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Phar Lap (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a New Zealand-born champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. Achieving great success during his distinguished career, his initial underdog status gave people hope during the early years of the Great Depression . [ 3 ]
Films may cover issues in sport as World Series Cricket, 1968 Olympics Black Power salute, personalities Dawn Fraser and Phar Lap, sporting events and tours and satire. Films provide an insight into the importance of sport into Australian society. [1] Films include fictional and non-fictional stories.
Phar Lap (also released as Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation) is a 1983 Australian biographical drama film about the racehorse Phar Lap. The film stars Tom Burlinson and was written by David Williamson . Plot
The 1929 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Tuesday, 5 November 1929. [1]This race saw a 14-horse field compete. [1] This year's Melbourne Cup was best remembered for Phar Lap who had won the Australian Derby and Victoria Derby carrying 47 kg.
Billy Elliot (died 1941) was an Australian jockey.He rode the Thoroughbred racehorse Phar Lap on seven occasions for seven wins, including his last race in the 1932 Agua Caliente Handicap in Mexico.
Phar Lap was shipped to America, and Woodcock was employed as his trainer while he was in America. Woodcock trained Phar Lap and he won the rich Agua Caliente Handicap. Shortly afterwards, on 5 April 1932, Phar Lap suddenly died in Menlo Park, California. Always devoted to the horse, Woodcock was with Phar Lap in his final moments.
Phar Lap: James E. Pike: 2 Second Wind T. Lewis 3 Shadow King P. Tehan See also. Australia portal; Melbourne Cup; List of Melbourne Cup winners; Victoria Racing Club;
Seabiscuit: beat War Admiral in a nationally broadcast 1938 match race; like Phar Lap, raced during the Depression; Sunday Silence Seattle Slew: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1977) Secretariat: U.S. Triple Crown winner (1973); one of the most famous horses in Thoroughbred racing; Sham: The main competitor to Secretariat during the 1973 racing season