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Phar Lap's assault on the 1930 Melbourne Cup generated unprecedented excitement across Australia. For the newspapers, the twin stories of sporting greatness and seedy corruption were a sensational cocktail. Readers lapped it up, while for the poor punters, suffering during the Great Depression, a Phar Lap triumph was their best hope of turning one quid into two. This is the story of four days in November that became at the same time the most famous and infamous in Cup history.

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Author

Armstrong, Geoff; Thompson, Peter

Publisher

Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd

Published

2016

Language

EN

ISBN

9781742660332

Category

sports

Subjects

Sports, Sports & Recreation, Lifestyle

Updated

2026-03-25