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Sep 9, 2011 · Kevin Shegog - Phar Lap - The Red Terror. The Facts Phar Lap achieved an impressive set of racing statistics in his career, fulfilling trainer Harry Telford's gamble that the horse's pedigree...
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Phar Lap was called "The Wonder Horse," "The Red Terror," and "Big Red" (the latter nickname was also given to two of the greatest United States racehorses, Man o' War and Secretariat). He was affectionately known as "Bobby" to his strapper Tommy Woodcock [10] [11] He was also sometimes referred to as "Australia's Wonder Horse." [12]
Over the next three years, Phar Lap won 37 of the 51 races entered. As his popularity grew, Phar Lap became nicknamed 'The Red Terror’, ‘Big Red’, and 'The Wonder Horse', and was heralded with a number of souvenirs and statues in NZ and Australia.
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Phar Lap's win at the Agua Caliente Handicap shortly before his death was a source of great national pride. King George V even sent a congratulatory telegram. Australian racing journalist Bert Wolf wrote at the time: 'Phar Lap made all dreams come true yesterday to the shouts of 50,000 racing fans when he won the Agua Caliente Handicap. He did more...
Phar Lap's death in California on 5 April 1932 was front page news and rocked fans in Australia and across the world. Since then there have been several theories surrounding his death. An earlier theory that Phar Lap died from an equine virus was disproved when scientists discovered that he was poisoned with arsenic. Whether that arsenic came from ...
Phar Lap has an enduring legacy. Many of the things that we celebrate about Phar Lap - his strength, endurance and the mateship at the heart of his story - are qualities celebrated as part of the Australian identity, particularly the Australian sporting identity. Still drawing a crowd, his mounted hide is displayed at the Melbourne Museum, his skel...
The Red Terror, also called Bobby by his strapper-cum-trainer Tommy Woodcock, was a red chestnut gelding born in New Zealand in 1926 and trained in Sydney by Harry Telford. His name was inspired by the Thai-Zhuang word for lightning, Farlap - ‘like a flash on the sky’.
Nov 2, 2020 · Although he was often called the Red Terror, Bobby or simply just Australia's wonder horse. Ha original. After growing up in New Zealand Phar Lap was bought by a trainer from Sydney, Harry Telford ...
