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$300,000 Toronado Colt a Big Pinhook Winner

Media Release - Thursday November 22

Victorian trainer Richard Laming went to $300,000 for a son of Toronado out of the Stravinsky mare Circus Polka on Thursday, providing a tidy profit for vendors Adrian Stanley and Hannah Kettlety of Woburn Farm.

$300,000 Toronado colt from Circus PolkaThe Cambridge-based couple purchased the half-brother to stakes performer Modoc for $80,000 at the Melbourne Yearling Sale

"He was a lovely horse, he breezed up well and he has got lots of improvement there," Laming said.

"He's still pretty raw and there is a lot to come from him.

"I'm happy with the price. There are some good clients coming in him and Woburn have stayed in as well, so it's even better.

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"This is the only one we've bought this week, but I am happy with the one I've got."

Laming said he was excited by the start the progeny of Toronado had made in the northern hemisphere, where he has five first-crop stakes performers.

"He's doing a good job in Europe, I think he has left 22 winners already." – NZ Racing Desk

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