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The death occured in Christchurch last week of Bernard (Bernie) Wilks, who raced many fine horses, most of them in partnership with Maurice Holmes.
Tall and always impeccably groomed, Wilks was a steward of the New Brighton Harness Racing Club from 1964, joined the committee four years later and later became an honorary steward.
His two best horses were Wedgewood, who won 15 races, including the 1985 Banks Peninsula Trotting Cup, and Twinkle John, a Cup class pacer he raced in partnership with Sandra Wilkinson.
He won three Golden Slipper stakes with 2-year-olds trained by Holmes - Rossini (1968), Fidelio (1971) and Strauss (1972). Another top juvenile he raced in this period was Violetta, who won the Timaru Nursery Stakes and the NZ Welcome Stakes.
Credit: NZ HRWeekly 9Jun94 |