Phar Lap (film)

Phar Lap also released as Phar Lap Heart of a Nation is a 1983 film about the racehorse Phar Lap. The film starred Tom Burlinson and was written by famous Australian playwright David Williamson.

Five years earlier, Phar Lap arrives in Australia, purchased unseen from New Zealand. His trainer Harry Telford Martin Vaughan and Telfords wife Vi watch as hes lowered onto the wharf by sling. Mrs Telford comments that she wonders what his Telfords American friend owner David Davis Leibman will think?. Davis is not impressed with the underweight, wartridden colt, calling him a cross between a Sheep dog and a Kangaroo, and orders Telford to sell him immediately. Telford protests, saying that the horses pedigree is exceptional, with Carbine on both sides of his bloodlines. Davis agrees to lease him to Telford for three years, keeping only one third of the winnings, though Telford must pay for his upkeep.As Phar Lap is brought into the stables, he and Woodcock form a strong bond. When the young strapper complains about how hard Telford works the horse, Telford sacks him. He has to reinstate Woodcock when the horse stops eating. ........

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