`::::::::::(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?    `