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Phar Lap and jockey, about 1930

Phar Lap being ridden by a jockey (possibly Jim Pike) at Flemington Racecourse. Phar Lap is a legend of Australian sporting history. His sensational rise from humble beginnings captured the public’s imagination during the difficult years of the 1930s Great Depression.

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Photographer: Charles Daniel Pratt, State Library of Victoria

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