Andrew Fortune salutes after winning the Gr 2 Cartier Sceptre Stakes on Gimme What I Want (Picture: Chase Liebenberg)
Andrew Fortune’s extraordinary career is well documented, and not only defined by the 1,488 winners in the record book or the 60-plus stakes trophies on his mantelpiece. Much has been said and written about the breath-taking wins, the ups and downs and controversies that have marked his 43 years as one of our racing community’s favourite sons.
Fortune’s is a mindset that refuses to accept final counts. It is shaped by discipline sometimes bordering on obsession, and by a level of self-belief that has repeatedly carried him back from places most never return.
Last Saturday at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, Fortune added another chapter to his remarkable story. At 58 years of age, riding off 54 kilograms – a weight he had not seen in three decades – he partnered two graded winners on King’s Plate Day. That success was followed by four further masterclass victories at Turffontein on Sunday and midweek at Hollywoodbets Kenilworth, reminding everyone that his name still belongs in racing’s biggest conversations.
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