Andrew Fortune with his son Aldo Domeyer after the 2013 Met
Andrew Fortune returns to action for the first time in nearly three months at Kenilworth today when he partners Around Not Across for Joey Ramsden in the third, the Futura Maiden Plate.
The 47-year-old former champion has only had six rides this season and but he has ridden two winners, both on Miss Saigon.
He has been similarly carded up since only to have to cry off because he couldn’t get light enough to take the ride. His mount has 60kg here and Fortune has told Ramsden that he will get close enough to ride.
The money has already poured on and, after opening 12-10 favourite with Betting World on Monday, the three-year-old was down to 1-2 by yesterday afternoon. He has not been seen since September when he started hot favourite at Durbanville only to over-race.
“He had two twisted testicles so he was gelded and he then had a nasty foot abscess,” says the trainer. “But we have got him fairly right.”
The obvious danger is 7-2 chance Seattle Kat who went close over this course and distance last month and, like Fortune’s mount, is having his third start.
FUTURA MAIDEN PLATE
For all Maidens
| 1 | 6 | Annigoni | 60 | 74 | A | M Byleveld | Vaughan Marshall | |
| 2 | 7 | War Declaration | 60 | 66 | BA | R Fourie | Glen Kotzen | |
| 3 | 9 | Ravishing Lad | 60 | 64 | a | S Cormack | Mike Stewart | |
| 4 | 10 | Flying Welshman | 60 | 61 | BA | *H v’d Hoven -4.0 | Vaughan Marshall | |
| 5 | 1 | Corridor Of Power | 60 | 59 | BA | A Andrews | Vaughan Marshall | |
| 6 | 2 | Around Not Across | 60 | 0 | A | A Fortune | Joey Ramsden | |
| 7 | 4 | Dreamforest | 60 | 0 | PA | *G Goomany -2.5 | Piet Steyn | |
| 8 | 8 | George The King | 60 | 0 | A | G Schlechter | Patrick Kruyer | |
| 9 | 5 | King Calli | 60 | 0 | A | C Du Plooy | Carl J Burger | |
| 10 | 3 | Seattle Kat | 60 | 0 | A | *X Carstens -2.5 | Michael Robinson | |
| Same Trainer – Not Coupled on Tote | ||||||||
| (1,4,5) | ||||||||
