SOUL ICON (GB), 2017 g. by Sixties Icon (Galileo) out of Solitairy Girl (Loup Solitaire). Bred by Guy Bloodstock Ltd

Winner of eight of his 15 starts over hurdles, Soul Icon registered his first success over the larger obstacles in a Grade 2 at Kempton on his tenth outing, though he did place a number of times in good company before making the breakthrough over fences. Bred by the same connections of Honeysuckle, Soul Icon is the only winner from his hurdle-winning dam, who comes from a flat female line. That said, under the third dam, there is another smart performer over jumps, Matinee Lover (Double Bed). He numbers Grade 3 wins in France over hurdles and fences among his 11 triumphs, and he was second in the Grade 1 Prix La Haye Jousselin Chase.