Harry Telford Quotes in Phar Lap (1983)
Harry Telford Quotes:
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Reporter: Why is it, do you think, that there's been this incredible reaction to Phar Lap's death? After all, he was just a horse.
Harry Telford: He wasn't *just* a horse. He was the best.
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Harry Telford: [When the name Far Lap is suggested for the horse] It's gotta have seven letters. Last four Melbourne Cup winners had seven letters.
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Harry Telford: Phar Lap wasn't a fluke, you know. I picked him from the blood lines and I persevered with him while every other trainer was laughing at me.
Vi Telford: No-one's laughing now.
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Harry Telford: I love the way you blokes keep calling him the wonder horse. You weren't calling him that when he was losing all his races at the start.
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Harry Telford: [Last Lines]
Harry Telford: He wasn't just a horse. He was the best.
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