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the best weight carrier of all time

Phar Lap is sort of the Negro League player of thoroughbred racing.

His ability is undoubted, but most of his career was against lesser competition than the top horses on this list.

While it is an entertaining exercise to speculate what he would have done had he not died so soon after shipping to North America, there is not enough data to know with certainty.

A great horse, undeniably. But how great is not so clear.

Not perfect!

I may be underrating him, but Phar Lap didn't run enough in North America to get a comparison.

he lost 14 times thats rediculous

Great, but Carbine (1885-1914)was the stronger Kiwi-bred!

a comment to end all debates...the greatest race horse of all time...Phar Lap...end of story...PERIOD!!! his domination resulted in the rules being changed to prevent his dominance. No other horse can boast this...none!...in 1931 there was an attempt to end his dominance when a mob hit was unsuccessful, they tried to shoot the horse to prevent it from winning one of the oldest and greatest handicap races in the world, the Melbourne Cup in the year 1931...he was taken to a safe locating in hiding to prevent harm to him...he arrived late for the race and the race was delayed until he arrived...in its 120+ year history of this race..it has never been delayed because a horse rocked up late...Phar Lap ended up winning the race...it got to the point where the authorities changed the rules because of him...in the end he was forced to go to America for the richest race in history (at that time)...Phar Lap won in record time...and then he was dead...speculation that he was poisoned by the mob because they lost a fortune on the race...this week tests in America confirmed that he was in fact poisoned by arsnic...in the end..he was a horse that was too good for his time...and he paid for hit with his life...and yes the 2 other great horses of all time are Secretariat & Man O War are mentioned from time to time...but again...the greatest horse of all time...Phar Lap!...he has been imortalised by the film "Phar Lap"

Phar Lap was an outstanding performer. He won all manner of races in Australia and America. He carried 9st 12 to win Australia's most prestigious race, the Melbourne Cup (only New Zealand horse, Carbine, carried more: 10st 5). Phar Lap's unusually large heart (* American racehorse Secretariat's heart was found to be even bigger) is on display in Canberra,at the National Museum of Australia.

Was never given the chance to really prove himself.

No contest.

No other horse can compare to what Phar Lap did in my opinion. He carried weight that no other horses did and still won, raced 4 times in a week(!) and won them all against top horses.

PHAR LAP WAS THE GEATEST HORSE IN THE WORLD, AS A 2 YEAR OLD HE WAS A BIT LAZY CAME LAST IN HIS FIRST 4 RACES WON HIS 5TH,3 MORE AVERIDGE RACES THEN ENTERED HIS NEXT 43 RACES HE WON 37, BLITZING RACING WORLD, INCLUDING A LONG SEA VOYAGE TO AMERICA AND BEATING AMERICA'S FINEST HORSES IN RECORD TIME,ON THE BACK STRATE HIS 2FURLONG SPINT DURING THE AGUA CALIENTE HANDICAP WAS THE FASTEST AT THE TRACK TILL IT CLOSED DOWN IN 1999-2000 HE GOT SHOT AT AND RACED 4 HOURS LATER AND WON IN 1930, HIS TRAINER HARRY TELFORD ENTERED HIM IN 4 GROUP ONE RACES IN SEVEN DAY'S INCLUDING 1930MELBOURNE CUP AND PHAR LAP WON THE LOT DIED IN THE USA 2 WEEKS AFTER HIS GREAT VICTORY AGED 5 1/2 YEARS, MYSTERY SUROUNDS HIS DEATH TO THIS DAY. GREATEST RACEHORSE EVER THE ONLY HORSE THAT COMES CLOSE IS SECRETARIAT

By far the greatest Australian racehorse of all time.His feats will never be eclipsed.Possibly the greatest in the world, a massive horse with a massive heart and an incredible will to win.There will never be another PHAR LAP.