Kevin Shegog - Phar Lap - The Red Terror

The Facts
Phar Lap achieved an impressive set of racing statistics in his career, fulfilling trainer Harry Telford's gamble that the horse's pedigree heralded a champion.
RACE RECORD: 51 starts: 37 wins, three seconds and two thirds

STAKEMONEY: £56,425, plus $US50,000

BREEDING: Night Raid—Entreaty (by Winkie)

FOALED: Timaru, New Zealand, 4 October 1926

DIED: Menlo Park, California, 5 April 1932

OWNERS: DJ Davis & HR Telford

TRAINER: HR Telford

COLOUR: Chestnut (near red)

HEIGHT: 17.1 hands

BIGGEST WINS: Agua Caliente Handicap; Melbourne Cup; AJC Derby; Victoria Derby; WS Cox Plate (twice)

RACE COLOURS: 1929--30 Red jacket, black and white hooped sleeves, red cap 1931--32 Red jacket, red and green hooped sleeves, black cap DATE PLACE TRACK RACE DISTANCE MARGIN ODDS JOCKEY WINNINGS
TWO YEAR OLD
23.2.1929 Last Rosehill Nursery H'cap 51⁄2 fur.H. Martin
2.3.1929 Unpl. Hawkesbury 2Yr. Old H'cap 5 fur. F. Douglas
16.3.1929 Unpl. Rosehill Nursery H'cap 6 fur. H. Martin
1.4.1929 Unpl. Randwick Easter Stakes 7 fur. J. Baker
27.4.1929 1st Rosehill Maiden Juvenile H'cap 6 fur. 1⁄2 len. 7/1 J. Baker £182
THREE YEAR OLD
3.8.1929 Unpl. Warwick Farm Denham Court H'cap 6 fur. J. Simpson
17.8.1929 4th Rosehill 3Yr. Old H'cap 7 fur. 8/1 J. Simpson
24.8.1929 8th Rosehill 3&4Yr. Old H'cap 7 fur. J. Brown
31.8.1929 4th Warwick Farm Warwick Stakes 1 mile J. Brown
14.9.1929 2nd Randwick Chelmsford Stakes 9 fur. 10/1 J. Brown £200
21.9.1929 1st Rosehill Rosehill Guineas 9 fur. 3 len. 2/1 J. Munro £913
5.10.1929 1st Randwick AJC Derby 11⁄2 miles 31⁄2 len. 5/4 J. Pike £7,135
9.10.1929 1st Randwick Craven Plate 10 fur. 4 len. 5/4 W. Duncan £2,205
2.11.1929 1st Flemington Victoria Derby 11⁄2 miles 2 len. 2/9 J. Pike £4,456
5.11.1929 3rd Flemington Melbourne Cup 2 miles Evens R. Lewis £1,000
15.2.1930 3rd Caulfield St. George Stakes 9 fur. 7/4 R. Lewis £75
1.3.1930 1st Flemington VRC St. Leger Stakes 14 fur. 5 len. 1/2 J. Pike £1,691

DATE PLACE TRACK RACE DISTANCE MARGIN ODDS JOCKEY WINNINGS
6.3.1930 1st Flemington Governor's Plate 11⁄2 miles 4 len. 4/9 W. Elliot £749
8.3.1930 1st Flemington King's Plate 2 miles 20 len. 1/10 W. Elliot £1,112
12.4.1930 1st Warwick Farm Chipping Norton Stakes 10 fur. 2 len. 5/4 J. Pike £747
19.4.1930 1st Randwick AJC St. Leger 14 fur. 31⁄2 len. 1/20 J. Pike £2,478
23.4.1930 1st Randwick Cumberland Stakes 14 fur. 2 len. No betting W. Elliot £1,457
26.4.1930 1st Randwick AJC Plate 21⁄4 miles 10 len. 2/5 W. Elliot £1,451
10.5.1930 1st Morphettville Elder Stakes 9 fur. 5 len. No betting W. Elliot £325
17.5.1930 1st Morphettville King's Cup 11⁄2 miles 31⁄2 len. No betting J. Pike £800
FOUR YEAR OLD
30.8.1930 2nd Warwick Farm Warwick Stakes 1 mile 10/9 J. Pike £200
13.9.1930 1st Randwick Chelmsford Stakes 9 fur. 21⁄2 len. 1/5 J. Pike £1,033
20.9.1930 1st Rosehill Hill Stakes 1 mile 1 len. 2/7 J. Pike £597
4.10.1930 1st Randwick Spring Stakes 11⁄2miles 1⁄2 len. 1/10 J. Pike £1,467
8.10.1930 1st Randwick Craven Plate 10 fur. 6 len. 1/6 J. Pike £1,830
11.10.1930 1st Randwick Randwick Plate 2 miles 2 len. No betting J. Pike £1,465
25.10.1930 1st Moonee Valley WS Cox Plate 91⁄2 fur. 4 len. 1/7 J. Pike £850
1.11.1930 1st Flemington Melbourne Stakes 10 fur. 3 len. 1/5 J. Pike £1,000
4.11.1930 1st Flemington Melbourne Cup 2 miles 3 len. 8/11 J. Pike £9,429
6.11.1930 1st Flemington Linlithgow Stakes 1 mile 4 len. 1/7 J. Pike £1,000

DATE PLACE TRACK RACE DISTANCE MARGIN ODDS JOCKEY WINNINGS
8.11.1930 1st Flemington CB Fisher Plate 11⁄2 miles 31⁄2 len. No betting J. Pike £1,000
14.2.1931 1st Caulfield St. George Stakes 9 fur. 21⁄2 len. 1/14 J. Pike £600
21.2.1931 1st Caulfield Futurity Stakes 7 fur. Neck 1/2 J. Pike £2,600
28.2.1931 1st Flemington Essendon Stakes 10 fur. 3 len. No betting J. Pike £700
4.3.1931 1st Flemington The King's Plate 11⁄2 miles 11⁄4len. No betting J. Pike £700
7.3.1931 2nd Flemington CM Lloyd Stakes 1 mile 1/3 J. Pike £200
FIVE YEAR OLD
25.8.1931 1st Williamstown Underwood Stakes 1 mile 13⁄4 len. 2/1 W. Elliot £350
5.9.1931 1st Caulfield Memsie Stakes 9 fur. 31⁄2 len. 1/6 J. Pike £500
19.9.1931 1st Rosehill Hill Stakes 1 mile 11⁄2 len. No betting J. Pike £444
3.10.1931 1st Randwick Spring Stakes 11⁄2 miles 11⁄4 len. No betting J. Pike £779
7.10.1931 1st Randwick Craven Plate 10 fur. 4 len. No betting J. Pike £940
10.10.1931 1st Randwick Randwick Plate 2 miles 4 len. No betting J. Pike £740
24.10.1931 1st Moonee Valley WS Cox Plate 91⁄2 fur. 21⁄2 len. 1/14 J. Pike £500
31.10.1931 1st Flemington Melbourne Stakes 10 fur. 1⁄2 len. No betting J. Pike £525
3.11.1931 8th Flemington Melbourne Cup 2 miles 3/1 J. Pike
20.3.1932 1st Agua Caliente Agua Cal. H'cap 10 fur. 2 len. 6/4 W. Elliot $US50,000
Unpl.=Unplaced H'cap=Handicap fur. = furlong len. = length
PHAR LAP

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[roleyward]

how about that mate i've been looking for this song a long time great thanks mate

[Raymaur46]

@roleyward You're very welcome. Youtube is good for that hey mate. Like your version of Back to the Saltbush Plains. Good job. Thanks Roley.

[roleyward]

@Raymaur46 thanks for your commentsmate greatly appreciated i don't suppose you'd have an old track called red morning sun another horse song by billy starlight

[Raymaur46]

@roleyward

14/2/12

I found The Red Morning Sun by Billy Starlight and have uploaded it.

Regards,

Ray

[Raymaur46]

@Raymaur46

20/12/11

Hello Roley, I finally got hold of The Red Morning Sun by Billy Starlight. Just finished uploading it.

Regards,

Ray

[mollymitch1]

@BABSINUK If you type in Foster and Allen the song comes up as the first track. Dawn Run.

[penjaminbutton]

Thanks for sharing this song. Have been looking for an old Kevin Shegog song called " little blue eyes" been waiting for it to be posted

[BABSINUK]

Hi,good lyrics about a great horse,saw the film about him on tv.

Would like to see it again.Another great horse more recent than Phar Lap had a song written about her,Dawn Run,I think Foster and Allen sung it.

If I remember rightly both horses because of their great hearts and supreme racing ability were over raced.

Thanks for sharing.

[cadjunk]

Nice song, and singing and a great video. Thanks for sharing. Take care. Gwen