Toronado Stayer Wins Cup

Tara Madgwick - Sunday May 1

Given a fee increase by Swettenham Stud to stand at $88,000 this spring, Toronado (IRE) featured in Hong Kong on Sunday when his quality son Senor Toba took out the Group III Queen Mother Memorial Cup (2400m) at Sha Tin.

Senor Toba wins G3 Queen Mother Memorial Cup - image HKJC

Trained by Caspar Fownes and ridden by Joao Moreira, Senor Toba was a last start fourth in the Hong Kong Derby, so was a red hot favourite for this event and won as expected scoring by two lengths.
 

 


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was adamant pre-race the effort of Romantic Warrior to win the Group I  FWD QEII Cup (2000m) and California Spangle’s feat to run second to Golden Sixty in the Group I FWD Champions Mile (1600m) after the pair’s stirring Derby quinella made the Classic one of the best Derby form lines in the past two decades.

Stretching to 2400m for the first time in his career since running second in the Group I Queensland Derby at Eagle Farm in 2021, Senor Toba relished the extended trip under steady rain.

“He’s done it really nice,” Fownes said.

“Obviously, they crawled as well but it wouldn’t have mattered either way. If they went hard, it would have been even better for him. He’s a real proper stayer, a really good horse and now we go forward to the Champions & Chater Cup (on 22 May) with him.

“We were obviously the best horse in the race and I felt that going into the race and I believe he’ll just keep improving. We’ll just keep going forward but he’s a serious horse for the future.

“He’s a good horse and these 2400m races will be right up his alley. I didn’t even trial him between the Derby and this race. He’s a pretty clean-winded horse. We give him some nice long work and he enjoys that way of training and he’ll pretty much do the same going forward to the next race.”

 

 

Senor Toba as a yearling.

Senor Toba was a $180,000 Inglis Premier purchase from the Mill Park draft for Hermitage Thoroughbreds and has the overall record of four wins and three placings from 12 starts.

Bred by well-known South Australian breeder David Peacock, Senor Toba is the first foal of Group I placed Teofilo (IRE) mare Bahamas, a half-sister to Group II VRC Matriarch Stakes winner Affair to Remember, who is also by Toronado.

Bahamas has a yearling filly by Frosted (USA), a weanling colt by Harry Angel (IRE) and was covered by Blue Point (IRE) this spring.




 

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Race Result - The Queen Mother Memorial Cup Gr3 2400m

Sha Tin Track: Good Time: 2:33.16
1
Senor Toba
- 4g Toronado (IRE) x Bahamas (AUS) (Teofilo (IRE))
Tnr: C Fownes Rdr: J Moreira 54.5
2
2.0
Butterfield
- 6g Setembro Chove (BRZ) x Londrinita (ARG) (Fahim (GB))
Tnr: C S Shum Rdr: Z Purton 60.5
3
2.3
Enjoying
- 6g Dundeel (NZ) x Incredulous (AUS) (Keep The Faith (AUS))
Tnr: W Y So Rdr: M Chadwick 53.5
4
5.3
Looking Great
- 5g Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) x Montwest (NZ) (Montjeu (IRE))
Tnr: F C Lor Rdr: A Badel 51.5
5
6.0
Above
- 6g Tavistock (NZ) x Once More (NZ) (Thorn Park (AUS))
Tnr: A T Millard Rdr: M F Poon 51.5
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