Toorak Toff Mare Tastes More Stakes Success

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday December 16

Winner of the Group IIII Hobart Cup earlier this year, quality staying mare Toorak Affair indicated she’ll be in for a big summer carnival in Tasmania when taking out the Listed Conquering Stakes (1400m) at Launceston on Wednesday evening.

The Michael Trinder trained daughter of Toorak Toff swept home to score a short neck win at her second run back from a spell.
 



A $50,000 Magic Millions purchase from the Alva Stud draft, Toorak Affair has won 13 races and over $419,000 in prizemoney.

Bred in Tasmania by Alva Stud, Toorak Affair is the best of two winners from Smooth Return, a winning Redoute’s Choice mare from the family of Group II winner Gypsy Diamond and this season’s Group III VRC Maribyrnong Plate winner Finance Tycoon.

Smooth Return has foaled this spring producing a colt by Akeed Mofeed (GB).

Toorak Toff

She is by Toorak Toff who started his stud career at Rosemont Stud and is now at Kingsley Park in Tasmania.

 

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Race Result - Conquering Stakes LR 1400m

Launceston Track: Good(4) Time: 1:24.42
1
Toorak Affair
- 7m Toorak Toff (AUS) x Smooth Return (AUS) (Redoute's Choice (AUS))
Tnr: M S Trinder Rdr: A Darmanin 57
2
0.2
Mystical Pursuit
- 4m Needs Further (AUS) x Oh So Gold (AUS) (Savoire Vivre (GB))
Tnr: Adam Trinder Rdr: B Mc Coull 57
3
1.7
Mandela Effect
- 6g Turffontein (AUS) x Morell (AUS) (West Quest (CAN))
Tnr: Scott Brunton Rdr: D Pires 59
MM Tasmanian Yearling Sale $50,000
Seller: Motree Thoroughbreds, Waterhouse, Tas
Buyer: Brunton Racing
4
2.1
Ruettiger
- 9g Duporth (AUS) x Be Inspired (AUS) (Zabeel (NZ))
Tnr: Scott Brunton Rdr: Georgie Catania 59
5
4.3
Blaze Forth
- 8g Court Command (AUS) x Certain Blaze (AUS) (Blazing Saddles (AUS))
Tnr: J K Blacker Rdr: Kyle Maskiell 59
6
4.4
Galway Girl
- 5m I Am Invincible (AUS) x Whistling Dixie (NZ) (Pins (AUS))
Tnr: G J McCulloch Rdr: Ismail Toker 57
7
6.2
Gee Gee Secondover
- 5g Wordsmith (AUS) x Gee Gees Firstover (AUS) (Over (AUS))
Tnr: L, D & T Wells Rdr: B Muhcu 59
8
7.4
Fragment
- 8g Churchill Downs (AUS) x Penn (AUS) (Hennessy (USA))
Tnr: Scott Brunton Rdr: T Baker 59
9
7.8
The Master Speed
- 8g Street Sense (USA) x Regal Poem (AUS) (Our Poetic Prince (AUS))
Tnr: Wayne Curran Rdr: Peter Lui 59
10
8.3
Shady Hustle
- 5m Hussonet (USA) x Shady Grove (AUS) (Legion (AUS))
Tnr: Stephen Lockhart Rdr: Sigrid Carr 57
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