Limato

Limato
Limato at the 2016 Breeders' Cup
Sire	Tagula
Grandsire	Taufan
Dam	Come April
Damsire	Singspiel
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	8 February 2012
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Seamus Phelan
Owner	Paul G Jacobs
Trainer	Henry Candy
Record	17: 8-5-1
Earnings	£1,125,095
Major wins
Rose Bowl Stakes (2014) Two-Year-Old Trophy (2014) Pavilion Stakes (2015) Park Stakes (2015) July Cup (2016) Prix de la Foret (2016)
Awards
World's Top-rated sprinter (2016)

Limato (foaled 8 February 2012) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He is a sprinter who has produced his best performances over six furlongs. He was one of the best British juveniles of 2014 when he was undefeated in four races including the Rose Bowl Stakes and the Two-Year-Old Trophy, although, as a gelding he was ineligible to run in many of the most important races. In the following year he won the Pavilion Stakes and the Park Stakes as well as finishing second in the Commonwealth Cup and the Prix de la Foret. As a four-year-old he recorded his first Group One success in the July Cup before finishing second in the Nunthorpe Stakes and then winning the Prix de la Foret.

Limato is a bay gelding with a white blaze and white socks on his hind legs bred in Ireland by Seamus Phelan. His sire Tagula was a sprinter who whose wins included the July Stakes, Prix Morny in 1995 and the Supreme Stakes in 1996. As a breeding stallion he has produced several other major winners, most notably the leading miler Canford Cliffs. Limato's dam Come April recorded her only success in a ten-furlong maiden race on the Polytrack at Lingfield Park as a three-year-old in 2007. Her grand-dam Sumoto was a very successful broodmare who also produced Compton Admiral and Summoner.