| Race To A Glorious Victory With 3D Virtual | | | | Juvenile Handicap at Rosehill, his first race ever. In |
| Champion Race Horses In order to be able to | | | | the Chelmsford Stakes held at Randwick, he took |
| truly appreciate the Sport of the Kings, horse | | | | second. During his time, he was considered to be |
| fans should read biographies of few of the world's | | | | the third highest winner of stake races all over |
| greatest champion race horses. Phar Lap is one | | | | the world. |
| such popular Thoroughbred racehorse who | | | | This magnificent chestnut gelding died in 1932 due |
| reigned supreme during the initials years of the | | | | to a sudden and mysterious illness, which was |
| Great Depression. Born in 1962, this amazing | | | | later identified as a case of acute bacterial |
| animal boasts of a glorious career in the history of | | | | gastroenteritis. But in 2006, scientists belonging to |
| Australian racing and was thus, also dubbed as | | | | the Australian Synchrotron Research declared that |
| ‘Australia's wonder horse'. | | | | Phar Lap was poisoned with a massive dose of |
| His name has been derived from a combination of | | | | arsenic; 30 to 40 hours just before he died. |
| the Zhuang language and the Thai word for | | | | Horse fans can catch a glimpse of his mounted |
| ‘lightning'. He had many nicknames including | | | | hide at the Melbourne Museum and his skeleton at |
| the ‘Wonder Horse', ‘Bobby' and ‘Red | | | | Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. His |
| Terror' but was popularly referred to as the | | | | heart is put up for display at the National Museum |
| ‘Big Red'; a nickname shared by 2 other | | | | of Australia, Canberra and is known for its |
| legendary US racehorses also, Man o' War and | | | | extraordinary size. While an average horse's heart |
| Secretariat. | | | | weighs only 3.2 kg, his heart remarkably weighed |
| On 27 April 1929, Phar Lap won the Maiden | | | | 6.2 kg. |