Highland Fling (horse)

Highland Fling

Highland Fling winning the 1948 New Zealand Trotting Cup with a handicap of 60 yards.
Breed	Standardbred
Sire	U Scott (USA)
Grandsire	Scotland
Dam	Queen Ayesha
Maternal grandsire	Frank Worthy (USA)
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1 September 1942
Country	New Zealand
Colour	Bay
Breeder	K Bare (NZ)
Owner	A T Kemble (NZ)
Trainer	L F Berkett (NZ)
Record
70 starts: 23 wins, 6 seconds, 4 thirds.
Earnings
£32,920
Major wins
1947 & 1948 New Zealand Trotting Cup
Honours
New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame Mile rate of 1:57.8
Last updated on: 2009-04-27 [1].

Highland Fling was a New Zealand bred Standardbred racehorse. He is notable in that he won two New Zealand Trotting Cup races, the richest harness race, and sometimes the richest horse race in New Zealand.^[2] Highland Fling was a leading performer in the years 1947 and 1948. He won the 1948 New Zealand Trotting Cup with a handicap of 60 yards.

Highland Fling was the winner of the last race he contested. He retired with an unequalled record at the time. Highland Fling not only held the world's two-mile record, and the 2:10 race record as a two-year-old. He bettered 2.00 on three occasions, his best being 1:57.8, and he held the world's grass track record of 2:00 for a mile.^[3]

Highland Fling won the following major wins:

• 1947 New Zealand Trotting Cup
• 1948 New Zealand Trotting Cup (handicap 60 Yards)

He stood at stud in New South Wales and Victoria where he sired many winners.^[4]

Highland Fling was an inaugural inductee into the New Zealand Trotting Hall of Fame with the immortals Caduceus, Cardigan Bay, Harold Logan, Johnny Globe and Ordeal.

See also

• Harness racing in New Zealand

References