Exclusive: Museum undertook secret DNA testing to end Phar Lap fake heart theory
The heart of champion racehorse Phar Lap – one of the National Museum of Australia’s most treasured cultural icons – has undergone secret DNA testing in France in an attempt to put to rest a decades-old theory that it is a fake.
The oversized ticker quickly entered the Australian lexicon, where someone who displayed great courage of victory over adversity is referred to as having a “heart as big as Phar Lap’s”.Kerry Negara spent more than five years lobbying the museum to test the heart Museum director Mathew Trinca said while the historical records from the heart, which was donated to the Australian Institute of Anatomy in Canberra by Phar Lap’s trainer Harry Telford after the horse’s death, showed there was no reason to doubt its authenticity, it was important to give the Australian public an opportunity to consider all available information.
Professor Orlando said while he remained hopeful a positive result could one day be obtained, it could never be guaranteed there was sufficient amount of DNA preserved in a given sample.
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