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Phar Lap History
RACE RECORD: 51 starts, 37 wins, three seconds and two 3rds
STAKEMONEY: £56,425 in Australia.
Won a further $US 50,000 for his Agua Caliente win.
BREEDING: Night Raid -Entreaty (by Winkie)
FOALED: Timaru, New Zealand
DIED: Menlo Park, California, April 5, 1932
OWNERS: Messrs D. J. Davis & H. R. Telford
TRAINER: H. R. Telford
COLOR: Chestnut (near red, hence his nickname "Big Red")
HEIGHT: 17.1 hands
RACING COLORS: 1929-30 Red jacket, black and white hooped sleeves, red cap
1931-32 Red jacket, green hooped sleeves, black cap
BIGGEST WINS: Agua Caliente Hcp;
Melbourne Cup;
Victoria & AJC Derbys;
W. S. Cox Plate (twice)
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