Multiple Group 1 winner Porta Fortuna will miss a start at Royal Ascot later this month after picking up a “small injury”, according to trainer Donnacha O'Brien who announced the news on Instagram. Connections had been mulling a start in either the G2 Duke Of Cambridge Stakes or the G1 Queen Anne Stakes at Ascot.
A runner for Barry Fowler, Medallion Racing, Steve Weston and Reeves Thoroughbreds, the 4-year-old will be away from the races until later this year.
“Unfortunately Porta Fortuna has picked up a small injury and will miss Ascot,” O'Brien posted on Friday. “We look forward to getting her back on track later this year.”
The daughter of Caravaggio was a Group 1 winner at two and three, with the Cheveley Park Stakes, Coronation Stakes, Falmouth Stakes and Matron Stakes going her way. Her latest trip to the post was a victory in the G2 Lanwades Stud Stakes at The Curragh on May 25, her 4-year-old bow.
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