Big Weekend for Toronado

Tara Madgwick - Sunday February 14

Swettenham Stud’s Toronado (IRE) enjoyed a great weekend with two new stakes-winners on Saturday in Masked Crusader and Solaia bringing his tally of stakes-winners to 10, as well as an impressive winner at Sha Tin on Sunday in Master Montaro.

Good looking four year-old gelding Masked Crusader has always promised to win a stakes race and got the job done in style at Randwick on Saturday winning the Group III ATC Southern Cross (1200m) – click to read about him.

Masked Crusader won the G3 Southern Cross at Randwick - image Steve Hart

On the other side of the country, his three year-old filly Solaia won the Listed WATC  Challenge Stakes (1500m) at Ascot in Perth – click to read about her.

The David Hayes trained gelding Master Montaro won his fourth race from just six starts when scoring a half length win at Sha Tin on Sunday over 1400m.

Master Montaro won at Sha Tin - image HKJC

“First time at 1400m, blinkers off and Vincent rode him a treat,” Hayes said.

“He’s a bit of a slow learner, so I think he’ll get better with racing.

“I think he’ll go up in class – he won’t go crashing through with five wins in a row – but he’ll get there because he’s got the big engine and good constitution and I think he can run a mile, which is another string to his bow.”

A $300,000 NZB Rady to Run purchase for Laming Racing from the Woburn Farm draft, Master Montaro was a super successful pinhook for Woburn Farm, having been bought from the Swettenham Stud draft at the Inglis Premier Yearling Sale for $80,000.

Master Montaro is a half-brother to Group II place Modoc and is the third winner from Circus Polka, a half-sister by Stravinsky (USA) to Group I winner Prized Icon and stakes-winner Matras, the grand-dam of stakes-winner Whispered Secret, who is by Toronado’s sire High Chaparral.

Circus Polka has been a regular visitor to Toronado having been covered by him for four seasons in a row and has yearling colt that will be offered at Inglis Easter by Coolmore as Lot 251.

 

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Race Result - Great Profits Hcp (C3) 1400m

Sha Tin Track: Good Time: 1:21.86
1
Master Montaro
- 4g Toronado (IRE) x Circus Polka (AUS) (Stravinsky (USA))
Tnr: D A Hayes Rdr: C Y Ho 58.5
2
0.5
Horsesain Bolt
- 5g Excelebration (IRE) x Kerisa (IRE) (Azamour (IRE))
Tnr: D Whyte Rdr: M L Yeung 53.5
3
0.6
Great Treasure
- 9g Husson (ARG) x Russian Belle (NZ) (Stravinsky (USA))
Tnr: Y S Tsui Rdr: H N Wong 52.5
4
0.8
Invincible Missile
- 5g Smart Missile (AUS) x Phaedra (AUS) (Hussonet (USA))
Tnr: W Y So Rdr: Z Purton 58.5
5
1.8
The Crown
- 4g Makfi (GB) x Monachee (NZ) (O'Reilly (NZ))
Tnr: C Fownes Rdr: C Soumillon 60.5
6
2.0
Highly Proactive
- 5g Coats Choice (AUS) x Blue Blond (NZ) (Stravinsky (USA))
Tnr: K W Lui Rdr: A Badel 60
7
2.5
True Legend
- 4g Deep Field (AUS) x Jolie Bay (AUS) (Fastnet Rock (AUS))
Tnr: F C Lor Rdr: M F Poon 50.5
8
2.6
Craig's Star
- 5g Your Song (AUS) x Little Less Lip (AUS) (Blevic (AUS))
Tnr: C S Shum Rdr: M Chadwick 57
9
2.8
Bay Tibbs
- 4g Bold Silvano (SAF) x Bretton Woods (SAF) (Casey Tibbs (IRE))
Tnr: D Ferraris Rdr: K Teetan 54.5
10
5.3
Telecom Cheetah
- 4g Pins (AUS) x Princessabeel (NZ) (Savabeel (AUS))
Tnr: C H Yip Rdr: V Borges 51.5
11
5.4
Beauty Legacy
- 5g Fiorente (IRE) x Rosa Perlato (AUS) (Encosta De Lago (AUS))
Tnr: J J Size Rdr: B Shinn 60.5
12
5.5
Yo Beauty
- 4g Anjaal (GB) x Generous Gesture (IRE) (Fasliyev (USA))
Tnr: A S Cruz Rdr: N Callan 59
13
8.5
Turquoise Alpha
- 4g Excelebration (IRE) x Start The Music (IRE) (King's Best (USA))
Tnr: P D O'Sullivan Rdr: T Piccone 54.5
14
15.5
Super Dynamite
- 4g Kodiac (GB) x Epping (GB) (Charnwood Forest (IRE))
Tnr: P Yiu Rdr: K C Leung 59
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