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1932
The National Museum acquires the mounted hide of the famous race horse,
Phar Lap, after he dies in America. For many visitors, a look at Phar
Lap in his glass case is a highlight of their trip to the Museum.
Phar Lap won 36 races in Australia between April 1929 and November 1931.
He won the 1930 Melbourne Cup, and was the only horse to start favourite
for the Melbourne Cup three years in succession
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Source: Museum Victoria
On his death, his hide was donated to the National Museum of Victoria,
his skeleton went to a museum in Wellington, New Zealand, and his
heart went to the Australian Institute of Anatomy, now the National
Museum in Canberra.
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