Coolmore National Hunt Brochure 2022

GALILEO – AFFIANCED (ERINS ISLE) SOLDIER OF FORTUNE Group 1 performer at 2 Group 1 winner at 3 and 4

BAY 2004

1 st Irish Derby- Gr.1 by 9 lengths (pictured) 1 st Coronation Cup- Gr.1 1 st Prix Niel- Gr.2 1 st Prix Noailles- Gr.2 2 nd Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud- Gr.1 2 nd Criterium de Saint-Cloud- Gr.1 at 2 years 3 rd Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe- Gr.1

RATED 131 by TIMEFORM

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

From limited opportunity in France, already sire of:

MEGA FORTUNE 1 st Spring Juvenile Hurdle- Gr.1

2 nd Triumph Hurdle- Gr.1 , Cheltenham

SLOWMOTION

1 st REA Grimes Juvenile Hurdle- Gr.2 1 st John & Chich Fowler Memorial Mares Chase- Gr.3

EARLY DOORS 1 st Galway Plate- Gr.A

1 st Fishery Lane Hurdle- Gr.3 1 st Martin Pipe Cond. Jockeys H. Hurdle, Cheltenham 2 nd Royal Bond Novice Hurdle- Gr.1 2 nd Christmas Hurdle- Gr.1 FLYING TIGER 1 st Fred Winter Juvenile H. Hurdle- Gr.3 , Cheltenham TIN SOLDIER 1 st Michael Purcell Memorial Novice Hurdle- Gr.3 3 rd Irish Daily Mirror Novice Hurdle- Gr.1

Joseph O’Brien , trainer of SLOWMOTION and EARLY DOORS

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