The Kid Stakes is a 1927 Australian silent black and white comedy film written and directed by Tal Ordell.

[3] The screenplay is based on characters created by Syd Nicholls[3] in his comic strip, Fatty Finn.

After a series of adventures, Fatty finds the runaway goat and persuades a friendly aviator to fly him to the race-track in time for the main event.

[9] The now defunct weekly magazine, Pix, in its review states "Kid Stakes brings back the Sydney of the 1920s.

He then joined the Royal Australian Air Force and won a Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC).