Editing Phar Lap (section)

{{Short description|New Zealand-bred Thoroughbred racehorse (1926–1932)}}
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{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Phar Lap
| image = [[File:Phar Lap.jpg|260px]]
| caption = Phar Lap and jockey [[Jim Pike (jockey)|Jim Pike]] <br/> [[Flemington Racecourse]] {{circa|1930}}
| sire = [[Night Raid]] (GB)
| grandsire = [[Radium (British horse)|Radium]] (GB)
| dam = [[Entreaty]] (NZ)
| damsire = Winkie (GB)
| sex = [[Gelding]]
| foaled = 4 October 1926<br />[[Timaru]], [[New Zealand]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1932|4|5|1926|10|4|df=y}}<br />[[Menlo Park, California]], U.S.
| country = Australia
| colour = [[Chestnut (coat)|Chestnut]]
| breeder = Alick Roberts
| owner = David Davis and Harry Telford
| trainer = Harry Telford
| record = 51:37–3–2
| earnings = [[Australian pound|£A]]66,738<ref name="HallofFame" />
| race = [[Rosehill Guineas]] (1929)<br />[[AJC Derby]] (1929)<br />[[Craven Plate]] (1929, 1930, 1931)<br />[[Victoria Derby]] (1929)<br />[[AJC St Leger]] (1930)<br />[[VRC St Leger]] (1930)<br />[[Chipping Norton Stakes]] (1930)<br />[[Queen Elizabeth Stakes (ATC)|AJC Plate]] (1930)<br />[[Chelmsford Stakes]] (1930)<br />[[Hill Stakes]] (1930, 1931)<br />[[W. S. Cox Plate]] (1930, 1931)<br />[[LKS Mackinnon Stakes|Melbourne Stakes]] (1930, 1931)<br />[[Melbourne Cup]] (1930)<br />[[Linlithgow Stakes]] (1930)<br />[[Queen Elizabeth Stakes (VRC)|C.B. Fisher Plate]] (1930)<br />[[St George Stakes]] (1931)<br />[[Futurity Stakes (Australia)|Futurity Stakes]] (1931)<br />[[Underwood Stakes]] (1931)<br />[[Memsie Stakes]] (1931)<br />[[Agua Caliente Handicap]] (1932)
| honours = [[Blood-Horse magazine List of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century|#22 – Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century]]<br />[[Film|1983 Motion Picture]] – ''[[Phar Lap (film)|Phar Lap: Heart of a Nation]]''<br />[[Australian Racing Hall of Fame]]<br />[[New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame]]<br />[[Phar Lap Stakes]] run at [[Rosehill Racecourse]]
| updated = 29 April 2009<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pedigreequery.com/phar+lap |title=Pedigree |publisher=Pedigreequery.com |date=30 April 2007 |access-date=2010-05-06}}</ref>
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'''Phar Lap''' (4 October 1926 – 5 April 1932) was a New Zealand-born champion Australian [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]]. Achieving great success during his distinguished career, his initial underdog status gave people hope during the early years of the [[Great Depression]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/phar-lap-forever|title=Phar Lap Forever|date=November 2017|publisher=The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia|page=1|access-date=2021-11-28}}</ref> He won the [[Melbourne Cup]], two [[Cox Plate]]s, the [[Australian Derby]], and 19 other [[weight for age|weight-for-age]] races. He is universally revered as one of the greatest race horses of all time, not just in Australia but in the history of Thoroughbred horse racing.<ref>{{cite web | title = Phar Lap | publisher = Thoroughbred Heritage | url = http://www.tbheritage.com/Portraits/PharLap.html | access-date = 2009-04-24}}</ref><ref name="TheStory">{{cite web | title = Story of Phar Lap | publisher = pharlap.org.nz | url = http://www.pharlap.org.nz/story.html | access-date = 2009-04-24 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090829103427/http://www.pharlap.org.nz/story.html | archive-date = 29 August 2009 | df = dmy-all }}</ref>

One of his greatest performances was winning the [[Agua Caliente Handicap]] in [[Mexico]] in track-record time in his final race.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://museumvictoria.com.au/pharlap/leaving/agua.asp|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080731012321/http://museumvictoria.com.au/pharlap/leaving/agua.asp|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 July 2008|title=Phar Lap, Agua Caliente|publisher=Museum of Victoria|page=1|access-date=2009-04-24}}</ref> 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]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reason |first=Michael |title=Phar Lap - A True Legend |publisher=[[Museum Victoria]] |year=2005 |isbn=0-9577471-9-5 |location=Melbourne, Australia |pages=35–36 |language=en}}</ref> At the time, he was the third-highest stakes-winner in the world. His [[Taxidermy|mounted hide]] is displayed at the [[Melbourne Museum]], his skeleton at the [[Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa|Museum of New Zealand]], and his heart at the [[National Museum of Australia]].<ref name="HallofFame">{{cite web | title = Phar Lap | publisher = The Australian Racing Museum | url = http://www.racingmuseum.com.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61&Itemid=253 | access-date = 2009-04-24}}</ref><ref name="PharLap'sHeart">{{Cite web |url=http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/phar-laps-heart |title=Phar Lap's heart at the National Museum of Australia |access-date=19 December 2011 |archive-date=21 June 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140621042734/http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/phar-laps-heart |url-status=dead }}</ref>