Highly Recommended (2019) Horse

Foal Date

27-Mar-19

Colour

bay

Sire

Highland Reel

Dam

Celestial Harmony

Prize Money

10363

Owners

Mrs Mary Lewis

About

Highly Recommended, entered in the Kelso R3 Racing TV Club Day Handicap Hurdle, is a 7yo bay horse trained by Dianne Sayer in Penrith. He is by Highland Reel out of Celestial Harmony. To date he has recorded one win. On 10 Oct 2024 at Ludlow he secured his most significant victory, taking the $7,869.00 Class 4 novice hurdle. The animal has proven a lucrative selection for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have generated a 360% return on investment.

Raced At

Ayr • Ludlow • Worcester • Hereford

Race Record

Event SummaryRunner StatsRank
Ayr 13-Nov-24 4110m GOOD R5 CL4 HcpH (of $8,363), Winning Time: 08:29.460, SP: 17.00 1st Kinbara Firstdraft ( D Mullins 161 ) 2nd Malangen ( P Kavanagh 143 ) 1.75L 3rd Follow Charlie ( C Nichol 154 ) 0.30L UPL Highly Recommended ( D Mcmenamin 166 ) 0.00L See full resultsD Mcmenamin 75.3kg 0.00LUPD (8)
Ludlow 10-Oct-24 4270m GOOD R3 CL4 NvH $4,357 (of $7,869), Winning Time: 05:08.120, SP: 23.00 Towards rear, headway on outer after 4 out to press leaders, pushed along and led before 3 out, steadily cleared away after 2 out, kept on strongly 1st Highly Recommended ( C Deutsch 154 ) 2nd Mostly Sunny ( H Skelton 166 ) 17.00L 3rd Rickety Bridge ( H Cobden 161 ) 5.50L See full resultsC Deutsch 69.9kg1 (6)
Worcester 16-Sep-24 3220m GOOD R5 CL4 MdH $966 (of $7,575), Winning Time: 03:51.300, SP: 101.00 In rear, behind 5th, kept on from 2 out, went modest 3rd latter stages 1st Light Dragoon ( S Sheppard 158 ) 2nd Definite Dream ( J J Burke 151 ) 2.00L 3rd Highly Recommended ( C Deutsch 158 ) 25.00L See full resultsC Deutsch 71.7kg 25.00L3 (10)
Stratford 18-Jun-24 3760m GOOD R3 CL4 NvH (of $7,869), Winning Time: 04:43.690, SP: 19.00 Led, fell 2nd 1st Go Go Chicago ( K Woods 157 ) 2nd Pacific ( J Best 150 ) 0.30L 3rd Golden Moonshake ( D Noonan 151 ) 13.00L UPL Highly Recommended ( C Deutsch 157 ) 0.00L See full resultsC Deutsch 71.2kg 0.00LUPD (9)
Hereford 21-Nov-23 3270m GOOD R7 CL5 NHF (of $4,721), Winning Time: 03:57.500, SP: 19.00 Off the pace and always towards rear 1st Tap N Go Leo ( K Brogan 156 ) 2nd Wee Tony ( K Woods 156 ) 0.75L 3rd Of Course You Can ( S Twiston-davies 149 ) 1.50L 10th Highly Recommended ( A Edwards 156 ) 23.25L See full resultsA Edwards 70.8kg 23.25L10 (15)