Fortina | |
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Sire | Formor |
Grandsire | Ksar |
Dam | Bertina |
Damsire | La Farina |
Sex | Stallion |
Foaled | 1941[1] |
Country | France |
Colour | Chestnut |
Owner | Ralph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe |
Trainer | Hector Christie |
Major wins | |
Lancashire Chase (1946) Cheltenham Gold Cup (1947) |
Fortina (1941–1968) was a French-bred Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1947 Cheltenham Gold Cup. He was and remains the only entire horse to win the race. After establishing himself as a top-class steeplechaser in France he was sent to England and won the Gold Cup on his second British start. He was then retired to become a breeding stallion and became a very successful sire of National Hunt horses.