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Gr.2 win for Wooded’s full brother
By Breednet, July 3 2023 The Group II Railway Stakes (6f) at The Curragh on Sunday for juvenile colts produced a quinella for Wootton Bassett with Bucanero Fuerte edging out the race favourite Unquestionable. The Adrian Murray trained Bucanero Fuerte won on debut at The Curragh back in March and then finished third at Royal […]
Swettenham Sires are Flying – Big weekend for Toronado!
2023 has been a tremendous year for Swettenham Stud and our stallions so far! Adam Sangster and the team would like to thank everyone for their ongoing support. These outstanding results such as Toronado’s Shesallshenanigans dominating the $1m VOBIS Showdown are not possible without you, the breeder. In just 5 starts, Shesallshenanigans has accumulated $783,250 in […]
Shesallshenanigans Makes it Two Showdowns for Toronado
15 April, 2023 by Mark Smith, breednet After siring the inaugural winner of the $1,000,000 The Thoroughbred Breeders Victoria Showdown, Swettenham Stud’s high-flying Toronado (IRE) struck again with Shesallshenanigans in the valuable feature at Sandown-Lakeside on Saturday. Given a positive ride by Linda Meech, the Simon Zahra-trained filly was strong to the line in defeating […]
Toronado heads consolidated roster
17 April, 2023 by James Tzaferis, Racing.com Despite a phenomenal 12 months for his progeny on the racetrack, breeders sending a mare to star stallion Toronado this spring will pay the same price as his 2022 fee after Swettenham Stud announced a consolidated stallion roster. Toronado, now the sire of 19 Stakes winners including four […]
Showdown for Shesallshenanigans
11 April, 2023 by Andrew Eddy, Racing.com Simon Zahra is happy for his flying Toronado filly Shesallshenanigans to go up in distance in Saturday’s $1 million Showdown at Ladbrokes Park Sandown on Saturday on the back of some advice from his rider. Shesallshenanigans thrashed her rivals at Bendigo in the Gold Rush (1000m) by a […]
Lifetime breeding right to be offered at Chairman’s Sale as Toronado’s red-hot run continues
By Lewis Lesbirel, TDN TDN AusNZ can reveal that a lifetime breeding right in Swettenham Stud’s stallion Toronado (Ire) will be offered at auction for the very first time at the Inglis Chairman’s Sale on May 4. Fresh from siring another stakes double on Friday, we caught up with Marcus Heritage, nominations at Swettenham, to discuss […]
Mariamia Makes it Two Consecutive Winners of The Galaxy for Toronado
by Mark Smith, Breednet – Saturday March 18 The Toronado (IRE) mare Mariamia completed her rapid ascent to the top rung of sprinters when successful in the $1,000,000 Group 1 Kia Ora Galaxy (1100m) at Rosehill on Saturday. Tyler Schiller celebrated his first Group 1 winner as Mariamia defeated the Cable Bay gelding Uncommon James […]
Carramar Park’s payday
James Tzaferis – Racing.com 13 February, 2023 The timely online purchase of broodmare Devil In Her Heart in 2021 paid handsome dividends for the family-run Carramar Park at the Inglis Classic Yearling Sale on Monday. Carramar Park’s Tim Alchin paid $27,500 for the unraced Star Witness mare via Inglis Digital, with the mare nursing […]