Did Pharlap actually exist and race?

Question

I thought the movie was incredible.Did the horse Pharlap actually exist? Would love to hear any info..

Answer 1

he most certainly did.  i read the book and they even made a movie about him.  it's the australian version of seabiscuit.  fabulous movie.  i highly recommend it.

Answer 2

he was an australian race horse. i don't know much outside the USA, so that's all i can tell you.

he did exist, by the way.

Answer 3

Phar lap's skeleton and heart is on display at at the Victorian Museum in Australia.  So yes, he is real. Google Phar lap and read his amazing racing story

Answer 4

Phar Lap was indeed a real horse.  

http://www.museum.vic.gov.au/pharlap/sto...

http://www.angelfire.com/realm2/classica...

Answer 5

yes, he did and was a true champion

Answer 6

he sure did race sonny, he was the wonder from down under he won 22 g1 races including all the major wfa races in oz atleast twice and started the only odds on favourite in our great melb cup which he duly won.

he travelled on a long sea voyage to agua caliente and even with half his hoof hanging off,half fit and his first run on dirt against a crack feild of north americas best he embarrassed them after missing the start by 3lengths he cantered home.

Even hard nosed american turf writers after that race said they never seen a horse gallop like him and even stated he was superiour to the great us champion Man o War.

Like his trainer mr Harry Telford said to a journalist after his death "there will never be another one like him, Pharlap wasnt just a horse, He was the best".

Answer 7

Yep, Phar Lap did exist!! He raced in Australia and won the Melbourne Cup and the Agua Caliente Handicap (at Tijuana). He died of a heart attack in 1932

Answer 8

Phar Lap was foaled in Timaru, New Zealand in 1926.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharlap

Answer 9

Yes he was a real race horse, and what a great one he was. I don't know really anything about him though, sorry!

But here is him racing. WoW

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bROtR5ivy...

-mel

RIP Barbaro

Answer 10

Yes everyone is right in their info. But in Australia their is a part of a museum where he stands. He was the greatest  horse in his time.