The Phantom was a Group One winning New Zealand Thoroughbred racehorse who made several trips to Australia,[1] and completed a remarkable comeback later in his career.
In the spring of 1993 The Phantom returned to racing as an eight-year-old trained by Noel Eales and immediately won the Group Three Trust Bank Central Stakes over 1600 m at Wanganui.
He started in the 1993 Melbourne Cup but did not favour the rain affected track and jockey Jimmy Cassidy said "he was travelling like a beaten horse even early in the race".
The Phantom returned to Australia for a final campaign, as a nine-year-old, in the autumn of 1995 but was unable to recapture his best form.
The Phantom, a gelding by Noble Bijou out of The Fantasy, was a member of one of New Zealand's best-known Thoroughbred families bred by A.G (Tony), K.J.