The name of New Zealand's most celebrated thoroughbred horse, Phar Lap, derives from the shared Zhuang and Thai word for lightning.

In the 20th century, the heart of Phar Lap was weighed and also documented to be, or essentially the same size as that of Eclipse.

In Australia, the most famous racehorse was Phar Lap ( bred in New Zealand ), who raced from 1928 to 1932.

Phar Lap carried to win the 1930 Melbourne Cup.

Phar Lap and Tulloch were both bred in New Zealand but did not race there.

The Phar Lap 286 DOS Extender Lite was also included.

Phar Lap ( 1926 – 1932 ) was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse whose achievements captured the public's imagination during the early years of the Great Depression.

Phar Lap dominated Australian racing during a distinguished career, winning a Melbourne Cup, two Cox Plates and 19 other weight for age races.

After a sudden and mysterious illness, Phar Lap died in 1932.

The name Phar Lap derives from the common Zhuang and Thai word for lightning: ฟ ้ าแลบ, lit.

Phar Lap was called the " Wonder Horse ", " Red Terror ", " Bobby " and " Big Red " ( the latter nickname was also given to two of the greatest US racehorses, Man o ' War and Secretariat ).

A chestnut gelding, Phar Lap was foaled on 4 October 1926 in Seadown near Timaru in the South Island of New Zealand.

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.

Phar Lap took second in the Chelmsford Stakes at Randwick on 14 September 1929 and the racing community started treating him with respect.

Criminals tried to shoot Phar Lap on the morning of Saturday 1 November 1930 after he had finished track work.

Phar Lap winning the Melbourne Cup Race from Second Wind and Shadow King on 5 November 1930.

In the four years of his racing career, Phar Lap won 37 of 51 races he entered, including the Melbourne Cup in 1930 with 9 st 12 lb ( 61. 5 kg, or 138 lbs ).

From his win as a three-year-old in the VRC St. Leger Stakes until his final race in Mexico, Phar Lap won 32 of 35 races.

Phar Lap at the time was owned by American businessman David J. Davis and leased to Telford.

Davis then had Phar Lap shipped to America to race.

Phar Lap was shipped by boat to Agua Caliente Racetrack near Tijuana, Mexico, to compete in the Agua Caliente Handicap, which was offering the largest purse ever raced for in North America.

Phar Lap won in track-record time while carrying 129 pounds ( 58. 5 kg ) and was ridden by Billy Elliot for his seventh win from seven rides.

However, in 2006 Australian Synchrotron Research scientists said it was almost certain Phar Lap was poisoned with a large single dose of arsenic in the hours before he died, perhaps supporting the theory that Phar Lap was killed on the orders of U. S. gangsters, who feared the Melbourne-Cup-winning champion would inflict big losses on their illegal bookmakers.

" In December 2007 Phar Lap's mane was tested to find if he was given repeated doses of arsenic which, if found, would point to accidental poisoning.

However, in October 2011 the Sydney Morning Herald published an article in which a New Zealand physicist and information from Phar Lap's strapper state that the great horse was never given any tonic with arsenic and that he died of an infection.

Following his death, Phar Lap's heart was donated to the Institute of Anatomy in Canberra and his skeleton to the New Zealand's National Museum in Wellington.

Phar Lap's heart was remarkable for its size, weighing 6. 2 kg ( 13. 6 lbs ), compared with a normal horse's heart at 3. 2 kg.

Phar Lap was one of five inaugural inductees into both the Australian Racing Hall of Fame and New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame.

In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the Top 100 U. S. Thoroughbred champions of the 20th century, Phar Lap was ranked No. 22.

Phar Lap is now part of IntervalZero, formerly Ardence, which produces, among other products, the Phar Lap ETS real-time operating system, used for instance on LabVIEW real-time targets.

The price of PMODE / W may have been a deterrent to some, although most other DOS extenders at the time commanded a comparable or higher price ( such as the Phar Lap DOS extender ).

Sunline was an inaugural inductee into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame, along with the other turf immortals Carbine, Gloaming, Kindergarten and Phar Lap.

The other racehorse born in this area is Phar Lap.

He was one of five inaugural inductees into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame, alongside the other four turf immortals Carbine, Gloaming, Phar Lap and Sunline.

Gloaming was one of five inaugural inductees into the New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame, alongside the other four turf immortals Carbine, Kindergarten, Phar Lap and Sunline.

His descendants, the New Zealand bred horses, Phar Lap and Tulloch ( the first horse to win more than ₤ 100, 000 in Australia ) also became champions of the Australian turf.

Many great horses have won the race twice, including Phar Lap, Flight, Tobin Bronze, Sunline, Northerly and Fields Of Omagh.

The double with the Melbourne Cup has only been achieved by six horses, namely, Makybe Diva, Might and Power, Saintly, Nightmarch, Phar Lap, and Rising Fast.

Many of the streets pay homage to past race horses, such as Phar Lap, Carbine, Eaglet, Whernside, Studley & Redleap.

New Zealand has been the breeding ground for some world famous horses such as Phar Lap and many Melbourne Cup winners.

Among the list of winners of the Cox Plate are most of Australasia's champion race horses, including Phar Lap, Ajax, Tulloch, Kingston Town, Better Loosen Up, Sunline, Northerly and Makybe Diva.

Intriguingly, Sunline was one of the horses to come from the same family as Phar Lap, tracing all the way back to his dam, Entreaty, who was her 8th dam.