Ortensia (horse)

Ortensia
Sire Testa Rossa (AUS)
Grandsire Perugino (USA)
Dam Aerate's Pick (AUS)
Damsire Picknicker (AUS)[1]
Sex Mare
Foaled 16 September 2005
Country Australia
Colour Bay
Breeder L D Rhodes
Owner A D Fraser, Ms A Fraser & Miss E Ridley
Trainer Tony Noonan
Paul Messara
Record 34: 13–3–4
Earnings A$1,423,867; US$600,000; £222,712; and HK$490,000 [2]
Major wins
Thousand Guineas Prelude (2008)
QTC Cup (2009)
Winterbottom Stakes (2009, 2011)
Al Quoz Sprint (2012)
King George Stakes (2012)
Nunthorpe Stakes (2012)
Last updated on 26 August 2012

Ortensia (foaled 16 September 2005) is an Australian thoroughbred racehorse. A sprinter, she has won Group One races on three continents.

Background

Ortensia is a bay mare bred in New South Wales by L. D. Rhodes. She is one of many successful sprinters and milers sired by Testa Rossa who won six Grade One races in 1999 and 2000.[3] Testa Rossa is currently based at the Vinery Stud in the Hunter Region, New South Wales.[4]

2012: International campaign

After establishing herself as a successful performer in Australia, Ortensia embarked on an international campaign in 2012. Ortensia won the Al Quoz Sprint at Meydan Racecourse in March and was then sent to England for the European summer. Initial results were disappointing as she was well-beaten in the King's Stand Stakes (ninth behind the Hong Kong sprinter Little Bridge) and the July Cup (fourth behind Mayson). In July however, she was ridden by William Buick to a victory in the Group Two King George Stakes at Goodwood Racecourse and followed up a month later by taking the Group One Nunthorpe Stakes at York Racecourse. In the latter race she came from a seemingly impossible position two furlongs from the finish to win by a neck from Spirit Quartz.[5]

Major Race Wins

Date Race name D Course Class Prize Margin Time Jockey
20 September 2008 Thousand Guineas Prelude 1400m Caulfield G3 A$75,000 0.8 1:26.02 Danny Nikolic
30 May 2009 QTC Cup 1300m Eagle Farm G2 A$96,000 0.1 1:19.13 Craig Williams
28 November 2009 Winterbottom Stakes 1200m Ascot, WA G2 A$300,000 1.5 1:08.56 Craig Williams
19 November 2011 Winterbottom Stakes 1200m Ascot, WA G1 A$300,000 1.0 1:10.10 Craig Williams
31 March 2012 Al Quoz Sprint 1000m Meydan G1 US$600,000 1.25 57.98 Craig Williams
3 August 2012 King George Stakes 5f Goodwood G2 £56,710 1.25 57.24 William Buick
24 August 2012 Nunthorpe Stakes 5f York G1 £141,775 0.4 57.62 William Buick

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