Phar Lap (October 4, 1926 - April 5, 1932) was a horse racing champion whose achievements captured the Australian public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression. Foaled in New Zealand, he was trained and raced in Australia by Harry Telford. Phar Lap dominated the Australian race during a remarkable career, winning the Melbourne Cup, two Cox Plates, AJC Derby, and 19 other weights for ages. He then won the Agua Caliente Handicaps in Tijuana, Mexico, in record time in his last race. After a sudden and mysterious illness, Phar Lap died in 1932 in Atherton, California. At that time, he was the third highest winner in the world.
His hideout is featured at the Melbourne Museum, his skeleton at the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa and his heart currently on display at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra.
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Name
The name Phar Lap comes from the word Zhuang and Thai common to lightning: ?????? Ã, [fÃÆ'¡: l ?? p] , lit. 'sky flash'.
Phar Lap is called the "Magic Horse", "Red Terror", "Bobby" and "Big Red" (this second nickname is also given to two American racehouses, Man''Burdan Sekretariat). He is sometimes referred to as the "Australian magic horse".
According to the Victoria Museum, Aubrey Ping, a medical student at the University of Sydney, suggested "farlap" as the horse's name. Ping knew the word from her father, a Zhuang-speaking Chinese immigrant. Telford liked the name, but turned F to PH to create a seven-letter word, divided into two according to the dominant naming pattern of Melbourne Cup winners. Early life
A folly chestnut, Phar Lap was thwarted on 4 October 1926 in Seadown near Timaru on the South Island of New Zealand. He became the father by Night Raid of Entreaty by Winkie. He is by the same person as the winner of the Nightmarch Melbourne Cup. Phar Lap is the brother of seven other horses, Fortune's Wheel, Nea Lap (winning 5 races), Nightguard, All Clear, Friday Night, Te Uira and Raphis, no one won the main race (peg). He is the half brother to the other four horses, only two are able to win the race altogether.
Sydney coach Harry Telford persuaded American businessman David J. Davis to buy a horse at auction, based on his pedigree. Telford's brother, Hugh, who lives in New Zealand, was asked to bid up to 190 guineas in the 1928 Trentham Sale Year. When the horse was obtained only 160 guineas, he thought it was a great offer until the horse arrived in Australia. The horse is thin, his face is covered with warts, and he has a strange walking style. Davis was furious when he saw the horse too, and refused to pay to train the horse. Telford did not work as a coach, and Davis was one of the few remaining owners. To placate Davis, he agreed to train the horse without pay, in exchange for two-thirds of every victory. Telford hired the horse for three years and eventually sold the joint ownership by Davis.
Though standing a racehorse that wins in the stud can be very profitable, Telford also cut Phar Lap, hoping the horse will concentrate on racing.
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Racing career
Phar Lap finished last in the first race and did not put in the next three races. He won his first race on April 27, 1929, Maliden Juvenile Handicap at Rosehill, driven by Jack Baker of Armidale, a 17-year-old pupil. He did not race for several months but then entered in a series of races, where he climbed the class. Phar Lap took second place at Stakes Chelmsford at Randwick on 14 September 1929 and the racing community began to treat it with respect. He won Rosehill Guineas with three long on 21 September 1929, driven by James L. Munro.
As his achievements grow, there are some who try to stop his progress. The villain tried to shoot Phar Lap on the morning of Saturday 1 November 1930 after he completed the track work. They missed, and then that day he won the Melbourne Betting, and three days later the Melbourne Cup as the favorite odds-on at 8-11.
In his four-year racing career, Phar Lap won 37 of the 51 races he entered, including the Melbourne Cup, which was driven by Jim Pike, in 1930 with 9 pounds (138 pounds (63 kg)). In that year and 1931, he won 14 consecutive races. From his victory as a three-year-old at Stard Leger SVC until his last race in Mexico, Phar Lap won 32 of 35 races. In three races he did not win, he ran second on two occasions, beaten by a short head and neck, and in the 1931 Melbourne Cup he finished eighth while carrying 10 pounds (150 pounds (68 kg)).
Phar Lap was then owned by American businessman David J. Davis and leased to Telford. After their three-year lease agreement expires, Telford has enough money to become the owner with the horse. Davis then told Phar Lap to be sent to North America for the race. Telford disagreed with this decision and refused to leave, so Davis, who with his wife traveled to Mexico with him, took Phar Lap's stretcher, Tommy Woodcock as his new coach. Phar Lap was shipped to Agua Caliente Racetrack near Tijuana, Mexico, to compete in Agua Caliente Handicap, which offers the biggest money prize ever offered in North American racing. Phar Lap won in record time while carrying 129 pounds (58.5 kg). The horse was ridden by Australian jockey Billy Elliot for the seventh victory of seven rides. From there, the horse was sent to a private farm near Menlo Park, California, while its owner negotiated with racecourse officials for a special race performance.
Death
On April 5, 1932, the horse catcher for a North American visit, Tommy Woodcock, found him in severe pain and with high temperatures. Within hours, Phar Lap bleeds to death. The autopsy revealed that the horse's stomach and intestines were inflamed, leading many to believe that the horse was deliberately poisoned. There are several alternative theories, including the deliberate poisoning of lead insecticides and stomach conditions. It was not until the 1980s that infections could be formally identified.
In 2000, a horse specialist who studied two necrops concluded that Phar Lap probably died of duodenalitis-proximal jejunitis, acute bacterial gastroenteritis.
In 2006, Australian Sinkrotron Research scientists said it was almost certain Phar Lap was poisoned with a large dose of arsenic within hours before he died, possibly supporting the theory that Phar Lap was killed on the orders of US gangsters, who feared Melbourne. Champions who win the Cup will incur huge losses on their illegal bets. There is no real evidence of criminal involvement.
Sydney veterinarian Percy Sykes believes intentional poisoning does not cause death. He said "At that time, arsenic is a common tonic, usually given in the form of a solution (Solution Fowler)", and suggests this is the cause of the high level. "That's so common that I reckon 90 percent of horses have arsenic in their systems."
In December 2007, Phar Lap's mane was tested for several doses of arsenic which, if found, would indicate accidental toxicity.
On June 19, 2008, the Melbourne Museum released the findings of a forensic investigation conducted by Ivan Kempson, University of South Australia, and Dermot Henry, Natural Science Collection at the Victoria Museum. Kempson analyzed six strands of hair from Phar Lap's mane at the Advanced Photon Sources at Argonne National Laboratory near Chicago. This high-resolution X-ray detects arsenic in hair samples, showing the specific difference "between arsenic, which has entered hair cells through the blood and arsenic that has infused hair cells by the taxidermy process when it is filled and mounted in the museum."
Kempson and Henry found that within 30 to 40 hours before the death of Phar Lap, the horse swallowed a large dose of arsenic. "We can not speculate where arsenic comes from, but it is easily accessible at the time," Henry said.
In October 2011, the Sydney Morning Herald published an article in which New Zealand physicists and information from the Phar Lap state stated that the big horse had never been given any tonic with arsenic and that he died of an infection. Putt said, "Unless we are ready to say that Tommy Woodcock is a liar, who even today, several decades after the death of a beloved and respected rider, will isolate us with the Australian racing public, we must accept him in his words. the inevitability of the conclusion we left behind, whether we like it or not, is that Phar Lap's perfect achievements here and abroad are truly tonic, stimulant, and drug-free. "
This contradiction is the Harry Telford tonic book, owner and coach of Phar Lap, which is on display at the Victoria Museum in Melbourne. One recipe for a "common tonic" has the main ingredient of arsenic and has been written underneath: "Great tonic for all horses". Several theories have been proposed for a large number of arsenic in Phar Lap's body.
Cultural impact
After his death, Phar Lap's heart was donated to the Institute of Anatomy in Canberra and his skeleton to the National Museum of New Zealand in Wellington. After hide preparation by a New York City taxidermist, her filled body is placed in the Australian Gallery at the Melbourne Museum. The hide and skeleton were exhibited together when the Te Papa Wellington Museum lent the skeleton to the Melbourne Museum in September 2010 as part of a celebration for the organization of the 150th Melbourne Cup 2010.
Phar Lap's heart is incredible for its size, weighing 6.2 kilograms (14 pounds), compared to a normal horse's heart at 3.2 kilograms (7.1 pounds). Now held at the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, it is the most viewed object of visitors. However, writer and filmmaker Peter Luck believes the heart is fake. In Luck's 1979 television series The Fabulous Century, the daughter of Walker Neilson, the first state-run veterinarian doctor in Phar Lap, said her father said her heart had to be cut up during the autopsy, and that the heart was on display a draughthorse.
Some books and films feature Phar Lap, including 1983 Phar Lap , and the song "Phar Lap - Farewell To You".
Phar Lap is one of five first-time applicants to enter the Australian Racing Hall of Fame and New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame. In the ranking of Blood-Horse magazine from Top 100 A.Secredbred champion in the 20th century, Phar Lap was ranked No. 1. 22.
Horses are considered a national icon in Australia and New Zealand. In 1978 he was honored with stamps issued by the Australian Post and features in an Australian citizenship test. A bronze monument worth $ 500,000 for Phar Lap was inaugurated on 25 November 2009 near his birthplace in Timaru.
Legacy
Phar Lap has been honored with a human-sized bronze statue at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne.
Phar Lap has a residential street named after him in Bossley Park, Sydney, Australia, and Cupertino, California. However, for the Australian address his name is combined as a single word "Pharlap" for naming the suburban road.
There is also Phar Lap Grove in Trentham, Wellington, New Zealand, near Trentham Racecourse.
Racing record
1928-29 season as a two-year-old
1929-30 season as a three-year-old
1930-31 season as a four-year-old
1931-32 seasons as five years
Total: 51 starts - 37 wins, 3 seconds, 2/3, 9 not installed
Genealogy tab
See also
- List of Melbourne Cup winners
- List of famous horse races.
- New Zealand Hall of Fame Racing
- Repeat the winner of the horse race
Note
External links
- Download video - Forensic science proves the cause of Phar Lap death, June 2008
- Phar Lap at Victoria Museum, Melbourne Australia
- Phar Lap in Te Papa, New Zealand
- Phar Lap's heart at the National Museum of Australia, Canberra
- National Museum of Australia: Protecting and photographing Phar Lap's heart
- Phar Lap in the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)
- Australian Racing Museum and Hall of Fame
- Phar Lap Wonder Horse Australia
- Digital Photo Collection in Phar Lap
- Victorian culture - pictures and links to Phar Lap's story at the Victoria Museum
- - David Davis's photo album, owner of Phar Lap
- Phar Laps heart photo
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