Phar Lap was a New Zealand-born champion Australian Thoroughbred racehorse. Achieving incredible success during his distinguished career, his initial underdog status gave people hope during the early years of the Great Depression. He won the Melbourne Cup, two Cox Plates, the Australian Derby, and 19 other weight-for-age races.
Phar Lap and jockey Jim Pike Flemington Racecourse c. 1930
Phar Lap Jim Pike and Chide W.Cook Randwick Racecourse 1931
Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup Race from Second Wind and Shadow King on 4 November 1930
Phar Lap's skin was preserved by Louis Paul Jonas and is now exhibited as a taxidermy mount by Melbourne Museum.
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance – has been mostly unchanged since at least classical antiquity.
Horse racing at Golden Gate Fields, 2017
Steeplechase racing at Deauville
Harness racing in Adelaide
While Horse racing in Palio di Legnano 2013