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	Phar Lap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Phar Lap (a Thai phrase meaning 'wink of the skies' or 'lightning') was foaled in Timaru, New Zealand, in 1926.
		Phar Lap was a large horse, standing at 17.1 hands high, he had powerful leg muscles and a strong heart which, after his death, was discovered to be one of the largest ever found in a racehorse.
		Phar Lap ran at a time when the whole world was in the grip of a depression.
	www.angelfire.com /trek/sensett/pharlap.htm (1080 words)

	A Tribute to Phar Lap
		Phar Lap or 'Bobby' as Tom called him, grew to love his strapper and groom so much that he refused to eat unless Tommy was with him.
		Phar Lap was a large horse, 17 hands high, with powerful leg muscles and a strong heart, which after his death was discovered to be one of the largest ever found in a racehorse.
		Phar Lap's abnormally large heart, weighing 6.2 kilograms (14 pounds-the average for a horse is 4.0 kilograms), is a popular object in the National Historical Collection, a testament of the great affection in which Phar Lap was, and still is, held by the Australian people.
	www.angelfire.com /realm2/classical0/pharlap.html (1052 words)

	Phar Lap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Phar Lap (in pronunciation, the words are run together usually as one word: "farlap") was a chestnut gelding thoroughbred horse, standing 17.1 hands, who is considered by many to be Australasia's greatest-ever racehorse.
		Phar Lap was foaled in Timaru, New Zealand in 1926.
		Phar Lap was inducted, as one of the five inaugural horse inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, alongside the other turf immortals Carbine, Tulloch, Bernborough and Kingston Town.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Phar_Lap (1499 words)

	Phar Lap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Then, Phar Lap's maturity began to catch up with his enormous frame and he seemed suddenly able to draw upon elements deep in his pedigree, elements like the four crosses of the mighty mare Pocahontas, generally acknowledged as the original source of the large heart gene.
		At the pinnacle of Phar Lap's reign as Australia's wonder horse, he set many track records - 2:03 for a mile and a quarter; 2:16 1/4 for a mile and 3/8; 2:29 1/2 for a mile and a half and 3:49 1/2 for two and one quarter miles.
		Phar Lap, despite his peculiar training regimen, his high impost and his unfamiliarity with the racing surface was sent off at 50 cents on the dollar.
	www.reines-de-course.com /phar_lap.htm (1846 words)

	Phar Lap: History of Horses: Horse Tales
		After Phar Lap's death his heart was donated to the now National Museum in Canberra (his heart was twice the size of an ordinary horse) and his skeleton to the New Zealand National Museum in Wellington.
		Phar Lap' mounted hide arrived at the Museum of Victoria (formerly the National Museum) in 1933.
		Phar Lap was on display for 67 years in the former Museum on Swanston Street.
	www.artbycrane.com /thegreatesthorseraceever.html (1336 words)

	Phar Lap - The Red Terror
		Phar Lap, regarded by many as the best racehorse of all time, was bred in New Zealand and raced primarily in Australia.
		Phar Lap traveled by ship across the Pacific ocean, arriving in rainy San Francisco and then had a 400 mile trip in a horse van to Tijuana where the weather was very hot.
		Phar Lap had to carry 129 pounds, more than most of the other horses in the race, and against some of the best horses in America.
	www.horsehats.com /pharlap.html (319 words)

	Phar Lap Biography (Racehorse) — Infoplease.com
		Phar Lap was born in New Zealand and purchased for the bargain price of 160 pounds by trainer Harry Telford and American owner Dale Davis in 1927.
		Phar Lap was the favorite in the prestigious Melbourne Cup race three times, winning in 1930 and becoming a national hero in the process.
		Phar Lap, a 2001 book by Peter Thompson and Geoff Armstrong, proposed that Phar Lap was not poisoned but rather died of a disease known as duodenitis-proximal jejunitis, also known as proximal enteritis...
	www.infoplease.com /biography/var/pharlap.html (389 words)

	Phar Lap - Synopsis - Moviefone
		Phar Lap, the legendary New Zealand-bred racing horse, is as well-known today for his mysterious death as for his fabulous accomplishments in life.
		Phar Lap loses his first races, but Telford's faith in the animal is unshakable.
		Just after winning an important race in Mexico, Phar Lap collapse and dies; though the film never comes out and says as much, it is assumed that the horse was "murdered" by the gambling interests.
	movies.aol.com /movie/phar-lap/1027142/synopsis (179 words)

	PHAR LAP
		About Us "Phar Lap", a dark chesnut, was foaled at Timaru, New Zealand, at the seadown stud of Mr.
		The life-like,mounted skin of "Phar Lap" was presented to the National Museum, Melbourne, by Messrs Davis and Telford, and was prepared by America's leading taxiermists.
		"Phar Lap" started 51 time for 37 wins, three seconds, and two thirds, and was the third hightest stake - winner in the world at the time of his death, winning $66,738, the bulk of it in 2.1/2 yrs.
	home.vicnet.net.au /~basiced3/cup/pharlap.html (577 words)

	Equine Heroes: Phar Lap
		Phar Lap was born in 1927, sired by Night Raid and out of Entreaty, by Winkie, in New Zealand.
		But the Australian Big Red was ready; Phar Lap broke slowly, slowly gained ground as he got his stride, and then circled the field from last place in his usual style to win easily by two lengths in the record time of 2:02 4/5, cutting 1/5 second from the previous track record.
		Phar Lap will always be remembered as one of the giants of racing, whatever name he is known by.
	www.equinenet.org /heroes/phar.html (749 words)

	Book review: New light shed on Phar Lap mystery - Product and book reviews - Horsetalk -- Horse news, horse advice, ...
		The New Zealand-bred Phar Lap was a racing machine -- and he was treated as such.
		Phar Lap experienced all of those factors -- and a foot injury on an unfamiliar dirt track -- before his death.
		Typically of an Australian viewpoint, it is interesting to read that one of Phar Lap's great rivals, his half-brother Nightmarch, is often referred to as "the Kiwi".
	www.horsetalk.co.nz /reviews/book-rm-pharlap.shtml (530 words)

	The Story of Phar Lap
		Phar Lap’s fame rests partly on his magnificent record against the finest horses in Australia and finally America between 1929 and 1932.
		Finally in 1932 Phar Lap was sent to the USA to compete in Aqua Caliente, just across the border in Mexico.
		Phar lap recorded 37 wins, 3 seconds and 2 thirds from a total of 51 starts – yet he was unplaced at his first 4 runs.
	www.pharlaptravel.com.au /phar_lap.htm (570 words)

	Phar Lap the Movie Set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Phar Lap is recognised as one of the greatest racehorses to hit the Australian turf.
		During his four year track career Phar Lap won 37 of his 51 race starts, the 1930 Melbourne Cup being the most memorable, due to the fact his handicap of 62.5 kg meant he carried over 4 kg more than any other four-year-old horse in the history of the Cup.
		Phar Lap's fame spread to the United States and by invitation participated in the Mexican Agua Caliente stakes on March 20th 1932, the world's richest race of the time and won.
	www.picsntrics.com /pharlapgall1.html (512 words)

	Phar Lap - Page 9
		In October, Phar Lap won the W S Cox Plate and on the Saturday before the Cup, the Melbourne Stakes.
		Phar Lap was beaten and went for a spell.
		In January 1932 Phar Lap left Australia to run in the richest horse race in the world, the Agua Caliente Handicap with Tommy Woodcock as trainer and jockey Billy Elliott.
	www.geocities.com /roblobb/phar_lap_-_page_9.html (568 words)

	Cover story: Phar Lap -- U.S. not guilty (May 12, 2004)
		Phar Lap, Australia's legendary racehorse, died in Atherton in 1932 of natural causes.
		Phar Lap's legend, from homely colt to racing icon, is curiously similar to Seabiscuit's, except that Phar Lap was a foreigner, and died dramatically.
		At 5, Phar Lap was the darling of the crowds, and the bane of the betting and racing establishment.
	www.almanacnews.com /morgue/2004/2004_05_12.plap.shtml (2015 words)

	Phar Lap quiz -- free game
		Phar Lap was mistakenly scratched for the race.
		Phar Lap was shot at by someone in a passing car.
		Phar Lap opened his 5 year old season with a win in the ________ Stakes at Williamstown.
	www.funtrivia.com /playquiz.cfm?qid=173901 (347 words)

	Rewind (ABC TV): Phar Lap: Beaten By A Bug
		Phar Lap had gone to race in North America, against the fastest horses in the world.
		Phar Lap is cut off by the outside horses, and he commences to drop back.
		Phar Lap was killed by a disease that hadn't yet been discovered.
	www.abc.net.au /tv/rewind/txt/s1161684.htm (2160 words)

	Phar Lap
		The six year old Phar Lap died one month later and the cause of his death remains a mystery.
		Marshall Cassidy, who was starter at Caliente, tried to persuade Woodcock to school Phar Lap out of the stalls with a Maxwell barrier, but although the horse had no experience at this type of start, his trainer disdained practice sessions.
		However, he went immediately to the outside for an inspection tour of the 1 1/8-mile chute which slanted into the track a furlong farther on, and passing the grandstand the first time around he was fully 50 yards behind the pack.
	www.secondrunning.com /PharLap.htm (759 words)

	Phar Lap
		Phar Lap (a phonetic spelling of the Thai word for ''lightning'') was known to his trainer Harry Telford (Martin Vaughan) and his stable boy Tommy Woodcock (Tim Burlinson) as "Bobby" though he was also called "Big Red", "The Red Terror", "The Wonder Horse", and "The Big Fellow".
		Like Seabiscuit, Phar Lap became a hero to many during the great depression because he was bought for a song and no one believed he would amount to much.
		After losing his first few races, Phar Lap is trained to come from behind and overtake horses and the film details his rise to fame including the often-strained relationships between owner, trainer, and the stable boy who loved Bobby and wanted to protect him from Harry's tough training methods.
	www.talkingpix.co.uk /ReviewsPharLap.html (475 words)

	Phar Lap
		The scene of Phar Lap winning the 1930 Melbourne Cup, with the brilliant racing shots, uplifting music, and the crowd chanting ÎPhar Lap!Î, ÎPhar Lap!Î, has to be one of the most emotionally engaging moments in the film.
		Phar Lapâs Australian success however, was not repeated in America; Wincer blamed this on the timing of itâs release, ÎFox originally planned to release the film in the spring.
		Phar Lap itself can be seen as one of the strategies a national cinema will take to Îcounter Hollywood competitionâ by seeking Îlocal specificities in domestic social events, issues, stories and myths....â (49).
	wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au /ReadingRoom/film/dbase/1997/krsnik.htm (3974 words)

	Phar Lap Catalog
		Phar Lap Software, Inc. was founded in April of 1986 by Richard M. Smith, President; Robert Moore, Vice President; and John Benfatto, Vice President.
		Phar Lap specialized in software development tools for the Intel 80x86 family of microprocessors and introduced a 386DOS-Extender, a 32-bit protected mode development tool, in November of 1986.
		In addition, Phar Lap and Quarterdeck Office Systems developed the Virtual Control Program Interface (VCPI) and Phar Lap was a member of the 12-firm committee that designed the DOS Protected Mode Interface (DPMI).
	www.dinigroup.com /product/data/pharlap/downloads/CatalogTNT-DOS.htm (604 words)

	Phar Lap ETS Run-time Environment from Micro/sys
		Phar Lap ETS includes a powerful real-time kernel targeted at embedded applications that require a compact system design without sacrificing kernel performance.
		Phar Lap ETS is a complete Real-time Operating System (RTOS) targeted at embedded designs looking to leverage the benefits of commercial off-the-shelf PC/AT hardware.
		Phar Lap ETS is widely accepted and recognized as an easy-to-use, feature-rich RTOS with robust networking capabilities (including built in TCP/IP and USB stacks).
	www.embeddedsys.com /subpages/products/PharLap.shtml (141 words)

	Phar Lap - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Phar Lap - Search Results - ninemsn Encarta
		Phar Lap, New Zealand racehorse of the 1920s and 1930s, considered a racing phenomenon worldwide.
		Phar Lap was foaled at Timaru, New Zealand, in...
	au.encarta.msn.com /Phar_Lap.html (99 words)

	Phar Lap (book) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Phar Lap has long been one of the most recognized names in Thoroughbred racing.
		More than seven decades later, we continue to be charmed by his victories and captivated by the mystery of his death.
		Learn all about him in Phar Lap - How a Horse became a Hero of his Time and an Icon of a Nation.
	www.horseinfo.com /cart/pharlapsm.html (112 words)

	Phar Lap
		A chronicle of the impact of a much-loved and much-lauded horseracing icon, this is a complete account of Phar Lap's life.
		It details the many mysteries of his career, from his purchase as a gangly gelding bought cheaply in New Zealand to the infamous shooting that occurred just days before his great triumph in the 1930 Melbourne Cup and his tragic, previously unexplained death in the United States.
		Unfortunately, the writers seem to get lost in talk about odds, betting, backstage deals, dark figures of the turf and so forth, instead of telling us about Phar Lap himself, how his life was and how his races went.
	www.amarillometro.com /shopping/phar-lap_186508994X.html (864 words)

	PharLap - Phar Lap / Lightning - The Story of Big Red (October 1926 - April 1932)
		Tom Thompson, Phar Lap specialist, is putting together regular Australian Racing items for auction under the Gumquest banner, with the first one in November 2006 to feature Phar Lap racing plates, original racing photographs, Carbine mementoes, and Lord Fury's 1961 Melbourne Cup and racing silks (pictured left).
		He has already researched and sold Jim Pike's saddles, bridles, skullcap and whip for Phar Lap - A racing blouse worn by Pike and Billy Elliot on Phar Lap and Phar Lap's front foot racing plate.
		Lot 74, the racing blouse worn by Jim Pike and Billy Elliot when riding Phar Lap in 1929 and 1930 was sold by Cromwell’s for $67,700 (including buyer’s premium) on Saturday October 22.
	www.pharlap.co.uk (409 words)

	PicsNTrics PhotoImpact digital and photo Art gallery. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Phar Lap the Movie - Up close and personal.
		In 1983 Phar Lap 'The Legend Remains' was released and stared Tom Burlinson as strapper Tommy Woodcock, Ron Leibman as owner Dave Davis, Judy Morris as Mrs Davis, Martin Vaughan as trainer Mr Harry Telford and finally Towering Inferno as Phar Lap.
		DETAILS: Tommy Woodcock was Phar Lap's trainer on the trip to America, and was licensed as a horse trainer in late 1932.
	www.picsntrics.com /wc3temp/pharlapgal.html (511 words)

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