Height of Fashion (horse)

Height of Fashion
Sire	Bustino
Grandsire	Busted
Dam	Highclere
Damsire	Queen's Hussar
Sex	Mare
Foaled	14 April 1979
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Queen Elizabeth II
Owner	Queen Elizabeth II Hamdan Al Maktoum
Trainer	Dick Hern
Record	7: 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) 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, was undefeated in her three races as a two-year-old in 1981, winning the Acomb Stakes, May Hill Stakes and Fillies' Mile. In 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.

Height of Fashion was a "massive" bay mare bred by her owner Queen Elizabeth II. She was one of the best horses sired by Bustino, who 1973 St Leger and the 1974 Coronation Cup as well as finishing second to Grundy in a famous race for the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Her dam Highclere won the 1000 Guineas and the Prix de Diane for the Queen in 1974 and went on to become an influential broodmare. Apart from Height of Fashion and her descendants she was also the ancestor of the Japanese champion Deep Impact.

The filly was sent into training with Dick Hern at West Ilsley in Berkshire.

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