Fortune hoping to Eclipse rivals

Jimmy Fortune can hardly wait to get the leg up on Aidan O'Brien's Rip Van Winkle in the Coral-Eclipse at Sandown on Saturday.Fortune has come in for the ride on the Galileo colt with Ballydoyle stable jockey Johnny Murtagh on the sidelines due to suspension. The three-year-old has so far finished fourth in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket and in the Derby at Epsom, both of which were won by Sea The Stars.Fortune told At The Races: "He's a very nice horse and for Johnny to ride him in the Derby, he has obviously being doing everything right at home so I'm very happy to get the ride."He added: "To win a Guineas and then go on and win a Derby, Sea The Stars is obviously a high-class horse and he's the one we'll all have to beat. Conduit is also a solid horse who has been there in these Group One races and done it. He handles the track and he is going to be there."It looks a three-horse race but you can not write off Luca Cumani's horse (Cima De Triomphe)."The trip could be ideal for us as he travelled well in the Derby and there were stamina doubts going in there, so you would have thought this was his trip."I'll speak to Aidan and see what he wants me to do and obviously I'll speak to Johnny and find out everything I can about the horse. Hopefully we'll get it right on the day. We haven't got that much to find with Sea The Stars, it's going to be a great race and I'm looking forward to it."