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 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 Queensland. 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.

Pedigree

Pedigree of Battle Heights

Sire Battle-Waggon 1962	Never Say Die 1951	Nasrullah	Nearco
			Mumtaz Begum
		Singing Grass	War Admiral
			Boreale
	Carrozza 1954	Dante	Nearco
			Rosy Legend
		Calash	Hyperion
			Clarence
Dam Wuthering Heights 1956	Avocat General 1950	Court Martial	Fair Trial
			Instantaneous
		Cinnamon	Obliterate
			Buchna
	Merry Fox 1938	Foxbridge	Foxlaw
			Bridgemount
		Merry Way	Arausio
			Merry Jest

See also

• Thoroughbred racing in New Zealand