i think you mean phar lap
Yes. he won the 1930 Melbourne Cup riding Phar Lap.
Phar Lap
Yes Phar Lap was. Also here is some info-Phar Lap won the Melbourne Cup in Australia in 1930 his jockey was Jim Pike(weight-60kg)and his trainer Harry Telford Phar Lap and Jim Pike ran there race at Flemington race course were all the Melbourne Cups are held.
Despite dominating the racing scene in Australia during a long and distinguished career, Phar Lap only won the Melbourne Cup once. In the four years of his racing career, he won 37 of 51 races he entered, including the Melbourne Cup in 1930. In that year and 1931, he won 14 races in a row.
Phar Lap won 37 races in all.
The Melbourne Cup was first run on the 7th of November, 1861, and was won by Archer. The two mile race was the climax of a four event programme at Flemington Race Course. It was worth 220 Sovereigns to the winner and attracted a field of 17 horses.
phar lap raced 51 races and won 31 of them
The great Phar Lap had a career record of 51 starts with 37 wins. Some of the races he won were the Melbourne Cup and the AJC Craven Plate three times. Click on the 'Phar Lap' link on this page to read a biography of him along with seeing where he placed in all 51 of his starts.
Phar lap
Phar Lap: Total: 51 starts - 37 wins, 3 seconds, 2 thirds, 9 unplaced
No. Although considered a much loved Australian national icon, Phar Lap was actually born and bred in Timaru, in the South Island of New Zealand, but he never raced in NZ. He dominated the racing scene in Australia; during the four years of his racing career, he won 37 of 51 races he entered, including the Melbourne Cup in 1930. In that year and 1931, he won 14 races in a row.