Fortina

Fortina
SireFormor
GrandsireKsar
DamBertina
DamsireLa Farina
SexStallion
Foaled1941[1]
CountryFrance
ColourChestnut
OwnerRalph Beckett, 3rd Baron Grimthorpe
TrainerHector 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.

  1. ^ "Fortina pedigree". Equineline. 2016-03-19. Retrieved 2016-03-19.