Titles tagged with ‘horseracing’
12 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year
1890s
![](/media/titles/melbourn/melbourn1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
Melbourne Cup 1896 historical – 1896
This film documenting the 1896 Melbourne Cup is one of Australia’s oldest surviving films. A horse gallops into the foreground and blocks our view until the film’s producer gives the horse a pat on its rump.
1920s
![](/media/titles/breakdro/breakdro1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
The Breaking of the Drought feature film – 1920
An outback family faces ruin through drought and a son corrupted by life in the big city.
![](/media/titles/gaz1924m/gaz1924m1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
Australasian Gazette – 1924 Melbourne Cup newsreel – 1924
This newsreel features highlights of the 1924 Melbourne Cup, including the horses entering the racetrack, crowds in the grandstand and the race, won by Backwood.
1930s
![](/media/titles/mightyco/mightyco1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
The Mighty Conqueror documentary – 1931
Made only a year before Phar Lap’s death, The Mighty Conqueror boasts some of the last moving images of Phar Lap in Australia both on and off the track.
![](/media/titles/ticketin/ticketin1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
A Ticket in Tatts feature film – 1934
George Wallace helps a champion horse to avoid crooks and win a big race.
![](/media/titles/thorough/thorough1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
Thoroughbred feature film – 1936
The ending of this film led to allegations of plagiarism, because it was almost identical to the 1934 film, Broadway Bill.
![](/media/titles/mrchedwo/mrchedwo1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
Mr Chedworth Steps Out feature film – 1939
Cecil Kellaway was probably the best actor that Ken G Hall ever worked with. He returned from Hollywood to play the titular little man who learns to assert himself.
1940s
![](/media/titlephotos/apa_07909r_1_jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
Ken Howard Calls the Melbourne Cup radio – 1941
A 1941 recording of famous sports broadcaster Ken Howard calling the Melbourne Cup.
1980s
![](/media/titles/pharlap/pharlap1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
Phar Lap feature film – 1983
The film is well constructed, both as a folkloric tale of a young man’s bond with a special horse and as an exciting spectacle with a couple of magically charged moments.
1990s
![](/media/titles/oscarand/oscarand1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
Oscar and Lucinda feature film – 1997
Drawn together by a passion for gambling, Anglican priest Oscar Hopkins and Australian heiress Lucinda Leplastrier agree on a wager with life-changing consequences.
2000s
![](/media/titles/girlhors/girlhors1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
A Girl, a Horse, a Dream documentary – 2003
This documentary follows the top Australian female jockey for a year to see if men and women can compete equally in horseracing.
![](/media/titles/pharlaps/pharlaps1__jpg_120x90_crop_q85.jpg)
National Treasures – Phar Lap’s Hide documentary – 2004
How did a New Zealand-born horse become one of Australia’s most loved and enduring icons?