Australian's hearts swelled with pride when Phar Lap won what would sadly be his last race at the Agua Caliente resort in Mexico.

Strapper-cum-trainer Tommy Woodcock feeds Phar Lap, or Bobby as he calls him, his favourite treat - sugar cubes.

Phar Lap pictured with his good mate and strapper-cum-trainer Tommy Woodcock.

This lobby card from Phar Lap's Last Race: At Agua Caliente USA (1938) features a hand-coloured image of Phar Lap alongside one of his nicknames - the 'red terror'.

Tommy Woodcock (Tom Burlinson) runs Phar Lap onto the track at Flemington for the 1930 Melbourne Cup.

Mr Telford (Martin Vaughan) arrives at the stables with his son Cappy (Steven Bannister).

Harry Telford (Martin Vaughan) watches his new horse arrive on the docks from New Zealand. His wife, Vi (Celia de Burgh), wonders why the horse looks so skinny.

Men riding horses dash madly into a raging river in this dramatic scene from the movie.

Horses and snow is not a familiar image for Australian cinema audiences let alone international audiences who most likely think of Australia as either red desert or golden beaches.

Aboriginal men breaking in horses and donkeys and racing them at Moola Bulla Government Station, East Kimberley. Round Australia with the MacRobertson Expedition (1928)