Porta Fortuna Outclasses Older Rivals in Falmouth Rating

Porta Fortuna  adopted up her Coronation Stakes (G1) win with a straightforward success within the July 12 Falmouth Stakes (G1) at Newmarket.

The Donnacha O’Brien-trained 3-year-old was at all times distinguished below Ryan Moore and stamped her class on her six rivals with a slick efficiency, beating the strong-traveling Jabaara  by 3 3/4 lengths because the 10-11 favourite.

It was one other notable success for the filly, who already had the 2023 Albany Stakes (G3) and Cheveley Park Stakes (G1) on her résumé, whereas she was additionally narrowly crushed within the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G1T) final 12 months and One Thousand Guineas (G1) on her reappearance on the Rowley Mile. The Falmouth victory was Porta Fortuna’s first triumph outdoors of her personal division, having taken on older fillies and mares in Friday’s contest.

Working Lion , who received the Duke of Cambridge Stakes (G2) at Royal Ascot, made many of the operating as Rogue Millennium  raced remoted from the remainder of the sphere, however folded tamely as soon as requested to quicken by Oisin Murphy.

“She’s a extremely good filly,” Moore informed ITV Racing. “She’s very simple and really skilled, and he or she’s been on the go since she was a 2-year-old. She’s received at Royal Ascot twice. She’s a credit score to Donnacha and his staff.

“It did not go her approach in the present day. I believed we would get a lead off Working Lion and he or she stopped a good distance out so we have been left in entrance, however she has a brilliant angle and he or she’s clearly an excellent filly. I used to be by no means anxious, nevertheless it simply wasn’t splendid.

“She’s dealt with rather a lot already and he or she’s by no means run a foul race, she’s a winner over six furlongs and a mile and he or she ran nicely on the Breeders’ Cup, so she’s clearly an easy filly who handles most issues.”

It was a career-best effort from Jabaara in second, whereas Rogue Millennium and A Lilac Rolla  dead-heated for third a head behind. Working Lion was eased by Murphy to be crushed greater than 40 lengths.

Porta Fortuna’s newest strike gave O’Brien his seventh group 1 success and the daughter of Caravaggio , himself a twin Royal Ascot winner, might bid to make it three consecutive top-level wins within the Matron Stakes (G1) at Leopardstown Sept. 14.

Bought privately by Medallion Racing, a United States-based partnership group sponsored by Taylor Made Farm, Porta Fortuna has now bankrolled greater than $1.3 million for her connections. Apart from Medallion, the possession group for the filly consists of S. Weston, B. Fowler, and Reeves T’Bs.