Phar Lap
by Ronald Osborne
Title
Phar Lap
Artist
Ronald Osborne
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
1930. Jockey Jim Pike is pictured riding Phar Lap during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. Flemington race track is shown in the background. Pike wears a silk top that has white stripes on the arms. He wears a dark helmet and white jodhpurs. Phar Lap's white saddlecloth bears the number 6, which is the number he wore during the Melbourne Stakes, the main race on Derby Day (the first Saturday of the carnival.)
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June 23rd, 2020
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