Multiple Group One winner Porta Fortuna to stay in training
Porta Fortuna ridden by Ryan Moore coming home to win the Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes
Donnacha O’Brien's star filly Porta Fortuna will stay in training as a four-year-old next season.
This will open the door the daughter of Caravaggio to line up a possible Royal Ascot hat-trick, after winning the Coronation Stakes this year and the Albany Stakes as a juvenile in 2023.
The 1000 Guineas runner-up also scooped more Group One glory this year with Newmarket's Falmouth Stakes and the Matron Stakes on home soil at Leopardstown.
Porta Fortuna's winning run was ended at the start of November in the the Breeders’ Cup Mile at Del Mar, where she finished eighth of ten.
O’Brien said: “She came home and is in good form and is just having a bit of a break now.
“She didn’t get much of a run around (at the Breeders’ Cup) and around there (Del Mar) you need things to go right for you, but that’s racing. She’s had a great run, so we were bound to get a little bit of bad luck at some stage.
“The plan is to keep her in training for next year, so she’s having a good break now and we’ll slowly start her back and I would imagine her first real target will be Royal Ascot next year. I’m not sure which race we’ll go for, but we’ll work back from there.
“It’s so hard to find horses like her that are able to be consistent and competitive at Group One level, so it’s great for us that the owners have decided to keep her in training and we’re very thankful to them for letting us have her for another year.”
