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THAT he is still causing a fuss more than 74 years after his death shows what a legend Phar Lap was. In the past few days, newspapers in Australia and elsewhere have reported on the extraordinary findings by scientists, who examined tiny hairs from the preserved remains of the antipodes' most famous racehorse, that was allegedly killed by American gangsters in April of 1932. I use the word antipodes advisedly: for all that he was a great Australian hero, Phar Lap was born in New Zealand. Using the latest technology, scientists have found that Phar Lap ingested huge amounts of...