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Fortria (foaled 1952) was an
Irish National Hunt
horse best
known as the
first dual
winner of the
Champion Chase and
winner of the
inaugural Mackeson...
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Badsworth Boy – 1983, 1984, 1985
Leading jockey (5 wins): Pat
Taaffe –
Fortria (1960, 1961), Ben
Stack (1964),
Flyingbolt (1966),
Straight Fort (1970)...
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Irish Grand National (1954
Royal Approach, 1955 Umm, 1959 Zonda, 1961
Fortria, 1964 Arkle, 1966 Flyingbolt).
Taaffe rode Arkle, who was
trained by Dreaper...
- (6 wins): Pat
Taaffe –
Royal Approach (1954), Umm (1955),
Zonda (1959),
Fortria (1961),
Arkle (1964),
Flyingbolt (1966)
Leading trainer (10 wins): Tom...
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Fortria 3/1 3rd. (10 L) ****y
Consort 50/1 639406:39.4 1963 Mill
House 1003.5 7/2 6
Willie Robinson Fulke Walwyn Bill
Gollings 12 2nd. (12 L)
Fortria...
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leading trainer with
horses such as
Storm Head,
Hasty Bits,
Shagreen and
Fortria. However, his
greatest successes came with the
horses owned by Anne, Duchess...
- five races. He
reached his peak in the 2009/2010
season when he won the
Fortria Chase and the Tied
Cottage Chase before defeating a
strong field to win...
- The
Fortria Chase is a
Grade 2
National Hunt
steeplechase in
Ireland which is open to
horses aged five
years or older. It is run at
Navan over a distance...
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Taaffe –
Third Estate (1951),
Tumble Weed (1953), Nas Na
Riogh (1954),
Fortria (1961), ****y May (1966) Paul
Townend -
Golden Silver (2010), Un de Sceaux...
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third time. He
suffered another defeat to
Central House at
Navan in the
Fortria Chase, a
defeat clear from the
landing after the last, that
silenced the...
