SIRE HIGHLIGHTS:
SIRE:
TORONADO | COLOUR:
BAY | YEAR OF BIRTH:
2010 | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
IRELAND |
CAREER WINS:
6 | WINNING DISTANCE:
1300M-1600M |
MAJOR VICTORIES:
Sussex Stakes (GI), Great BritainQueen Anne Stakes (GI), Great Britain |
AT STUD SINCE:
2015 | STUD FEE:
AUD$ 88,000 (2024) | NUMBER OF STAKES WINNERS:
37 |
SAME-SIRE RUNNERS' PERFORMANCE IN HONG KONG:
NO. OF STARTERS:
32 | NO. OF WINNERS:
20 |
BEST PERFORMER (RATED 80+):
VICTOR THE WINNER (7 wins / highest rating: 124) |
PREFERRED DISTANCE:
1200M-2400M |
SIRE ATTRIBUTES:
Versatile. This middle-distance / cut-back branch features a majority of winners at a mile or under. |
DAM HIGHLIGHTS:
DAM:
CHLOE ANNA | COLOUR:
BAY | YEAR OF BIRTH:
2010 | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
AUSTRALIA | BROODMARE SIRE:
TESTA ROSSA |
RACING CAREER:
Won thrice from 1600M to 2041M. |
PROGENY'S RACING PERFORMANCE:
Dam of three named foals with PACKING POWER, one to race but did not score. |
DAM ATTRIBUTES:
Dam from COUNTESS CHLOE won thrice from 1300M to 1660M and named foal LA ZUMA won at 1200M and placed at G1 Schweppes Oaks. Dam family member found current Hong Kong runner KOKUSHI MUSOU with 3 wins at 1200M. The past generation are sprinters in early days, and mile or further will be fine after maturing. |
SALES HISTORY:
Sold as a yearling at AUD$ 180,000 in 2022 Inglis Premier Yearling Sale.
COMMENTS AND PROSPECT:
TORONADO, a son of HIGH CHAPARRAL and the former Al Shaqab Racing runner, with a record of 6 wins and 3 seconds in 12 starts while Richard Hughes as his regular jockey, winning distance from 1300M to 1600M. He remained unbeaten when he was 2 until being ran down by DAWN APPROACH in 2000 Guineas and St James's Palace Stakes under the care of Richard Hannon Sr., but he fought back in Sussex Stakes afterwards. He landed Queen Anne Stakes for trainer Richard Hannon as a 5yo. After that, he made his move to Breeders' Cup Mile but failed. He entered stud in 2015, 37 runners of him won the black type contests and his service fee in 2024 is AUD$ 88,000.
PACKING POWER was trained by Debbie Sweeney in New Zealand and took part in 3 barrier trials where he took the lead from outside gate and kept on to win an 800M session (14th Mar 2023) on soft going; took the lead early and shifted out at turn to keep on for 2nd under whip in a 1150M session (24th Apr 2023) on soft going, then pushed to sit handy and kept on one-paced for 2nd in an 850M session (6th Oct 2023) on soft going. His dam CHLOE ANNA collected 3 wins from 1600M to 2041M. The son of TORONADO showed great natural speed in the trials that should be fine to handle mile in future.
