Battle Heights

Battle Heights
Battle Heights
Sire	Battle Waggon (GB)
Grandsire	Never Say Die (USA)
Dam	Wuthering Heights (NZ)
Damsire	Avocat General (IRE)
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	1967
Died	1999
Country	New Zealand
Colour	Brown
Breeder	...
Trainer	Tim Douglas
Record	115:23-14-15
Earnings	A$212,825
Major wins
	Wellington Cup (1974); Trentham Stakes (1974); Sydney Cup (1974); Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1974); W S Cox Plate (1974); C B Cox Stakes (1974); Craven Plate (1976); Metropolitan Handicap (1976);
	Last updated on 27 December 2012

Battle Heights was a notable New Zealand thoroughbred racehorse.

A son of Battle-Waggon^[1] from the mare Wuthering Heights, he was foaled in 1967 and was trained throughout his career by Tim Douglas.

Battle Heights started in 115 races and raced until he was 10 years old when he was forced into retirement after breaking down in the 1977 VRC LKS Mackinnon Stakes.

During his career, he raced and won in every season from the age of three until ten and was successful over distances ranging from 1,100m to 3,200m.

He was also second to Rose Mellay in the 1974 Auckland Cup over 3200m.

Battle Heights was later ridden by C.Walsh in the Cullinan spelling paddock in the Western Districts of QLD. Caryl described the horse as still having that zest for racing, and misbehaved quite often. On one occasion Battle Heights was heading for a fence, and Caryl had to take quick action of jumping off before colliding with a fence.

Battle Heights died in 1999 aged 32.

References[]

^ "STARCRAFT AND THAT BATTLE-WAGGON LINE". Just Racing. 4 March 2004.

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[1] "STARCRAFT AND THAT BATTLE-WAGGON LINE". Just Racing. 4 March 2004.

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