b'736116111977 MELBOURNE CUP - TOMMY WOODCOCK AND RECKLESS: iconic image (70.3 x 110cm) of Reckless laying his head on the chest of trainer Woodcock, taken on the eve of the 1977 Melbourne Cup, in which Reckless ran second to Bart Cummings Gold and Black, this being the image used on the front page of The Age on Melbourne Cup Day; framed & glazed, overall 91 x125.5cm.Aaron Tommy Woodcock (1905-85) was a horse strapper and trainer. He was apprenticed as a jockey at the age of 14 and won three of his first four starts. He soon outgrew his jockey physique and in 1929 was asked by trainer Harry Telford to care for Phar Lap. The pair became inseparable, Woodcock often sleeping next to the great horse. His quick thinking enabled Phar Lap to survive an assassination attempt prior to his triumphant win in the 1930 Melbourne Cup (and three other races at the same carnival!), and he was at the horses side when he sadly passed in California in 1932. Woodcock later became a trainer, and in the 1970s owned the champion stallion Reckless who in 1977 won the Sydney, Adelaide and Brisbane Cups prior to his gallant 2nd placing in the Melbourne Cup. Bruce Postle is an Australian multi-award-winning photojournalist who has shown his work in some 20 exhibitions.He was inducted into the MCG Media Hall of Fame in 1996 in recognition of his contribution as a Photographer to Sport. This photograph is accompanied by Bruces account of how he was able to cajole the reluctant Woodcock into posing for this celebrated image. .$5,0007,500612Thoroughbred Stallion Register: 1978 - 1984, Volumes 1 to 5, published by the Australian Jockey Club and Victorian Racing Club, Randwick; green cloth hard-cover binding with gilt embossed titles and decorations$100150613Australian Race Results 1977-78 to 2002-03, published by Racing Services Bureau for the Principal Race Clubs of Australia. An almost complete run for the preiod comprising volumes 1, 2, 3 (unnumbered), 4 - 16, 18-19 and 21 - 26. (Total: 24 volumes). .$500750614The New Zealand Turf Register, [Auckland, N.Z.] 1979-80 to 1990-91 inclusive; all hardbound with dustjackets.(11 volumes). .$200250615Notable Australian Thoroughbreds by Mountier, Mary., Clark, Barrie, Douglas M., Clark, Graeme [Published by Alister Taylor, New Zealand, 1981] Limited Edition #116/3,500 copies; navy blue fabric cover, and navy blue leather spine and spine folds. Gold gilt titles and bands, oval gilt emblem with thoroughbred to front cover; comprehensive colour and b&w illustrations, binding tight. 318p Landscape. Box case: a bit sunned. $200250616Thomas McAULAY (Australia, 1946 - )(The Last Corner)oil on board, signed lower right, 54 x 65cm. .$500750'