Tuesday 28 April –

Course proper (Heavy):

Seline (Miller) and Sir Darci (Roff) worked over 1000m in 1:10.8, last 600m in 40.8. Seline (Pentire) holds a nomination for the Maiden 1600 metres on Friday at Otaki, and Sir Darci (Darci Brahma) is looking to resume in the Rating 85 1200 metres on Saturday at Te Rapa.

Thursday 30 April Sand track, three-quarter pace:

Highly Likely (Roff) worked over 1600m, ahead of contesting the Rating 75 2100 metres at Matamata 6^th May.

Saturday 2 May -Course proper (Heavy):

Highly Likely (Roff) and No Tricks (Hercock) each worked well over 1600m. They ran the last 1200m in 1:23 and last 600 in 39.

Fortuna Singapore weekend trackwork – Saturday 2 May (Overcast) – Kranji –

Polytracks – Good

Track 2 –

Eatons Gold (Shafiq) – Canter, 1000m/600m 36.8;

Ready Fortune (Matthias) with King Savinsky (Nunes) – Canter, 1000m/600m 37.4;

Track 6 –

Our River Dancer (Matthias) – 800m/600m 37.5.

Singapore Friday 1st May

READY FORTUNE is down to race in a Class 5 1600 metre event, but is on the ballot and is unlikely to get a start. Probably a blessing in disguise given his wide draw on the “D” track with the rail right out. He will now be set to race the following Friday 8th May in a Class 5 1700 metre event, a distance which will suit him perfectly.

Te Rapa Saturday 2nd May

SIR DARCI resumes after a long lay off in Race 3 in the Rating 85 1200 metre event. Probably a tad short for him, but he trialed well recently and seems to be over the physical issues that have troubled him this season. A four win horse with a great turn of foot, he should be rattling home at the end on a surface that will suit. Matt Cameron to ride.

SELINE contests Race 9, the Maiden 1600; this mare has been there or thereabouts in most of her races this season without quite getting the win. At a very suitable distance on a surface that will suit, she is capable of featuring in this. Brazilian rider Rafael Schistl takes the mount.

Singapore Sunday 3rd May

3yo Filly SECRET SPICE contests a Class 4 event over 1600 metres. A winner at the 1200 metre trip two starts back, she could well be a surprise packet in this race as she is racing in great form, has a nice draw, a featherweight to carry (49kgs) and the distance will suit her perfectly. Apprentice M M Firdaus takes the ride.

Secret Spice winning in Singapore March 2015

FORTUNA NEWSLETTER
26th April 2015

• EATONS GOLD makes Stunning return to race track.
• Climb aboard the HIGH CHAPARRAL bandwagon with the Yearling filly out of DANCING FOREVER Singapore news
• FORTUNA Website enhancements.
• FORTUNA New Zealand Horse news

EATONS GOLD returns to winners circle in stylish fashion – Singapore

Thirteen months after he last raced, 5yo Gelding, EATONS GOLD (Jet Spur-Road Ranger) returned to racing in dramatic style, clearing out from his rivals to win by two lengths at the line in a Class 4 event over 1100 metres at Kanji racecourse in Singapore.

No stranger to the winners circle, having previously won four times in Singapore, EATONS GOLD had an enforced layoff after undergoing knee surgery in April 2014, followed by a long recuperative spell in Malaysia. He had returned to Singapore in great physical condition and had been very forward in his work in the weeks leading up to his return to racing. Ridden by Te Akau Racing’s very experienced senior apprentice Shafiq Rusof, EATON raced just off the speed, was on the bit most of the race and only needed the reins shaken at him and a couple of waves of the whip for him to assert his dominance in the run home. Click HERE to see the race replay

Fortuna Director, John Galvin, was quick to acknowledge the training effort by Premiership leading trainer, Mark Walker, in having EATONS GOLD ready to win fresh up from his long break. ”Mark had EATONS surgery, post surgery treatment, rehabilitation at the National Stud in Malaysia plus a solid pre training programme in Sheree Hamilton’s care at Penang all mapped out well in advance. Patience was the key and we have all been rewarded for that patience tonight.” he said.

Raced by the Fortuna Eatons Gold Syndicate, an ownership group of 29 people, EATONS GOLD has now won over S$260k in prize money during his time in Singapore.

HIGH CHAPARRAL progeny carrying all before them – Great opportunity to get involved in a classy HIGH CHAPARRAL Filly

The late HIGH CHAPARRAL needs little introduction as a Sire. A mighty race horse on the track, his first crops left horses of the calibre of SO YOU THINK, ITS A DUNDEEL, MONACO CONSUL etc. In recent weeks, his progeny have continued to win elite races both sides of the Tasman, with CONTRIBUTOR, FENWAY and HI WORLD all scoring in Group events in Australia and PONDEROSA MISS taking out the Group One Easter Handicap here in New Zealand. Undoubtedly, HIGH CHAPARRAL’s premature passing in 2014 has been a huge loss to the breeding industry.

Here is your chance to get involved in a physically outstanding filly that we acquired at the Karaka 2015 sale. Out of the four time winning mare DANCING FOREVER (by Keeper), she has a lovely pedigree and all of the physical attributes to be a fine racehorse. The mare has had one of her progeny to the races so far, the 3yo filly ANA (by Tavistock) who has won already, been spelled and is a recent trial winner about to resume racing. The broodmare market for nicely pedigreed, well performed Fillies and Mares is red hot and with this girl’s pedigree, any black type performance we could achieve with her on the track would provide her with great residual value at retirement. The picture below demonstrates what a fine looking athlete she is.

$14,000 for a 10% share, $7,000 for a 5% share and $3,500 for a 2.5% share. The Initial expenses include cost of horse, GST, promoters fees, Insurance coverage for the first twelve months, Karaka Million Entry fee, Pearl Series Fee and working capital of over $16,000. Ongoing monthly expenses commence 1st April 2015 at $320 per 10% share, $160 per 5% share and $80 per 2.5% share.

This Filly has yet to be advertised in the public arena (apart form being on Fortuna website, she has not featured in any of our print media advertising), so here is your opportunity to get involved before we do commence such advertising. Contact John 021 921 460 or email john@fortuna-nz.com if you would like to get involved or want to receive the information pack. We will also do shares for smaller than 2.5% so do not be shy to ask – we love having small shareholders in our syndicates.

SINGAPORE NEWS

The big news out of Singapore is Mark Walker’s continuing dominance of the Trainer’s Premiership. Hardly a weekend goes by that Walker trained runners are not returning to the Winners Circle and as we write this newsletter, Mark has 35 wins for the season (since 1st Jan 2015) and is 12 wins clear of his latest rival. Fortuna has had four individual winners in Singapore in that period with READY FORTUNE, SECRET SPICE, VON SNITZEL and EATONS GOLD all saluting and DOUBLE JEOPARDY and KING SAVINSKY running well without yet getting the win. Shortly, the Fortuna runners DURAN and LADY IFFRAAJ will travel to race in Singapore while the unnamed 2yo Geldings “Bart” (Postponed-Promissory) and “Jack” (Sakees Secret-Spin N Grin) will not be far behind.

Racing in Singapore has been a revelation to us these past four years with the fabulous prize money on offer, as has been emphasised with EATONS GOLD winning over $260k up there from just five wins. Members of the OUR RIVER DANCER Syndicate will be hoping that their charge can emulate EATON, as like him, OUR RIVER DANCER has had a long rehab after knee surgery and is due to trial shortly and get back to racing.

FORTUNA website enhancements.

Regular trackwork information about the Fortuna horses are now being published on the website, so please visit on a regular basis to get updates about upcoming Fortuna horse racing, trackwork updates and other news of interest. Save the website to your favourites ( Click HERE to view) for easy access.

FORTUNA Hew Zealand based horse news

SELINE (Otaki 1st May), SIR DARCI (Te Rapa 2nd May) and HIGHLY LIKELY (Matamata 6th May) all have race dates coming up. OUR DRAHMA QUEEN and BUTCH CASSIDY head to the Te Teko trials 30th April while PRINCE HENRY and ITS OUR SHOWTIME will both trial soon. The classy WINDBORNE return to work shortly while DARCI’S DREAM and EBONY EYES are still enjoying paddock spells. The very promising GRAN VIA suffered a setback when racing at Ellerslie and has a long rehab period in front of him. Of the Karaka 2015 yearlings, “Hazel” (Pour Moi filly) is now being broken in as is “Moses” (Alamosa Colt), while “Eric” (Darci Brahma Gelding) who is Singapore bound, has completed his breaking in and is now deep into his first stable prep at Matamata.

SUMMARY

In closing, there are still a few shares left in the Pour Moi filly and the Alamosa Colt as well as the High Chaparral filly as mentioned above. Good luck to all Members who have horses racing in the next little while and a special welcome to those of you who have recently become part of the Fortuna family. Feel free to share this newsletter with family, friends, work colleagues etc if you feel so inclined. We welcome your comment or feedback on any of the items cover here or any other matters of interest to you.

In closing, some Galvin family news which many of you will know already – John and Jessica have not let the grass grow under their feet since getting married in 2009 – with two young children already, James (almost five) and Jasmine (aged three), Jessica is due to give birth to number three in early June. The bag is packed and excitement starting to build!!!

Fortuna Director – John Galvin
Contact John Galvin directly by email john@fortuna-nz.com or cell phone 021 921 460

Fortuna horses in bold:

Course proper (Slow):

Sir Darci (Roff) and Show No Emotion (Lammas) worked together over 1200m in 1:24.6, last 600m in 42, with the markers out 25 metres.

Opulent (Davidson) and Seline (Lammas) worked over 1200m in 1:23.5, last 600m in 39.3.

Sand track:

Bordeaux (Davidson) 1200m, King’s Rock (Roff) 1200m, Sequitur (Schistl) 1200m, Highly Likely (Roff) 1600m, Latin Rose (Miller) 800m, Osmunda (Roff) 1600m, Bon Marche (Roff) 600m, Astrid (Lammas) 800

Two Year Old Grass Track:

Butch Cassidy (Davidson) and Fastnet Fire (Lammas) went 800m in 54.6, last 600m in 39.5.

Thirteen months after he last raced, 5yo Gelding, EATONS GOLD (Jet Spur-Road Ranger) returned to racing in dramatic style, clearing out from his rivals to win by two lengths at the line in a Class 4 event over 1100 metres at Kanji racecourse in Singapore.

No stranger to the winners circle, having previously won four times in Singapore, EATONS GOLD had an enforced layoff after undergoing knee surgery in April 2014, followed by a long recuperative spell in Malaysia. He had returned to Singapore in great physical condition and had been very forward in his work in the weeks leading up to his return to racing. Ridden by Te Akau Racing’s very experienced senior apprentice Shafiq Rusof, EATON raced just off the speed, was on the bit most of the race and only needed the reins shaken at him and a couple of waves of the whip for him to assert his dominance in the run home. Click HERE to see the race replay

Fortuna Director, John Galvin, was quick to acknowledge the training effort by Premiership leading trainer, Mark Walker in having EATONS GOLD ready to win fresh up from his long break. ” Mark had EATONS surgery, post surgery treatment, rehabilitation at the National Stud in Malaysia plus a solid pre training programme in Sheree Hamilton’s care at Penang all mapped out well in advance. Patience was the key and we have all been rewarded for that patience tonight.” he said.

Raced by the Fortuna Eatons Gold Syndicate, an ownership group of 29 people, EATONS GOLD has now won over S$260k in prize money during his time in Singapore.

He doesn’t win out of turn, but when he does, VON SNITZEL, the 6yo Gelding by Snitzel out of Lumir, gives a sight. Ridden by Stable Apprentice, Shafiq Rusof, who is riding in white hot form. VON SNITZEL was settled back worse than mid field in the 1100 metre Class 5 event, was taken to the outside as they turned and then mounted a sustained run to get up on the line, winning by a neck margin. Trained by Premiership leading trainer, Mark Walker and raced by the Fortuna Von Snitzel Syndicate, an ownership group of 24 individuals, VON SNITZEL has won three times in Singapore and had fifteen minor placings from 36 starts with total prize money won of $120,000. Click HERE to watch race replay.

3yo Filly SECRET SPICE (Sahkees Secret-Caparison), resuming after last racing at the end of October, put in an excellent last to first effort in an Initiation event over 1200 metres in Singapore Friday 13th March. Beautifully ridden by Former Champion Apprentice, Rizuan Shafiq, who has only just returned to racing after a lengthy suspension, SECRET SPICE settled well back in the running, however Shafiq gradually eased her up along the rail from about the six hundred metrs mark, the gaps kept opening and she prevailed by a head on the line . Click HERE to see the race replay

” She has always shown promise,” said Fortuna Director, John Galvin,” but was still a bit immature, so (trainer) Mark Walker elected to give her a nice long break through November/December and she has come back a bigger, stronger horse. 1200 metres is well short of her best and we look forward to her getting up to 1600 metres and beyond.”

Out of the Group winning mare, Caparison, SECRET SPICE was acquired by David Ellis on behalf of Fortuna at the 2013 Karaka Yearling Sale. She is raced by the Fortuna Secret Spice Syndicate, an ownership group of twenty seven individuals.

“I love buying this type of horse,” says Fortuna Director, John Galvin. “HIGH CHAPARRAL was a simply outstanding race horse and also an outstanding Stallion at Stud. He has left his stamp on this Filly, who has all of the physical and pedigree attributes to be a genuine staying type. Out of a winning Keeper mare, she carries some of the best Stallion blood of the last fifty years; she has plenty of size and scope to develop into an Oaks/Derby type Filly as a 3yo and as an older horse, the staying trips will be her friend.”

Three days after buying this Filly, the family received a boost with her half sister, the 3yo Filly ANA (by Tavistock) breaking Maidens at New Plymouth at just her 3rd race day start,

This Filly will be trained by Jason Bridgman at Matamata. While appearing to be a genuine staying type, the objective will be to commence her racing career in the late Autumn of 2016 to set her up for a tilt at the Classic 3yo Fillies races as a 3yo in the 2017/17 racing season.

Shares can be acquired in this Staying Type Filly for $14,000 per 10% share, $7,000 per 5% share and $3,500 per 2.5% share with ongoing costs of $320 per month per 10% share, $160 per month per 5% share and $80 per month per 2.5% share. Monthly payments start 1st April 2015. Initial costs include cost of horse, GST, all Fees, insurance until 31st Jan 2016 and over $16,000 of working capital.

Lot 94, the DARCI BRAHMA-OBSESSION ( by Bachelor Duke) Colt was acquired by Fortuna on the first day of the Premier Sale. This Colt had been picked out by David Ellis and Mark Walker as a sprinter/miler type who would be ideal for racing in Singapore, a jurisdiction in which Darci Brahma has been dominant Sire in the past couple of years.

Mark Walker comments as follows ” The Darci Brahma’s tend to be very lad back types and they adjust well to Singapore conditions – this Colt was an early foal (August 19th) and is extremely well developed. He has a great pedigree from a family with lots of black type and will make a lovely type for Singapore racing”.

This Colt will have a full preparation in New Zealand including two or three trials before traveling to Singapore some time in 2016.

A 10% share can be acquired in this lovely horse for $12,000, a 5% share for $6,000 and a 2.5% share for $3,000. These initial costs include the cost of the horse, Sales and Promoters Fees, Insurance Premium through to 31st January 2016, all costs of shipping the horse to Singapore and $15,000 of working capital. Ongoing costs which commence 1st April 2015 are $320 per 10% share, $160 per month per 5% share and $80 per month per 2.5% share.

Applications can only be made after Investors have perused and signed the NZ Thoroughbred Racing approved Disclosure Statement. This can be obtained from Fortuna Director, John Galvin by emailing HERE or calling John (+64) 21 921 460.

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Short listed some time ago by the Fortuna selection team as a real “Oaks/Derby” type filly, she ticks a lot of boxes. By first season Stallion, POUR MOI, himself a powerful winner of the English Derby, she is a half sister to the high class racehorse, LION TAMER, who not only won the VRC Derby at Flemington, but was also rated the top Australasian 3yo of his year.

Fortuna Thoroughbred Selector, David Ellis, commented as follows about this filly. ” I have had this filly in my sights for a while. She has a lovely pedigree with strong staying influences on both sides of the family  and physically, she looks like she will develop into a strong staying type; a real Oaks/Derby Filly.”

Shares can be acquired in this Staying Type Filly for $9,000 per 10% share, $4,500 per 5% share and $2,250 per 2.5% share with ongoing costs of $320 per month per 10% share, $160 per month per 5% share and $80 per month per 2.5% share. Monthly payments start 1st April 2015. Initial costs include cost of horse, GST, all Fees, insurance until 31st Jan 2016 and over $13,000 of working capital.

Applications can only be made after Investors have perused and signed the NZ Thoroughbred Racing approved Disclosure Statement. This can be obtained from Fortuna Director, John Galvin by emailing john@fortuna-nz.com or calling John (+64) 21 921 460.

Fortuna Ltd is an Authorised Syndicator in accordance with the Code of Practice established under The (New Zealand) Securities Act (Bloodstock) Exemption Notice 2002