The punters were interested only in Porta Fortuna before the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket on Friday, at all rates from an early 6-4 down to 10-11, and they were rewarded with a no-nonsense victory of the kind that every backer wants to see when serious money is involved. Donnacha O’Brien’s filly missed out – narrowly – on a Classic victory in the early part of the season, but she now has three Group One wins to her name and has yet to finish out of the frame in 10 trips to the track.
Porta Fortuna is the antithesis of the needy, highly strung thoroughbred who needs everything to be just so. She was fast from the stalls and quick to settle too, and then surged into a decisive lead inside the final quarter when Ryan Moore asked her to lengthen.
