Cloonlara (horse)

Cloonlara
Sire	Sir Ivor
Grandsire	Sir Gaylord
Dam	Fish Bar
Damsire	Baldric
Sex	Mare
Foaled	28 April 1974
Country	United States
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Lyonstown Stud
Owner	John Mulcahy
Trainer	Vincent O'Brien
Record	6:3-0-0
Major wins
Hurry On Stakes (1976) Probationers Stakes (1976) Phoenix Stakes (1976)
Awards
Top-rated Irish two-year-old (1976) Timeform best two-year-old filly (1976) Timeform rating 130 (1976), 117 (1977)

Cloonlara (28 April 1974 – August 1981) was an American-bred, Irish-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. Although she never contested a Group One race as a two-year-old, Cloonlara was regarded as the best juvenile filly to race in Europe in 1976. She won all three of her races that year by wide margins, culminating in a six length win over colts in the National Stakes. She missed the rest of the season through injury and failed to reproduce her best form in 1977, when she became increasingly temperamental. Cloonlara made a highly-promising start to her breeding career before dying at the age of seven in 1981.

Cloonlara was a bay filly bred in Kentucky by the Irish-based Lyonstown Stud. She was sired by Sir Ivor, an American-bred colt whose wins included the Epsom Derby and Washington, D.C. International in 1968. At stud he was best known as an exceptional sire of broodmares but also sired many good winners over a wide variety of distances and surfaces with his progeny including Ivanjica, Bates Motel, Sir Tristram and French Holly. Cloonlara's dam Fish Bar produced several other winners including the leading miler Kings Lake. Fish Bar was a granddaughter of the 1000 Guineas and St Leger Stakes winner Herringbone, whose other descendants included Moon Madness, Celtic Swing and Michelozzo. Racing in the colours of John Mulcahy, Cloonlara was sent to race in Ireland where she was trained by Vincent O'Brien at Ballydoyle. She was named after a village in County Clare.

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