It seems the mystery surrounding the death of Australia's greatest racehorse, Phar Lap, has been solved, see the Telegraph's story here.It has always been suspected that the horse had been nobbled, murdered, by someone after his amazing win in Mexico. Whether the evidence that has been discovered is conclusive is another thing but if nothing else there is at least something to back up the long held theory.
Phar Lap was the best racehorse ever seen in Australia (it goes without saying that I never saw him race) but the legend has certainly lived on some 74 years after his untimely death.
If you've never seen the movie made in 1983 it is well worth watching. Every time I watch the scene where he enters the mounting yard for the 1930 Melbourne Cup I get chills.
At the very start of the film an interviewer asks the trainer, Harry Telford: `why do you think there has been such a reaction to Phar Lap's death, after all he was just a horse'.
The repsonse is fitting: `He wasn't just a horse, he was the best.'
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