BONA FORTUNA Thoroughbred



Bona Fortuna is a thoroughbred horse born in Ireland in 2021. Race horse Bona Fortuna is by Mehmas (IRE) out of Ajla (IRE) , trained by Michael Appleby. Bona Fortuna form is available here. Owned by VALUE RACING - BONA FORTUNA.


Pedigree :
Sire MEHMAS (IRE) 2014
Dam AJLA (IRE) 2008
Dam Sire EXCEED AND EXCEL (AUS) 2000

About the horse :
Foal Date 16 Mar 2021
Description 4yo B Gelding
Trainer Michael Appleby
Owner Value Racing Bona Fortuna
Career 2 Wins (25%) - 3 Placings (62%) - 8 starts
Wins 1202m (1), 1207m (1)
PM United Kingdom : GBP £15,836

Sale Information :
offline

2023 Autumn Horses In Training Sale (1367)  

Spigot Lodge Stables (K. Burke) 

Value Racing Club co uk / Ted Durcan

GNS 30,000

offline

2022 October Yearling Sale Book 1 (322)  

Tally-Ho Stud, Ireland 

Bba Ireland

GNS 180,000



Starts:

8

Win Rate:

25%

Place Rate:

63%










BONA FORTUNA Current Nominations/Acceptances



Bona Fortuna Past Races

2 of 5, 05 Jul 2025, R4 N & L FRANKLIN DEVELOPMENTS LTD HANDICAP 5f8y | GBP £ 10,500 | 60.5kg | J: FREDERICK LARSON | T: MICHAEL APPLEBY | Led-Folded close to home | 0:59.87 | Winner: FRANK THE SPARK
3 of 7, 18 Jun 2025, R3 ASPIRE CLEANING & FACILITIES HANDICAP 5f | GBP £ 9,935 | 61.0kg | J: D NOLAN | T: MICHAEL APPLEBY | OP-Wasn't good enough | 0:58.57 | Winner: CANON'S HOUSE
3 of 8, 03 Oct 2023, R2 VIRGIN BET MAIDEN STAKES (GBB RACE) 6f | GBP £ 6,689 | 60.5kg | J: CLIFFORD LEE | T: K BURKE | | 1:16.27 | Winner: GOLDEN STRIKE



Horse Stat

Jockey
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
FINLEY MARSH 2 100% 0 0% 2 $18,400 65 325
CLIFFORD LEE 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,590 -10 0
SAM JAMES 0 0% 0 0% 1 $0 -10 0
ROSSA RYAN 0 0% 0 0% 1 $790 -10 0
RAY DAWSON 0 0% 0 0% 1 $1,393 -10 0
DAVID NOLAN 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,286 -10 0
FREDERICK LARSON 0 0% 1 100% 1 $4,758 -10 0

Course
Win
Win%
Place
Place%
Starts
PM
Profit
POT
BRIGHTON 1 100% 0 0% 1 $7,970 30 300
WINDSOR 1 100% 0 0% 1 $10,430 35 350
AYR 0 0% 1 100% 1 $1,590 -10 0
HAMILTON PARK 0 0% 1 100% 1 $2,286 -10 0
NOTTINGHAM 0 0% 1 100% 1 $4,758 -10 0
YORK 0 0% 0 0% 2 $1,393 -20 0
NEWBURY 0 0% 0 0% 1 $790 -10 0