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There, on April 5, , Phar Lap haemorraged to death, many believing the horse Others speculated that he had eaten grass made toxic through spraying.
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The researchers also studied the distribution of the arsenic in cross sections of the hair and along its length. Earlier criticisms of the arsenic theory suggested the arsenic detected in the hair could have come from other sources such as the taxidermy process itself.


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To determine whether the arsenic came from taxidermy or from poisoning, Dr Kempson and Mr Henry compared the arsenic found in Phar Lap's hair with that from other museum specimens which had been preserved using arsenic. They analysed samples of hair from the back of the neck of early 20th century animals preserved at the Museum of Scotland. The two horses, a pony and a zebra were treated with arsenic during taxidermy but presumed not to have been poisoned by arsenic. Dr Kempson says hair from these animals showed very different arsenic chemistry and distribution to the hair from Phar Lap.

Phar Lap's Heart

He says when arsenic is absorbed into the hair from the outside, for examply from taxidermy, its chemical form is very different to that when it is ingested. It's the same for the arsenic as well. Dr Kempson says while hair from the Scottish animals showed arsenic in the absorbed form, Phar Lap's hair contained mainly arsenic in the ingested form.

Studies of arsenic distribution in the hair also revealed stark differences between Phar Lap and the Scottish animals. Cross sections of the hairs showed arsenic in Phar Lap was mainly bound to sulphur in the hair, whereas in the Scottish animals it was mostly bound to melanin. Dr Kempson said examination of arsenic distribution along the length of the hair also showed a massive peak just below the skin level in Phar Lap's hair, consistent with poisoning from heavy metals such as mercury and lead.

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The dramatic life and times of legendary Australian race horse, Phar Lap

External Link: Strychnine, cocaine, arsenic: breakfast of champions. We'd be lost without GPS — literally. After Telford works Phar Lap hard in the sand dunes, the young strapper finds him exhausted in his stable and immediately goes to Telford's home and complains about how hard he works the horse saying that "he looked half dead", causing Telford to sack him.

However, Telford is soon forced to reinstate Woodcock when Phar Lap stops eating and won't let anyone near him without ripping the shirt from their back.

Phar Lap wins the Agua Caliente Handicap- 1932

Phar Lap fails badly in his first few races, but Woodcock educates the horse by holding him back in trackwork, sensing that he likes to come from behind, though Telford takes the credit telling Davis that he has "knocked that lazy streak out of him at last". As the Great Depression bites, Phar Lap wins every race he enters. Davis attempts to capitalise on his success through shady betting schemes with known gambling identity Eric Connolly John Stanton , something Telford wants no part of.

Under great financial pressure, Telford reluctantly agrees. As Woodcock walks the horse back from track work, someone tries to shoot the horse in the street. Woodcock and Phar Lap go into hiding at a stud farm outside Melbourne, arriving at Flemington Racecourse at the very last minute for the Melbourne Cup. Phar Lap surges to the lead but fades and finishes eighth, and the racing authorities face jeering crowds.

The horse is now back under Davis's control, after the three-year agreement runs out. Davis realises he's been had when Phar lap easily wins his next race. Davis, knowing that the horse would never be allowed to race fairly in Australia while being so heavily weighted and also knowing that Weight for Age races offered less prize money, agrees but has to convince Telford it's worthwhile.

Heart as big as Phar Lap's

Telford initially disagrees citing Australia's Quarantine Laws, but reluctantly agrees after Davis convinces him of the financial windfall if Phar Lap wins. Telford, saying that it has brought him "nothing but trouble" refuses to go himself, preferring to concentrate on his new stud and stables at Braeside , south of Melbourne and promotes Woodcock to be Phar Lap's trainer knowing the horse wouldn't do anything without Woodcock there with him.

Woodcock soon clashes with Davis over the new trainers softer methods and sometimes non-cooperative ways, including taking Phar Lap away from a press conference and back to his stable before the conference was finished. When questioned by Crofton about sacking Woodcock, Davis explains that "If I did the goddamn horse would sit in his stall for the next month and cry". Woodcock also doesn't listen to advice about different horse shoes to suit the different track surface and Phar Lap badly cracks his front right hoof further hampering his preparation for the big race.

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Before the race word gets out that some jockeys may have been bribed to keep him boxed into the rails during the race not allowing him to win and keep gamblers from losing large amounts of money so Davis instructs Billy Elliot to lead from the start. Behind Davis's back, Woodcock immediately counters this by telling Elliot to run Phar Lap's normal race of starting slow and finishing fast. He dies soon after, in suspicious circumstances. Towering Inferno was killed by lightning on 15 April The real Tommy Woodcock played a trainer in the movie.

The United States ' version of the film plays out differently. Instead of starting with his death as seen in the Australian version, the film opens with Phar Lap getting off the boat in Australia. This was done to make the ending more dramatic, since residents of the United States were unfamiliar with the story of Phar Lap. Wincer later admitted he was disappointed the film did not attract the to year-old audience, and thought it might have been due to the movie's relative lack of romance.