High Caste
| High Caste (NZ) | |
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| Sire | Bulandshar (GB) |
| Grandsire | Blandford |
| Dam | The Begum |
| Damsire | Chief Ruler (GB) |
| Sex | Stallion |
| Foaled | 1936 |
| Country | New Zealand |
| Colour | Bay |
| Breeder | Mr A.J. McGovern |
| Owner | Harry Tancred |
| Trainer | Mr J.T. Jamieson (NZ) |
| Record | 72: 35 (3 dh); 19,7 |
| Earnings | £35,547 |
| Major wins | |
| 1939 Ascot Vale Stakes 1939 VRC Sires Produce Stakes 1939 Champagne Stakes 1939 Rosehill Guineas 1939, 1940 & 1941 C.B.Fisher Plate 1939 & 1940 Caulfield Stakes 1939, 1940 & 1941 Linlithgow Stakes 1940 & 1942 VATC St George Stakes 1940 C F Orr Stakes 1941 RRC Hill Stakes |
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| Last updated on 8 August 2010 | |
High Caste was a Thoroughbred racehorse and stallion that was bred in New Zealand and was considered the best two-year-old in New Zealand after winning three of his four race starts. He was a good racehorse under handicap and weight for age conditions and combined this with wins in good races from 5 furlongs (1,000 metres) to 1 3⁄4 miles (2,800 m), carrying up to 10 stone 6 pounds (66 kilograms).
He was by the good racehorse and sire, Bulandshar (GB), his dam, The Begum (a sister to Rulette) was by the outstanding sire, Chief Ruler (GB). High Caste was a brother to the stakes race winners, Nawab and Nizam and a half brother to the stakes winner, Stretto by Hunting Song (IRE). He traced in the tenth generation to Cornelia (GB) who was imported with her dam, Manto into Australia in 1825. They are from family 18.
High Caste was colloquially known as the ‘Strawberry Bull’ because of a distinct grey fleck through his rich red bay coat.
Racing in New Zealand High Caste won three of his first four race starts including the 1938 Auckland Racing Club (ARC) Great Northern Foal Stakes and ARC Royal Stakes. He was subsequently sold for 7,000 guineas, to the meat baron, Harry Tancred and was immediately shipped over to Melbourne to race in Australia. In Australia, High Caste won at his first three race starts for his new owner, including the 1939 Group One (G1) Ascot Vale Stakes, VRC Sires Produce Stakes plus the Champagne Stakes (G1). He was defeated in the Fairfield Handicap before placing second in the G1, AJC Sires Produce Stakes. High Caste had ten starts as a two-year-old (2yo) for seven wins, one second and a third placing. He was then acclaimed to be the best two-year-old on both sides of the Tasman Sea.
After returning from a spell High Caste won the G2 Hobartville Stakes, was unplaced in the Chelmsford Stakes before winning the G1 Rosehill Guineas and placing second to Reading (by a ½ head) in the AJC Derby. He then won Craven Plate, AJC Clibborn Stakes, Caulfield Guineas and Caulfield Stakes before he was unplaced in the G1 W S Cox Plate. High Caste placed second in the Victoria Derby before he dead-heated with Manrico in the Linlithgow Stakes before winning the CB Fisher Plate two days later.
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