Snippet of unseen Phar Lap footage here Nic Ashman - 29/09/2014 The Mighty Conqueror, a 10 minute film about Phar Lap completed in 1931 will be shown to all racegoers at Randwick’s Epsom Handicap meeting on Saturday while a sneak preview of it is now online. The film was made available to Australian Turf Club member on George Main Stakes day after star journalist Max Presnell uncovered the footage when he found a canister containing the original 35mm nitrate film. He subsequently donated it to the ATC, which in turn passed on the film to the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), which recognised its cultural and historical significance and it is now preserved by the NFSA in its audiovisual collection. The film features close ups of Phar Lap being modelled by his legendary strapper Tommy Woodcock, rare footage at trackwork, his 1930 Melbourne Cup triumph, and his two-horse race when trainers avoided him in the Randwick Plate. The ATC will broadcast the film in two five minute intervals – one before the Epsom Handicap and one after the running of the $500,000 event. Below is a sneak preview of what on-course patrons will see this Saturday.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 06:26:46 +0000
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