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Powys County Times
4 days ago
- Sport
- Powys County Times
One Look is all it takes for Twomey filly to star at the Curragh
One Look relished a step up in trip when bouncing back to her best in the Curragh's Al Shira'aa Racing Meadow Court Stakes. The four-year-old burst onto the scene here at the Curragh in a valuable event as a two-year-old and has been one of Paddy Twomey's top performers ever since. She began this season in great form, winning the Park Express Stakes at this track before returning to give Porta Fortuna a fright in the Lanwades Stud Stakes, but was disappointing when last seen in the Duke of Cambridge Stakes at Royal Ascot. She's a star ⭐️ ONE LOOK returns to the @curraghrace winners' enclosure 🥇 — Racing TV (@RacingTV) July 20, 2025 Sent off at 100-30 for her first try at 10 furlongs, she relished the return to her beloved Curragh and served a reminder of her class in the hands of Wayne Lordan to deliver a decisive length success over Dermot Weld's Azada. Twomey said: 'It was great to come here and win again at the Curragh. She seems to like the Curragh and is a lovely filly. 'Ascot didn't work out for her, probably on ground quicker than she'd like and a trip as short as she'd want to go. 'She ran over nine and a half furlongs at Gowran last year and we felt on pedigree that stepping up in trip would suit her. She was brave today, she didn't have the easiest passage through but won nicely. 'She's won a Group Three with a penalty, so we're going to have to look at better races. 'She's in the Nassau, she could run here in the Blandford Stakes on Champions Weekend and races on Arc weekend. We'll have a think and pick our spots, but she's a four-year-old now and will probably run more than she has in the past.' Sir Mark Prescott's Tasmania, the 5-2 favourite, had to settle for a running-on third.
North Wales Chronicle
26-05-2025
- Sport
- North Wales Chronicle
Porta Fortuna makes stylish return to action
Donnacha O'Brien's filly has a superb CV and is a four-time Group winner who has been out of the top three only once in her career when unplaced in the Breeders' Cup Mile last November. Under Ryan Moore the 5-4 favourite took to the track for the first time this season and showed all of her class was still intact with a resolute Group Two success from Paddy Twomey's One Look. 'It was a lovely starting point for her. She did things right, relaxed nicely and quickened up well,' said O'Brien. 'Ryan said she got a little bit idle in front. That's beautiful and should set her up nicely for Ascot now. 'The Queen Anne seems likely, we have the option of that or the Duke of Cambridge, but I think she won so nicely and she's training good and she's happy and healthy. I think we have to look at the Queen Anne.' When asked if the Breeders Cup would be the late-season target again, he added: 'We'll see what happens. It was a target last year and the year before so it seems like an obvious possibility at the end of the year. 'We'll get through the rest of the year and see how she is and hatch a plan then.' Porta Fortuna was cut to 6-1 from 8-1 for the Queen Anne with both Betfair and Coral.
Rhyl Journal
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Rhyl Journal
Porta Fortuna makes stylish return to action
Donnacha O'Brien's filly has a superb CV and is a four-time Group winner who has been out of the top three only once in her career when unplaced in the Breeders' Cup Mile last November. Under Ryan Moore the 5-4 favourite took to the track for the first time this season and showed all of her class was still intact with a resolute Group Two success from Paddy Twomey's One Look. 'It was a lovely starting point for her. She did things right, relaxed nicely and quickened up well,' said O'Brien. 'Ryan said she got a little bit idle in front. That's beautiful and should set her up nicely for Ascot now. 'The Queen Anne seems likely, we have the option of that or the Duke of Cambridge, but I think she won so nicely and she's training good and she's happy and healthy. I think we have to look at the Queen Anne.' When asked if the Breeders Cup would be the late-season target again, he added: 'We'll see what happens. It was a target last year and the year before so it seems like an obvious possibility at the end of the year. 'We'll get through the rest of the year and see how she is and hatch a plan then.' Porta Fortuna was cut to 6-1 from 8-1 for the Queen Anne with both Betfair and Coral.
Leader Live
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Leader Live
Porta Fortuna makes stylish return to action
Donnacha O'Brien's filly has a superb CV and is a four-time Group winner who has been out of the top three only once in her career when unplaced in the Breeders' Cup Mile last November. Under Ryan Moore the 5-4 favourite took to the track for the first time this season and showed all of her class was still intact with a resolute Group Two success from Paddy Twomey's One Look. 'It was a lovely starting point for her. She did things right, relaxed nicely and quickened up well,' said O'Brien. 'Ryan said she got a little bit idle in front. That's beautiful and should set her up nicely for Ascot now. 'The Queen Anne seems likely, we have the option of that or the Duke of Cambridge, but I think she won so nicely and she's training good and she's happy and healthy. I think we have to look at the Queen Anne.' When asked if the Breeders Cup would be the late-season target again, he added: 'We'll see what happens. It was a target last year and the year before so it seems like an obvious possibility at the end of the year. 'We'll get through the rest of the year and see how she is and hatch a plan then.' Porta Fortuna was cut to 6-1 from 8-1 for the Queen Anne with both Betfair and Coral.
Glasgow Times
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Glasgow Times
Porta Fortuna makes stylish return to action
Donnacha O'Brien's filly has a superb CV and is a four-time Group winner who has been out of the top three only once in her career when unplaced in the Breeders' Cup Mile last November. Under Ryan Moore the 5-4 favourite took to the track for the first time this season and showed all of her class was still intact with a resolute Group Two success from Paddy Twomey's One Look.
