Ortensia , bred and based in Australia, rallied from last and gobbled up the field from the outside to score the $1 million Al Quoz Sprint Sponsored by Emirates NBD (UAE-I) by 1 1/4 lengths March 31 ...

PAUL Messara will instruct Craig Williams to keep Ortensia within reach of the leaders from the start of the King's Stand Stakes. Williams rode Ortensia in her usual last-to-first burst to win the ...

An Upper Hunter horse trainer says a poor performance by race horse Ortensia at Royal Ascot is no indication of how Black Caviar will run on the weekend. There had been high hopes for Paul Messara ...

Trainer Tony Noonan's bid for a Group One double in the Stradbroke Handicap and Queensland Derby is back on track after tests cleared Ortensia and Kutchinsky to start at Eagle Farm on Saturday. The ...

Australian sprint star Ortensia notched the third group I victory of her career as she ran down Spirit Quartz in the shadow of the wire to win the Coolmore Nunthorpe Stakes (Eng-I) at York Racecourse ...

Managing owner Alistair Fraser had left Ortensia's racing future in the hands of trainer Paul Messara after she scored a last-start win in the Group I Winterbottom Stakes (1200m) at Ascot in Perth.