Life in The Saddle - adventures of the legendary horseman the Kokotunga Kid by Alwyn Torenbeek with David Gilchrist. Alwyn Torenbeek - the Kokotunga Kid - left his outback home-town at fourteen, looking for adventure. He took with him a bushman's spirit, an uncanny natural ability for horseriding and a determination to succeed. By the time he was 21, he was a national and international rodeo champion. When fate put an end to his roughriding career, Alwyn went on to be a stockman, drover and station manager. A devoted family man, he was encouraged to take up endurance riding by his great friend, the legendary R.M.Williams, and is still competing more than four decades later.