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Mon 07 Jul 2007Fortune smiles on HeffernanIrish Derby: Séamus Heffernan stepped into the most intense spotlight that racing can provide in Ireland when Soldier Of Fortune ran out a breathtaking nine-length winner of yesterday's Budweiser Irish Derby at the Curragh.The heavily backed 5 to 1 winner led home a remarkable 1-2-3 for the champion trainer Aidan O'Brien whose apparent number one, the 6 to 4 favourite Eagle Mountain, could manage only third with Alexander Of Hales in the runner-up position.