Fortuna Newsletter 26th April 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!!!