Fortune relishing Van Winkle opportunity

JIMMY Fortune can hardly wait to get the leg up on Aidan O’Brien’s Rip Van Winkle in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown tomorrow.

Fortune relishing Van Winkle opportunity
Fri, 03 Jul, 2009 - 01:00
Ashley Iveson

Fortune has come in for the ride on the Galileo colt with Ballydoyle stable jockey Johnny Murtagh on the sidelines due to suspension.

The three-year-old has so far finished fourth in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and in the Derby at Epsom, both of which were won by Sea The Stars.

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