Highland Fling's Career Brought To Close
. W — : .CHRISTCHURCH, August 31. Highland Flirig, oue of the fastest pacers eVer to race in New Zealand, has ended his racing career. X-rai ,photograplis talcen on. Monday reveal that. Highland Fling has fractured a sesamoid bone of his near foreleg. The greatest bargain in the history of the sport, Highland Fling, which was purehasecl from. his breeder, Mrs. K. Bare, for £100 by Mr. A. T. ivemble, displaced the mighty galloper Gloaming (which wdn £26,202) as leading stake ; winner in 'New Zealand. Besides winning £32,720. in stakes, Highland Fling won numerous trophies ineluding two New Zealand Trotting Cups. iie nlso earned nearly £2000 for exhibitions and attempts against records. Highland Fling was a brilliant performer over all distances. . He will now De re•tired to the stud.
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Chronicle (Levin), 1 September 1949, Page 8
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