La Collina

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La Collina
SireStrategic Prince
Grandsire
Chestnut
BreederManister House Stud
OwnerJoerg Vasicek
TrainerKevin Prendergast
Record16: 3-3-2
Earnings£288,845
Major wins
Phoenix Stakes (2011)
Matron Stakes (2013)

La Collina (foaled 24 April 2009) is an Irish

Abu Dhabi Stakes
.

Background

La Collina is a chestnut mare with a narrow white

blaze bred in Ireland by the County Limerick-based Manister House Stud. As a yearling the filly was consigned to the Goffs sale at Doncaster in August 2010 and was bought for £42,000 by the veteran trainer Kevin Prendergast.[2] She entered the ownership of Joerg Vasicek and was taken into training with Prendergast at Friarstown, County Kildare
.

She was from the first crop of foals sired by Strategic Prince who won the

Italian Derby).[3] La Collina's dam Starfish never ran in a race but was a great-granddaughter of the Irish mare Sorbus whose other descendants have included Oasis Dream, Zenda and Kingman.[4]

Racing career

2011: two-year-old season

In her first two seasons La Collina was ridden in all of her races by

9/4 favourite in an eleven-runner field she was restrained towards the rear of the field before making a forward move in the straight. Despite hanging to the right (towards the inside rail) she took the lead inside the final furlong and won by one and three quarter lengths from the Dermot Weld-trained Mahaazen.[5] In the following month the filly was stepped up sharply in class to contest the Group 3 Silver Flash Stakes over the same distance at Leopardstown Racecourse. Starting at odds of 10/1 in a six-runner field she made steady progress in the straight but failed by a neck to overhaul the Aidan O'Brien-trained favourite Maybe
.

On 7 August at the Curragh La Collina was matched against male opponents in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes over six furlongs and started a 33/1 outsider. Power started favourite while the other seven runners included Parish Hall, Frederick Engels (July Stakes) and Lilbourne Lad (Railway Stakes). After racing towards the rear of the field the filly was switched to the outside to make her challenge in the straight. She entered the final furlong in fourth place and maintained her run to catch Power in the final strides to win by a neck.[6] McDonogh commented "They went hard and there was a bit of traffic at half-way. I just got out and was lucky with the clear run I got. I never got stopped. I just had to switch a couple of times... I got outpaced early and let her find her feet. She's a very good two-year-old and that was a true test. She's all heart".[7] Kevin Prendergast said "She's got a good turn of foot, a great temperament and has been working well".[8]

Three weeks after her win in the Phoenix Stakes, La Collina faced a rematch with Maybe in the Moyglare Stud Stakes over seven furlongs at the same track. After settling in fourth place she made steady progress but never looked likely to win and finished third behind Maybe and Fire Lily.

2012: three-year-old season

On her three-year-old debut La Collina was sent to England to contest the

Lanwades Stud Fillies' Stakes and finished third to the O'Brien-trained Up. La Collina returned to the highest class for her last two starts of the year: she ran a close fifth to Chachamaidee in the Matron Stakes and fourth to Siyouma in the Sun Chariot Stakes.[9]

2013: four-year-old season

On her first run as a four-year-old La Collina was beaten only half a length when finishing third to the colts Custom Cut and Nephrite in the Group 3

Abu Dhabi Stakes at the Curragh. In the Pretty Polly Stakes at the Curragh in June she finished sixth of nine runners behind the British-trained Ambivalent and her losing run extended to 11 in the following month when she came home a distant sixth (beaten more than 20 lengths) to Scintillula in the Meld Stakes on heavy ground at Leopardstown.[10]

Two years and one month after her last victory, La Collina started a 25/1 outsider for the Matron Stakes at Leopardstown on 7 September. The French-trained Kenhope (

C L Weld Park Stakes). La Collina raced towards the rear of the field but made steady progress in the last quarter mile and was in fourth place when Hayes switched her to the outside approaching the final furlong. The filly produced a strong late run, gained the advantage in the final strides, and won by half a length and a short head from Lily's Angel and Say.[11] Hayes, who was winning his first Group 1 race said "She just coasted around. It's just unbelievable. She has been in great form and I am glad that the owners and trainer stuck by me", while Prendergast commented "She's very genuine and everything went right for her today. She's only run one bad race and that was last time here when the ground was heavy."[12]

On her final racecourse appearance, La Collina ran for the second time in the Sun Chariot Stakes and finished fifth behind Sky Lantern.

Breeding record

After her retirement from racing La Collina became a broodmare at her owner's Kenilworth House Stud in County Tipperary.

Her first foal, a bay filly sired by Dubawi, was born in January 2015 and fetched 625,000 guineas as a yearling. Named Piccola Collina, she finished seventh on her debut in July 2017.[13] La Collina's second foal was a chestnut filly by Shamardal. She produced a bay colt by Oasis Dream in 2017 and was then covered by Dark Angel.[14]

Pedigree

Pedigree of La Collina (IRE), chestnut mare, 2009[1]
Sire
Strategic Prince (GB)
2004 		Dansili (GB)
1996 		Danehill Danzig
Razyana
Hasili Kahyasi
Kerali
Ausherra (USA)
1988 		Diesis Sharpen Up
Doubly Sure
Princess of Man Green God
White Legs
Dam
Starfish (IRE)
2003 		Galileo (IRE)
1998 		Sadler's Wells Northern Dancer
Fairy Bridge
Urban Sea Miswaki
Allegretta
Silver Skates (IRE)
1998 		Slip Anchor Shirley Heights
Sayonara
Klarifi Habitat
Sorbus (Family: 19)[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "La Collina pedigree". Equineline.
  2. ^ "Doncaster Premier Yearlings 2010 – Catalogue". Racing Post.
  3. ^ "Strategic Prince – Progeny". Racing Post.
  4. ^ a b "Davill's Old Woodcock Mare – Family 19". Thoroughbred Bloodlines. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
  5. ^ "Irish Stallion Farm EBF 2yo Fillies Median Auction Maiden result". Racing Post. 11 June 2011.
  6. ^ "Phoenix Stakes result". Racing Post. 7 August 2011.
  7. ^ "Collina has the power to land Phoenix". RTÉ. 7 August 2011.
  8. ^ Paul Eacott (7 August 2011). "CURRAGH La Collina gets up late for Phoenix surprise". Racing Post. Archived from the original on 21 October 2017.
  9. ^ "Sun Chariot Stakes result". Racing Post. 29 September 2012.
  10. ^ "Meld Stakes result". Racing Post. 25 July 2013.
  11. ^ "Matron Stakes result". Racing Post. 7 September 2013.
  12. ^ Myra Lewyn (7 September 2013). "La Collina Halts Winless Skid in Matron Upset". The Blood-Horse.
  13. ^ "Piccola Collina – Race Record & Form". Racing Post.
  14. ^ "Kenilworth House Stud – stock list". Kenilworth House Stud.
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