Phar Lap: Difference between revisions

Although standing a winning racehorse at stud could be quite lucrative, Telford gelded Phar Lap anyway, hoping the colt would concentrate on racing.

 

Phar Lap finished last in the first race and did not place in his next three races. He won his first race on 27 April 1929, the [[Maiden race horse|Maiden]] Juvenile Handicap at Rosehill, ridden by Jack Baker of [[Armidale]], a 17-year-old [[apprentice]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sydneyracing.com.au/article.php?current_article=408 |title=Jack Baker rode himself into Australian racing history |author=Phil Purser | accessdate = 2007-07-30 }}</ref> He didn't race for several months but was then entered in a series of races, in which he moved up in class. Phar Lap took second in the Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick on 14 September 1929 and the racing community started treating him with respect.