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Tales From Te Papa - Phar Lap
Television (Full Length Episode) – 2009
The only way they’re going to beat Phar Lap over there is if they breed a horse with wings and get Kingsford-Smith to ride him.– Jockey Jim Pike (before Phar Lap's trip to America)
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