Prix Hocquart
Persian Heights was a "rangy" chestnut horse with a white sock on his left hind leg bred by the Newmarket-based Banstead Manor Stud. His sire, Persian Bold was a successful racehorse who won the Richmond Stakes in 1977. He went on to be a "good" stallion, getting important winners such as Kooyonga, Bold Pilot, Falcon Flight (Prix Hocquart) and Bold Russian (Celebration Mile). Persian Heights' dam Ready and Willing won over one and a half miles as a three-year-old and was a daughter of the Yorkshire Oaks runner-up No Saint.