Phar Lap Was Doped Up, Not Poisoned

Phar Lap was a doper! Recently Australian scientists found arsenic in fur taken from Phar Lap's preserved body in Melbourne, and speculated that he had been poisoned a couple of days before the thoroughbred racing horse and Australian icon died in California, back in 1935.

In response to this story, the son of one of Phar Lap's trainers has come forward to say that he wasn't poisoned, but that arsenic was one item found in a "potion" that was being fed to Phar Lap.

In Phar Lap's defense, giving such potions to horses was pretty common in the 1930s. But this should put to rest conspiracy theories about the Yanks killing Phar Lap!