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Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a New Zealand-born champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. Achieving incredible success during his distinguished career, his initial underdog status gave people hope during the early years of the Great Depression. [3]
Sep 28, 2022 · Phar Lap is a legend of Australian sporting history. His sensational rise from humble beginnings captured the public’s imagination during the difficult years of the 1930s Great Depression. Phar Lap won 37 races from 51 starts, including the 1930 Melbourne Cup .
Feb 14, 2022 · Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup in 1930 by two meters. He set the record for the shortest odds winner at 8-11, which he still holds today. The chestnut also raced in the Melbourne Cup in 1929 and 1931. In 1929, he came in third place, and in 1931 he came in eighth place.
Apr 3, 2017 · On the morning of Tuesday, 5 April 1932, Phar Lap, the racehorse legend, mysteriously collapsed at a farm outside San Francisco 16 days after he won the Agua Caliente handicap in Tijuana, Mexico. He died in the arms of Tommy Woodcock, his dedicated strapper and mate.
Aug 23, 2019 · On April 5, 1932, a blunt headline shocked a nation. “Phar Lap dead: collapse in California.” The story explained how Phar Lap was “stricken this morning by symptoms of colic, which developed so rapidly that veterinary surgeons were unable to counteract the illness”.
The Museum's Phar Lap collection includes the personal photograph album of Phar Lap's owner, David Davis. The album has 36 black and white photographs, documenting each of Phar Lap's race wins in Australia, with race details inscribed on the mounts.
Nov 6, 2023 · Much worshipped in life and in death, Phar Lap has occupied a unique place in the story of Australia’s and New Zealand’s evolving national identities. The posthumous division and...
Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a New Zealand-born champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. Achieving incredible success during his distinguished career, his initial underdog status gave people hope during the early years of the Great Depression.
One of the extolled wins took place on 4 November 1930, when Phar Lap won in 3:27.75 minutes, beating the second-placed horse by three lengths, to become the sixth NZ-bred winner. Phar Lap was the shortest-priced favourite with odds of 8-11 in the Melbourne Cup's history.
Her nine-part podcast Killing Phar Lap: A Forensic Investigation revisits a 40-year-old claim that Phar Lap’s heart – displayed at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra – is a fake.
