Campanille Goes to La Fiera

ALBANY, Calif. (Apr. 26, 2015) – La Fiera rallied through the stretch to win Sunday’s $100,210 Campanille Stakes for Golden State Series eligible 3-year-old fillies at Golden Gate.

La Fiera is by Comic Strip, out of the Roar mare Ms. Booty, was bred by owners Dr. & Mrs. William Gray and is trained by Greg James.

She has three wins in five starts, earnings of $82,607 and was coming off a third in an Apr. 4 optional claimer.

La Fiera ran the mile on turf in 1:38.92 and won by two lengths at odds of 5-1 in the field of eight, with Ashley’s Sassy second and Niassa third.

“The trainer told me to try to stay close because last time she was too far back,” said jockey Juan Hernandez.  “She broke really good and then she got behind horses and I was just trying to save ground.  Around the (far) turn I got her out and she started picking it up.  When I started asking her in the stretch she responded very well and got the win.”
Swiss Skimmer, who set the pace in the Campanile to the far turn, tired in the stretch and bowled through the temporary inside rail less than a furlong from the finish.  Jockey Abel Cedillo eventually was dislodged from Swiss Skimmer and sustained bruising to the left side of his forehead. edillo was taken to Alta Bates Hospital in Berkeley for a precautionary CT-scan.

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