::::::::::(Edit conflict, so pop it in here). People in glass houses.....! You want to see good citations for the claim that Phar Lap is a national icon in NZ. I want to see good citations for the claim that Phar Lap is a national icon in Australia. There are three sources given regarding  the phrase "a national icon in both countries" which appears in the intro.  Three of them are about New Zealand. None of them are about Australia. You were saying?