Assessment and Honours
In the 1998 International Classification (the forerunner of the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings) High-Rise was given a rating of 127, equal to Real Quiet, Victory Gallop and Dr Fong and one pound below the top-rated three-year-old Desert King.
High-Rise was given a peak Timeform rating of 130 In their book A Century of Champions, John Randall and Tony Morris rated High-Rise as an “inferior” Derby winner.
Since 1999, Pontefract Racecourse, where High-Rise won on his three-year-old debut, have staged a race named in his honour.
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