La Mehana (FR)
Bay Mare / April 23rd, 2019 in FR / by Al Wukair (IRE) out of Oceanie (FR)
$278,800
2025 earnings
106
speed figure
25%
2025 wins
racing Record
2025 Stats
Career Stats
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2
Firsts
9
0
Seconds
1
3
Thirds
6
3
Unplaced
10
8
Starts
26
$278,800
Earnings
$678,922
$34,850
Earnings / Start
$26,112
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Bio
La Mehana began her racing career in her native France, winning her first two starts in summer 2022 including a listed stakes at Deauville. She subsequently made seven more starts in her home country, competing mainly in stakes events for trainer Jean-Claude Rouget, and picked up two more wins at the listed level through the end of 2023, both held at 1 ½ miles.
La Mehana began her racing career in her native France, winning her first two starts in summer 2022 including a listed stakes at Deauville. She subsequently made seven more starts in her home country, competing mainly in stakes events for trainer Jean-Claude Rouget, and picked up two more wins at the listed level through the end of 2023, both held at 1 ½ miles.
That December, U.S. trainer Christophe Clement purchased La Mehana at the Arqana December Breeding Stock Sale in France for owner LSU Stables and transferred her to his New York stable. The now 5-year-old mare made her first U.S. start in the Grade 3 Orchid Stakes March 30, 2024, and finished a good third behind McKulick and Surprisingly. In her next start, she ran even better, checking in third by a head in the Grade 3 Sheepshead Bay Stakes May 3 at Belmont at the Big A.
La Mehana stumbled at the break in her third U.S. start and ended up fifth behind top-class War Like Goddess in the Grade 3 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes July 7 at Delaware Park. After nearly three months off, she returned in the Oct. 4, Grade 3 Waya Stakes at Belmont at the Big A, and broke through with her first graded stakes victory. La Mehana trailed her five opponents through the third turn in that 1 3/8-mile race before unleashing an impressive rally along the inside to prevail by a neck with Kendrick Carmouche in the irons.
After that breakthrough win, La Mehana continued to race in fine form through the rest of 2024 and into 2025, winning twice (including a listed stakes) and finishing third three times in her next seven starts. And on July 27, 2025, the now 6-year-old mare picked up her second graded stakes victory in the Grade 2 Glens Falls Stakes at Saratoga. She patiently settled in touch with pacesetter Long Ago in the 1 ½-mile race held on Saratoga’s inner turf course and took over at will at the top of the homestretch under Flavien Prat en route to an impressive 8 ¾-length win.
La Mehana is by the Irish-bred sire Al Wukair, a Group 1 stakes winner, and she is out of the winning Dansili mare Oceanie. She is a half-sister to Ocean Fantasy, a Group 3 stakes winner in Germany, and is from the family of Group 1 winner Grape Tree Road and Group 2 winner Watar.
