FORTUNATE KISS EARNS A HARD-FOUGHT WIN IN THE GLASSHOUSE HANDICAP

By Graham Potter | Saturday, July 5, 2025

It was indeed a kiss of good fortune for Luke Tarrant when he picked up the ride on the Lloyd Kennewell and Lucy Yeomans trained Fortunate Kiss in the Listed Glasshouse Handicap at the Sunshine Coast after Ronnie Stewart, who had originally been booked for the ride picked up an injury earlier in the day.

The rest, as they say, is history.

Unwanted in the betting at $26, Fortunate Kiss was slow away from a wide draw but, what he did have in his favour was a handy galloping weight and, in Tarrant, a jockey with the kind of ability, on the right day, to match it with the best of them.

It was the right day.

Tarrant took Fortunate Kiss across the back of the field from his number ten barrier draw, found the rail and then pushed forward quickly to settle just worse than midfield in the early part.

Saving ground every inch of the and travelling smoothly, Fortunate Miss had six lengths to make up in the sweep to the home turn and then, courtesy of the inside path tracked by Tarrant, the daughter of Divine Prophet had whittled that margin to the leader down to three lengths on straightening.

With horses coming from everywhere, it was full cavalry charge down the home straight and Fortunate Kiss seemed to relish both the task he was facing and the ride he was being given as he stretched out with meaning to join a line of horses in contention, before sustaining a strong finishing effort to claim the lead with 50m left to run.

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