Ortensia (horse)

The mare died while in foal to Redoutes Choice on the weekend of 4/5 June 2016, having to be euthanized due to a tumour that developed on one of her lungs, severely reducing her ability to breathe.

[4] Testa Rossa is currently based at the Vinery Stud in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales.

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).

She came from a seemingly impossible position in the latter race two furlongs from the finish to win by a neck from Spirit Quartz.