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This Museum Victoria website provides information on the great racehorse, Phar Lap. On the site you can explore the virtual Phar Lap exhibition, read the Phar Lap facts including what the times were like when he was alive, his life, the rise to becoming a

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Sporting greats - Stories from Australia's Culture Portal   (website Culture and Recreation Portal )

Australia reveres and treasures its sporting heroes. Sporting greats have inspired and united Australians, who have shared, celebrated and rewarded their successes. Since the advent of television in the 1950s, Australians have embraced the opportunity to...

Phar Lap, Image of Photograph sen to American Fan, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Signed photograph of members of the Phar Lap entourage; from left, jockey Bill Elliot, vet Dr Nielson and track rider ...

Phar Lap, Wagga Image Gallery, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. The story of Phar Lap has a universal appeal that has survived through the generations. These stories and drawings ar...

Phar Lap, Image Biscuit Tin Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Many companies of the era used Phar Lap's name and image to sell their products, such as with this biscuit tin. Biscui...

Phar Lap, Image of Silk Sashes, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Silk sashes won by Phar Lap. Privacy Rights Disclaimer Contact Us E-News ...

Phar Lap, Image of Hair Sample, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Hair clippings kept as a souvenir of Phar Lap Privacy Rights Disclaimer Contact Us E-News ...

Phar Lap, Phar Lap's Death, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

After the win at Agua Caliente, Phar Lap was taken back up to San Fransisco. There were some concerns in the Australian camp as to whether Phar Lap had gone a little 'flat' after the big race. Woodcock awoke to find Phar Lap was in distress. ...

Phar Lap, At the Museum, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

Phar Lap went on display at the National Museum of Victoria in 1933. Now at Melbourne Museum, Phar Lap and associated memorabilia remain among the most popular of our exhibits. Phar Lap then journeyed the short distance up Swanston Street to the National...

Phar Lap, Leaving Australia, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

Phar Lap had won virtually every major Australian race, many of them twice. On Friday 20 November 1931 Phar Lap sailed from Sydney Harbour. New Zealanders had not forgotten where Phar Lap was foaled and made it clear they regarded Phar Lap as a New Zeala...

Phar Lap, The Phar Lap Story Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

The Phar Lap Story is a multimedia presentation of Phar Lap´s life through images, text, film and sound. Images courtesy of: ScreenSound Australia, The Phar Lap Collection, State Library of Victoria and Museum Victoria. Phar Lap-Farewell to You by Jack Lu...

Phar Lap, The Facts, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Phar Lap achieved an impressive set of racing statistics in his career, fulfilling trainer Harry Telford's gamble that...

Phar Lap, Condolences, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

More than sixty people wrote to Harry Telford, Phar Lap's trainer, expressing their feelings about the horse and his death. Many wrote to express a personal sorrow, confessing their feeling that Phar Lap had been like part of their family. They told Tel...

Phar Lap, Museum Victoria Collection Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Museum Victoria's collection contains many objects relating to Phar Lap. They provide unique insights into the life a...

Phar Lap, The Winner, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

In the spring of 1929 Harry Telford employed Aaron Treve Woodcock as fullûtime strapper to Phar Lap. Woodcock and Phar Lap made for a remarkable partnership. Phar Lap was the only oddsûon favourite in a Melbourne Cup and the only horse to be favourite i...

Phar Lap, Early Races, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

Phar Lap was officially registered as a racehorse in Sydney in December 1928. Almost three months after he was registered, Phar Lap lined up for his first race: the Nursery Handicap, at Rosehill. Phar Lap was now running amongst the best threeûyearûolds ...

Phar Lap, Melbourne Cup, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

The attempt by gunmen to shoot Phar Lap made front page news in Melbourne. Further, it showed that Phar Lap was very much in contention for Tuesday's Melbourne Cup. Not until just a few hours before the Melbourne Cup was due to start was Phar Lap loaded...

Phar Lap, At Melbourne Museum, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

> > If the size of the text in this page is too small, please either turn javascript on or adjust the default text size of your browser. Phar Lap as he stands today at Melbourne Museum Privacy Rights Disclaimer Contact Us E-News ...

Phar Lap, Media Star, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia   (website(s) Phar Lap    Museum Victoria )

Phar Lap became a champion at the very moment in time when modern media communications became a part of everyday life. From about 1926, the year Phar Lap was foaled, the races were broadcast on radio. And from 1930, the year Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cu...