The Height of Fashion Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 1 mile, 1 furlong and 192 yards (1,986 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in May.
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