Donna Blini

Donna Blini
Sire	Bertolini
Grandsire	Danzig
Dam	Cal Norma's Lady
Damsire	Lyphard's Special
Sex	Mare
Foaled	27 March 2003
Country	United Kingdom
Colour	Chestnut
Breeder	James Thom & Sons
Owner	Jayne Cunningham
Trainer	Brian Meehan
Record	11: 4-2-0
Earnings	£175,816
Major wins
Cherry Hinton Stakes (2005) Cheveley Park Stakes (2005)

Donna Blini (foaled 27 March 2003) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse and broodmare. She was one of the best juvenile fillies of her generation in Britain in 2005 when she won three of her four races including the Cherry Hinton Stakes and the Cheveley Park Stakes. In the following year she was mainly campaigned in sprint races and won one minor race from seven starts. She was retired from racing having won four of her eleven races and exported to become a broodmare in Japan. She made an immediate impact as a dam of winners, producing the outstanding racemare Gentildonna.

Donna Blini is a chestnut mare with a white blaze and three white socks bred by James Thom & Sons. Her sire Bertolini was a sprinter who won the July Stakes and the European Free Handicap as well as finishing second in the Middle Park Stakes, Dubai Golden Shaheen, Haydock Sprint Cup and Nunthorpe Stakes. As a breeding stallion, his other progeny included Moorhouse Lad (King George Stakes) and Prime Defender (Duke of York Stakes). Donna Blini's dam, Cal Norma's Lady showed some ability as a racehorse, winning three races as a two-year-old in 1990. She was descended from Fair Astronomer who finished second in the 1000 Guineas and was the ancestor of Malhub (Golden Jubilee Stakes) and Deputy Commander.

As a yearling, the filly was consigned to the Doncaster sales in September 2004 and was bought for 20,000 guineas by the bloodstock agents McKeever St Lawrence. She entered the ownership of Jayne Cunningham and was sent into training with Brian Meehan at the Newlands Stable in Upper Lambourn in Berkshire.

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