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Phar Lap

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Phar Lap
Phar Lap and jockey Jim Pike
Flemington Racecourse c. 1930
SireNight Raid (GB)
GrandsireRadium (GB)
DamEntreaty (NZ)
DamsireWinkie (GB)
SexGelding
Foaled4 October 1926
Timaru, New Zealand
Died5 April 1932(1932-04-05) (aged 5)
Menlo Park, California, U.S.
CountryAustralia
ColourChestnut
BreederAlick Roberts
OwnerDavid Davis and Harry Telford
TrainerHarry Telford
Record51:37–3–2
Earnings£A66,738[1]
Major wins
Rosehill Guineas (1929)
AJC Derby (1929)
Craven Plate (1929, 1930, 1931)
Victoria Derby (1929)
AJC St Leger (1930)
VRC St Leger (1930)
Chipping Norton Stakes (1930)
AJC Plate (1930)
Chelmsford Stakes (1930)
Hill Stakes (1930, 1931)
W. S. Cox Plate (1930, 1931)
Melbourne Stakes (1930, 1931)
Melbourne Cup (1930)
Linlithgow Stakes (1930)
C.B. Fisher Plate (1930)
St George Stakes (1931)
Futurity Stakes (1931)
Underwood Stakes (1931)
Memsie Stakes (1931)
Agua Caliente Handicap (1932)
Honours
#22 – Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century
1983 Motion Picture – Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame
Phar Lap Stakes run at Rosehill Racecourse
Last updated on 29 April 2009[2]

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] He won the Melbourne Cup, two Cox Plates, the Australian Derby, and 19 other weight-for-age races.[4][5]

One of his greatest performances was winning the Agua Caliente Handicap in Mexico in track-record time in his final race.[6] He won in a different country, after a bad start many lengths behind the leaders, with no training before the race, and he split his hoof during the race.

After a sudden and mysterious illness, Phar Lap died in 1932 in Menlo Park, California.[7] At the time, he was the third-highest stakes-winner in the world. His mounted hide is displayed at the Melbourne Museum, his skeleton at the Museum of New Zealand, and his heart at the National Museum of Australia.[1][8]

  1. ^ a b "Phar Lap". The Australian Racing Museum. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  2. ^ "Pedigree". Pedigreequery.com. 30 April 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2010.
  3. ^ "Phar Lap Forever". The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. November 2017. p. 1. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  4. ^ "Phar Lap". Thoroughbred Heritage. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  5. ^ "Story of Phar Lap". pharlap.org.nz. Archived from the original on 29 August 2009. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  6. ^ "Phar Lap, Agua Caliente". Museum of Victoria. p. 1. Archived from the original on 31 July 2008. Retrieved 24 April 2009.
  7. ^ Reason, Michael (2005). Phar Lap - A True Legend. Melbourne, Australia: Museum Victoria. pp. 35–36. ISBN 0-9577471-9-5.
  8. ^ "Phar Lap's heart at the National Museum of Australia". Archived from the original on 21 June 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2011.

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