Height of Fashion (horse)

Height of Fashion
SireBustino
GrandsireBusted
DamHighclere
DamsireQueen's Hussar
SexMare
Foaled14 April 1979[1]
CountryUnited Kingdom
ColourBay
BreederQueen Elizabeth II
OwnerQueen Elizabeth II
Hamdan Al Maktoum
TrainerDick Hern
Record7: 5-0-0
Major wins
Acomb Stakes (1981)
May Hill Stakes (1981)
Fillies' Mile (1981)
Lupe Stakes (1982)
Princess of Wales's Stakes (1982)
Awards
Top-rated British two-year-old filly (1981)[2]
Timeform rating 115 (1981), 124 (1982)

Height of Fashion (14 April 1979 – 29 July 2000) was French-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Owned and bred by Queen Elizabeth II, she was undefeated in her three races as a two-year-old in 1981, winning the Acomb Stakes, May Hill Stakes and Fillies' Mile. The following year she added a win in the Lupe Stakes before a record-breaking victory in the Princess of Wales's Stakes. She ran poorly in her two remaining races and was retired to stud at the end of the season. Height of Fashion proved to be an exceptional broodmare, producing the major stakes winners Unfuwain, Nashwan and Nayef. She died in Kentucky in 2000.

  1. ^ "Height of Fashion pedigree". equineline.com. 8 May 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  2. ^ Schmitz, David (2 August 2000). "Champion Mare Height of Fashion Dies at 21". BloodHorse.com. Retrieved 3 August 2013.