![]() His progeny have been as sought after as ever in the sales ring ever since the announcement was made, providing many of Swettenham’s biggest clients with a huge windfall in the process. Toronado’s long-lasting purple patch could hardly have come at a more welcome time for the Swettenham Stud team, who announced only last year that he’d be staying in Australia permanently instead of shuttling Down Under from his previous base at Haras de Bouquetot in the Northern Hemisphere. I think it’s a great trait for a stallion to have where you can buy any horse by Toronado and the chances are they’re going to have ability.” ![]() ![]() “He can produce anything, but there’s certainly no type of horse that’s better than the other. “I think he’s had more Australian stakes winners that are fillies than colts and geldings, so he’s a very good stallion and he’s consistently producing good sorts and good runners – male and female, speed horses and staying horses. The High Chaparral sireline is typically colt biased, but his fillies are absolutely flying. “His colts and geldings are flying in Hong Kong and in Australia, it seems to be the fillies that are flying the flag for him recently. “The market’s appetite for them is strong and they’re great sales horses. “The run he’s having is super and it’s across the board,” he said. What has pleased Swettenham the most, however, is the diversity among his stakes winners, an area in which Heritage feels that Toronado doesn’t get the credit he deserves. Toronado (Ire) | Standing at Swettenham Stud Having stood last season at a career-high fee of $88,000 plus GST, Toronado has more than justified his fee increase this season, siring more stakes winners than the likes of Zoustar, Written Tycoon and Fastnet Rock, all of whom commanded significantly higher fees in 2022. “Everything that the stallion has done to date has been off a $20,000 service fee, so with the quality of mares that he received last season off the $88,000 fee, it’s very exciting.” A season to remember on and off the track He’s still a young sire, he’s only 13 years old so they’ll get value for money with whatever they spend on it. “It’ll be very interesting to see where the market values him at. “We’ll just sit back, leave it unreserved and I’m sure that Lot 1 of the Chairman’s Sale will be a very popular lot. “Such is the market’s demand for them, at the Chairman’s Sale this year we’ll be offering a lifetime breeding right, which has never happened with Toronado before,” Hermitage revealed. ![]() His recent run of racetrack success, combined with another stellar season in the sales ring in which his progeny have once again sold for up to $850,000, has prompted Swettenham to take a leap of faith with their flagship stallion, offering a lifetime breeding right in one of Australia’s hottest sires for the very first time. Add into the mix another eye-catching win for his unbeaten son Kovrov (Fr) in France and a runner in the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic at Meydan on Saturday night, and it has been quite the week for the Swettenham Stud stallion. ![]()
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