porky 900 Report post Posted March 28, 2017 14 hours ago, Midget said: I thought i had lost it, as i always thought Kiwi Can was a big bay horse, but please to say i do have a few marbles left. As an aside who is the horse in the picture?I will put a $20 bet on for the person who can guess the pictured horse.As i don't know, some expert will recognise the colours and hopefully the horse, Good Luck 1 hour ago, pickle said: Total guess.Cornelius.Rider reminds me of one of Jim Gibbs apprentices but I can't think of his name.Simon Royal or that era ? Or Raymond Mathers( from Takanini). Havn,t alot of time this morning and supposed to be doing other things ... BUT couldnt resist consulting bookcase! "Grenville" (book) By Jim Knight Pg186 has Cornelius winning (white blaze in photo finish)...(in black and white , colours very similart / except white cap...not dark. so i,m only guessing...can,t be Cornelius. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnipOrange 148 Report post Posted March 28, 2017 Kiwi Can Ok the Jockey is John Letts and im picking the horse is Toltrice Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double R 260 Report post Posted March 28, 2017 2 hours ago, gubellini said: racerate.com is an Australian site so I would suggest this is an Australian horse and jockey. Will go through some of my Classic Racehorses of Australia and New Zealand books and try and find a match. Thanks for that Gube. I checked Wave King on that site, and it would seem to be the photo of Wave King in the profile shown. Cheers. Robert. gubellini 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,993 Report post Posted March 28, 2017 Double R think you are right about Wave King. Not sure about the jockey. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,341 Report post Posted March 28, 2017 1 hour ago, TurnipOrange said: Kiwi Can Ok the Jockey is John Letts and im picking the horse is Toltrice Turnip, correct John Letts but the horse is Wave King I believe; He was trained by Jim Hely at Morninton. Jim then trained at Mornington, Vic, Australia, for ten years and Wave King NZ (by Crest Of The Wave out of the Knights Romance mare Queens Romance) is remembered with much pleasure as one of the best he trained. Wave King started as ‘course’ favourite in the Doncaster at Randwick. Big races won by the showy chestnut were: 1975 Grafton Cup 1975 Liston Stakes 1976 Feehan stakes (now Dato Chin Nam Stakes) 1977 Memsie Stakes (among a host of others during his race career) gubellini 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,993 Report post Posted March 28, 2017 John Letts won two Melbourne Cups. Piping Lane in 1972 and Beldale Ball in 1980. On his retirement from racing in 1988 he took out a harness driving licence. He is the only person to ride a winner and drive a winner at Moonee Valley. rdytdy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky 900 Report post Posted March 29, 2017 https://www.progroupracing.com.au/horse-racing-articles/jockeys/john-letts The old lady took me to Adelaide for a year when her and the old man split up in 1980 to stay with her brother (my uncle). we lived at West Beach...I would go down and watch trackwork along the beach each morning. Johhny Letts Dominated Morphetville...Legend! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ponderosa8 1,351 Report post Posted March 29, 2017 I really enjoyed reading thru this thread and thinking... oh yeah I remember this horse or that horse/jockey from the good ole days. C'mon Ted or someone else, put up another pic from those days and let us guess and reminisce. Belinda 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double R 260 Report post Posted March 29, 2017 Can't do the photos, but how about sharing our memories of stunning looking horses? I will start the ball rolling. Chestnuts: Triton, Catering King, Bonecrusher, Captains Command, Final Orders, Fury's Order. Cheers. Robert. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis2 1,078 Report post Posted March 29, 2017 How good was Game. Big horse. Pitch black. And a bold front runner. Belinda, porky and elbow 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda 143 Report post Posted March 29, 2017 Pure Theatre, he was a beautiful looking horse Memphis2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
porky 900 Report post Posted March 29, 2017 Roughy...not the best looker ... BUT that memorable white blaze combined with the fact he,s my favourite and I was in Queensland at the time. Memphis2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Hughes 0 Report post Posted April 5, 2021 Good work Bryce, i worked with Kiwi back in the day, can anybody tell me how many races he won & how many starts he had, been trying to find out. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
