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Fortunes back in the money

World Of Fortunes and Tiernan Power Roche (left) come to challenge Its Not Over Yet World Of Fortunes and Tiernan Power Roche (left) come to challenge Its Not Over Yet
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World Of Fortunes got a lovely run through on the inner turning for home to land the mares handicap hurdle under top-weight at Ballinrobe.

The Liam Kenny-trained mare had disappointed when jumping poorly on her chase debut at Tramore last month but bounced back in fine style.

Tiernan Power Roche produced the 6/1 shot to lead on the bend and she kept on well in the closing stages to record a half-length win over Its Not Over Yet

Power Roche: "She's usually Jordan Gainford's ride but the lads just wanted to take a few pounds off her back.

“He told me all about her jumping, it's not that she's bad but she can be a bit slow into the boards or get a bit high behind.

“I probably wasn't helping her today because I didn't know her very well, but she obviously has that bit of raw ability to carry that weight on that summer soft ground.

"I was delighted to ride a winner for James (Kenny, son of trainer Liam) because we go back a long way in point-to-points.

“James told me to keep wide for a bit of light and I was thinking of every excuse on the way around as to why I didn't follow his orders, but her ability got her through."

(Quotes by Mark Nunan)

About Gary Carson
Gary started out as a trainee/assistant journalist with the Sporting Life newspaper and has worked in the racing industry for over 25 years. He has been with the Press Association since 2013 and won the Irish Field Nap Table in 2016. He enjoys working with horses and trained his own horse, Mamaslittlestar, to win a point-to-point in 2019.