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Photograph courtesy of the Victoria Racing Club. Melbourne Cup Day is Australia's most famous Tuesday. At 3.00 pm AEST, on the first Tuesday in November, Australians everywhere stop for one of the world's most famous horse races - the Melbourne Cup....
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...
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
Moonee Valley Racing Club (more info)
Official site of the MVRC. Find out about the history of racing in the area, view the winners of the Cox Plate since 1922, including Phar Lap. Find out what's on, as well as membership details.
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Public Affairs teamMedia image galleryMedia KitsMedia Releases Inde ... The Melbourne Cup goes on show at the National Museum tomorrow alongside another icon - Phar Lap's heart - 75 years after the legendary horse won the prestigious race. The $80,000 cu...
Description>A silver coloured metal commemorative medal depicting the race horse Phar Lap. The front of the medal contains a depiction of Phar Lap, a jockey and a trophy with the inscriptions "Phar Lap" and "1930". The back contains text stating "Austra...
Public Affairs teamMedia image galleryMedia KitsMedia Releases Inde ... The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has decided, in consultation with the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, not to send the preserved heart of the race horse Phar Lap...
Public Affairs teamMedia image galleryMedia KitsMedia Releases Inde ... The National Museum of Australia in Canberra has agreed to the short-term loan of one of its iconic objects - the preserved heart of the mighty race horse Phar Lap - to the Museum of...
> > 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. Collection Objects / Image Gallery Scrapbook / Image Scrapbook devoted to Phar Lap, donated to Museum Victoria by Mari...
> > 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. Collection Objects / Image Gallery Scrapbook / Image Scrapbook devoted to Phar Lap, donated to Museum Victoria by Mari...
> > 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. Collection Objects / Image Gallery Scrapbook / Image Scrapbook devoted to Phar Lap, donated to Museum Victoria by Mari...
> > 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. A map of the streets behind Caulfield Racecourse and scene of the attempted shooting of Phar Lap, drawn by Robert Phil...
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> > 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 and his strapper Tommy Woodcock Privacy Rights Disclaimer Contact Us E-News ...
> > 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 ...
> > 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. Media Star / Phar Lap versus Carbine / Image An early champion, Carbine, at stud in England in the 1890s...
> > 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's Death / What Did Kill Phar Lap? Suspicions that Phar Lap had been poisoned surfaced quickly in the press. ...
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