Fortunedefortunata survives late scare to land Punchestown spoils
STAYING POWER: Fortunedefortunata and Jake Coen win the QuinnBet Grand National Trial at Punchestown on Thursday. Picture: Healy Racing
Fortunedefortunata spearheaded a 1-2-3 for Gordon Elliott and provided his trainer with a fourth successive win in the €100,000 QuinnBet Grand National Trial as Irish racing resumed, after the tragic death and funeral of Michael O’Sullivan, in Punchestown.
The eight-year-old, breaking his duck over fences at the fourth attempt, had mastered stablemate Will Do when blundering badly at the last before rallying on the run-in to triumph by two and a quarter lengths, the pair pulling 13 lengths clear of Favori De Champdou.
