Fortune favours O’Brien’s Soldier

SOLDIER OF FORTUNE led home a 1-2-3 for Aidan O’Brien in the Budweiser Irish Derby at the Curragh yesterday, in conditions which would not have been out of place at a National Hunt meeting in the depths of winter.

Fortune favours O’Brien’s Soldier
Mon, 02 Jul, 2007 - 01:00

It was the son of Galileo, however, who was best equipped to cope, as he powered nine lengths clear, giving Seamie Heffernan his first ever win in Ireland’s premier flat race.

For O’Brien it was a fifth victory in the Derby, adding to Desert King, Galileo, High Chaparral and Dylan Thomas.

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CourtsRacingPlace: CurraghPlace: IrelandPlace: BallydoylePlace: EpsomPlace: Eagle MountainPlace: Royal AscotPlace: AscotPlace: LongchampPerson: O’BrienPerson: Aidan O’BrienPerson: GalileoPerson: Seamie HeffernanPerson: High ChaparralPerson: Dylan ThomasPerson: HeffernanPerson: BoscobelPerson: Alexander Of HalesPerson: SeamusPerson: John MagnierPerson: Michael TaborPerson: Derrick SmithPerson: King GeorgePerson: Jim BolgerPerson: ScorpionPerson: William HillPerson: Of FortunePerson: Kieren FallonEvent: Budweiser Irish DerbyEvent: National HuntEvent: DerbyEvent: 1000 GuineasEvent: Group 1 St James’ Palace StakesEvent: Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe
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