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1-P, Bruce Lowe, Bruce Lowe numbers, Camel, Court Martial, Harry Telford, Miss Kate, Miss Kate 2-r, Musket, New Zealand thoroughbreds, Patterns of Nature, Phar Lap, Pocahontas, Sunline, thoroughbred breeding, Touchstone
As a kid, I fell in love with the Phar Lap tales: mystery, intrigue, sadness and the love of immortal greatness which bestows superior thoroughbreds.
Magic – joy, all those crazy childhood notions one has for a great horse and to be there physically with its equine soul forever and a day.
Yes, Phar Lap and wonderful Sunline did that to us all.
Recently, I delighted to view an amusing ‘vintage’ video of Phar Lap – The Mighty Conqueror.
Aside from the dialogue it’s a worthwhile watch due to close footage and when visiting ‘Red’last year at Melbourne’s museum it came to mind that equine-honesty of his, was also a superior genotype and phenotype.
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