PHAR LAP
By Geoff Armstrong and
Peter Thompson, 
September 2001

(Published by Allen and Unwin
New South Wales and 
Wellington, New Zealand.)

This is a paper back edition to the Armstrong-Thomson book released late in the year 2000.

New Zealand born but a galloping wonder in his adopted country Australia , Phar Lap's amazing racetrack achievements, often under crushing weights ,have been chronicled over the years. They are included in this volume with a broad photographic coverage.

A focus in earlier books was invartiably on his tragic death after winning his inaugural North American race the Agua Caliente Stakes in Mexico.

These texts pursued the belief that Phar Lap was maliciously poisoned by the underworld . What a story that made. What intrigue!

But in the latest book the co-authors relate that scientific evidence shows that the wonder horse died from natural causes. He succumbed to a disease that was an unknown malady in 1932.

The focus on this aspect makes fine reading as does the recollection of Phar Lap's halcyon days.

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