Phar Lap’s death takes another turn 75 years later (Lexington Herald-Leader)
Monday, December 24th, 2007The cold case file that never loses its mystery for racing fans is Phar Lap ‘s death, unsolved for 75 years. Did gamblers intentionally poison this great horse? Did he accidentally eat poison? Or did he simply die of colic? Equidaily.com’s search engines tagged onto a story about Phar Lap that came out of Australia this week. Scientists there are using a $20,000 government grant to try to …