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How did a New Zealand-born horse become one of Australia’s most loved and enduring icons? Political cartoonist and columnist Warren Brown visits Melbourne Museum where the legendary Phar Lap – or at...
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Phar Lap's incredible win at the Melbourne Cup in 1930 made him an Australian icon. One cable from successful punters East of Perth summed up the national feeling well: 'If you could only stand on...
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How did a New Zealand-born horse become one of Australia’s most loved and enduring icons?
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Tommy Woodcock (Tom Burlinson) runs Phar Lap onto the track at Flemington for the 1930 Melbourne Cup. The horse has been kept in hiding after an attempt on his life; the race has been delayed 15...
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Mr Telford (Martin Vaughan) arrives at the stables with his son Cappy (Steven Bannister). Telford tells Tommy the strapper (Tom Burlinson) to take Phar Lap for his morning workout and work him hard....
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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. The buyer, Dave Davis (Ron Liebman),...
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The Great War did not succeed in killing interest in horseracing in Australia. The 1915 Melbourne Cup was filmed and screened less than 24 hours after the race.
Since 1896 the Melbourne Cup was...
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Tommy (Frank Leighton) refuses offers of help from his fiancé Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) and his mother (Nellie Ferguson), both of whom know more about horses than he does. He decides to feed...
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Now that Stormalong is a champion racehorse, Tommy (Frank Leighton) has a Sydney address with a harbour view. When Joan (Helen Twelvetrees) invites old friends Bill Peel (John Longden) and his father...
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After failing several times to kill the horse, Hops Warton (Lynton Moore), an Australian criminal working for an international syndicate, promises to shoot the horse during the Melbourne Cup. Tommy (...