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Irish Daily Star
|October 25, 2025
Skeltons seal exciting win and eye next target for Mer
DAN Skelton already has a Cheltenham Festival target in mind for Fortune De Mer after seeing him come out on top in a pulsating finish to the Oddschecker Novices' Hurdle.
While four jumped the first obstacle in a line, including Sam Twiston-Davies aboard 5-2 favourite Un Sens A La Vie, you would have struggled to spot the easy-to-back 14-1 chance Fortune De Mer, who was ridden with the utmost restraint my the trainer's brother, Harry.
As typical on the Old course there were a host of the 12-strong field still in contention on the run downhill to two out and it was Jane Williams’ Jaminska and Fergal O'Briens Jack Hyde who led them over two out and round the bend for home.
This story is from the October 25, 2025 edition of Irish Daily Star.
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