Another Sports Bizarre related post but this multiple episode series for Phar Lap was fantastic. I didn't realise that many of the stories about Phar Lap are so Melbourne south eastern suburbs centric.
He was almost killed (by some mobsters) in a street near Glen Huntley station. He was also trained at Braeside Park which has the aptly named Phar Lap Track inside of it.
I almost teared up listening to the way he died. Horses back in the 1930s (and still up to today) were treated so poorly and pumped full of tonics and drugs to make them run better. They're beautiful creatures that don't deserve that.