Soldier Of Fortune

Bay2004
Distance won over: 8f. to 12f.
Galileo - Affianced
Fee for 2024: €6,000

Stands at The Beeches Stud


Classic Winner by GALILEO

Group 1 performer at 2, Group 1 winner at 3 and 4

Soldier Of Fortune is out of a half-sister to SHOLOKHOV (sire of multiple Grade 1 winner DON COSSACK)

Top class racehorse, rated 131 by Timeform - bettered only amongst his generation by Epsom Derby winner AUTHORIZED

Top performers include...

  • Gr.1 Juvenile Hurdle winner Mega Fortune who was also runner-up in the Gr.1 Triumph Hurdle
  • Slowmotion – 5-time winner including a Gr.2 Juvenile Hurdle, Gr.3 and Listed Mares Chase
  • City Chief - won the Gr.2 Towton Novices’ Chase at Wetherby for Nicky Henderson and Mrs J Donnelly
  • Favour and Fortune - multiple winner for Alan King including the Gr.2 Scottish Champion Hurdle at Ayr
  • Flying Tiger – 3-time winner including the Gr.3 Fred Winter Juvenile Hurdle & 3rd in the Gr.1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle
  • Tin Soldier – dual winner including a Gr.3 Novices’ Hurdle for Willie Mullins & Gr.1 placed
  • Kerryhill - winner of the Gr.2 River Don Novices' Hurdle at Doncaster by 7½ lengths
  • Early Doors – multiple winner for Joseph O’Brien including the Gr.3 Fishery Lane Hurdle, Grade A Galway Plate Handicap Chase & the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival. Runner-up in the Gr.1 Royal Bond Novice Hurdle & Gr.1 Christmas Hurdle
  • Black Luna - winner of the Listed Prix Francois de Poncins 4YO Hurdle at Auteuil for G Macaire
  • Angel’s Share – multiple winner including a Listed hurdle at Auteuil
  • Liberty Dance - winner of the Listed Billy Harney Memorial Irish EBF Mares Novice Hurdle at Thurles
  • Coquelicot - 3-time winner for trainer Anthony Honeyball including a Listed mares bumper at Kempton
  • Lady Ardilaun – winner of a Listed hurdle at Auteuil for Francois Nicolle. Runner-up in the Gr.3 Prix Bournosienne Hurdle
  • Belle Metal - 3-time winner including a Listed bumper for Willie Mullins

Other black type performers include Carlita Du Berlais, Mercenaire, Scarpeta, Meredith etc.

“Soldier Of Fortune has every right to excel as a sire of jumpers. The grandsires of his dam, the Flat Listed winner Affianced, are Busted and Lord Gayle, two stallions whose descendants have made a major impact on the National Hunt world.” Andrew Caulfield, Thoroughbred Owner & Breeder

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