La Collina defeat blows the whistle on Phoenix form

WHEN La Collina mugged Power in the Group 1 Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh last month, here’s one who could not believe what he had just seen.

I thought she had no chance and a returned price of 33-1 just about summed up her prospects. If memory serves correctly La Collina was available at the off at something like 80-1 on Betfair.

Very few punters accepted that result at face value and she was a 3-1 shot against Maybe in last Sunday’s Moyglare Stud Stakes at the Curragh.