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Found A Fifty lands back-to-back Fortria Chase wins

Found A Fifty and Jack KennedyFound A Fifty and Jack Kennedy
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Found A Fifty followed up his win in last years renewal when staying on strongly under Jack Kennedy to take the Grade 2 Bar One Racing Fortria Chase at Navan.

The Gordon Elliott trained gelding was sent off 5/2 in the betting, behind market leader Dinoblue

A bad mistake at the fourth fence saw the latter drop to rear of the quintet but jockey Mark Walsh did wonders on the mare, getting her back into contention early in the straight.

Travelling strongly approaching two out, another error from Dinoblue at that fence handed the initiative back to the Bective Stud owned Found A Fifty who powered clear under Jack Kennedy to score by five lengths.

Trainer Gordon Elliott, who was completing a treble on the afternoon, said: "Two miles on that ground is right up his alley, and probably two and a-half miles on better ground.

"Good performance and Noel (Moran) is hitting the crossbar all weekend, so it is great to get a winner for him.

"Jumped brilliant - everything bar the second-last, he was very good."

When asked if he will shelve three miles, he replied: "I think we will.

"We will pick and choose his races (over two miles and two and a-half miles).

"I'm not sure where we are going to go, but we'll see."

Paddy Power cut Found A Fifty from 100/1 to 33/1 for Queen Mother Champion Chase.

Additional reporting by Michael Graham.

About John O'Riordan
John has worked for the Press Association since 2022. He also writes a weekly column for The Irish Field and is a regular contributor to the Irish Racing Yearbook. He has previously written for the Racing Post, Irish Examiner and Irish Daily Mirror. He has been involved in racing for over three decades; having experience as a syndicate member, sole owner and breeder.