Height O'Fashion was an Irish racehorse from the 1960s who was a great rival to

Arkle Arkle (19 April 1957 – 31 May 1970) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse. A bay gelding by ''Archive'' out of ''Bright Cherry'', he was the grandson of the unbeaten (in 14 races) flat racehorse and prepotent sire Nearco. Arkle was bred by Mar ...

and

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. The horse was owned by Jack Donohue. Height O'Fashion won the Irish

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in 1962 under trainer

Paddy Mullins Paddy Mullins (28 January 1919 – 28 October 2010) was an Irish racehorse trainer in a career which spanned fifty two years. Training career His first winner was Flash Parade, which won the 1953 La Touche at Punchestown. Although he was predomi ...

, father to trainer

Willie Mullins William Peter Mullins (born 15 September 1956) is an Irish racehorse trainer and former jockey. Career He commenced racehorse training in 1988 having previously worked as an assistant to his father Paddy Mullins and Jim Bolger. Willie is a fo ...

. Height O'Fashion was second to

in the

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Chase in 1966 in the first occasion in which Arkle was involved in a

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for a win.

References

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