018 Bruce was at Howick I think, then brought a property at Ararimu. Which was where Transmitter Sound spent his retirement days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay 1,723 Report post Posted February 3, 2018 A few more names from that era Bruce Running Bill Halloran Bruce Ewins Len Robinson Len McFarlane Horry Keogan Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right first time 1,925 Report post Posted February 3, 2018 I had always understood the gentleman on the left to be Peter Wolfenden. When I went to post the photo I started to doubt myself so I kept quiet to see what others thought. My father and I used to lead horses for PTW from the Showgrounds to Alexandra Park alongside, to do their early morning workouts. Then we'd lead them back again afterwards. Horses at the time whose names I recall were Single Cash ( a Wolfie trotter), Bonnie Rachael and Park's Delight (neither of those two may have been trained by PTW). There were two Peters, PTW, and a guy we called young Peter who worked for PTW and who was Peter Young later to be of Rondel fame. And of course Charlie Faulkner also identified in the photo. I recall from the Alexandra Park stables Bill Halloran and his trotter Anonymous. And Jim Donaldson a regular visitor up from the South Island and his fine pacer James who won an Auckland Cup I think, driven by PTW. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Right first time 1,925 Report post Posted February 3, 2018 27 minutes ago, Right first time said: I had always understood the gentleman on the left to be Peter Wolfenden. When I went to post the photo I started to doubt myself so I kept quiet to see what others thought. My father and I used to lead horses for PTW from the Showgrounds to Alexandra Park alongside, to do their early morning workouts. Then we'd lead them back again afterwards. Horses at the time whose names I recall were Single Cash ( a Wolfie trotter), Bonnie Rachael and Park's Delight (neither of those two may have been trained by PTW). There were two Peters, PTW, and a guy we called young Peter who worked for PTW and who was Peter Young later to be of Rondel fame. And of course Charlie Faulkner also identified in the photo. I recall from the Alexandra Park stables Bill Halloran and his trotter Anonymous. And Jim Donaldson a regular visitor up from the South Island and his fine pacer James who won an Auckland Cup I think, driven by PTW. James didn't win an Auckland Cup, I've just checked, James won the 1970 New Zealand Cup beating Stella Frost by a neck with a head back to Manaroa. The win was Peter Wolfenden's third NZ Cup win, the first being the legendary Cardigan Bay. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanthegreat 1,124 Report post Posted February 3, 2018 Jim Donaldson was killed in a car accident on Aucklands motorway TIP TOP corner to be precise. Single Cash won a Rowe Cup. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...