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