Toormore

Toormore
Toormore at the 2014 2000 Guineas.
Sire	Arakan
Grandsire	Nureyev
Dam	Danetime Out
Damsire	Danetime
Sex	Colt
Foaled	19 March 2011
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	BEC Bloodstock
Owner	Middleham Park Racing IX & James Pak Godolphin
Trainer	Richard Hannon Sr. Richard Hannon Jr.
Record	22: 7-2-3
Earnings	£1,051,696
Major wins
Vintage Stakes (2013) Vincent O'Brien National Stakes (2013) Craven Stakes (2014) Lennox Stakes (2015) International Topkapi Trophy (2015) Bet365 Mile (2016)
Awards
Top-rated European two-year-old (2013)
Last updated on 27 August 2016

Toormore (foaled 19 March 2011) is an Irish-bred British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the leading two-year-olds in Europe in 2013 when he was undefeated in three races including the Vintage Stakes and Vincent O'Brien National Stakes. In 2014 he won the Craven Stakes and finished third in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. After failing to win for over a year he returned in 2015 to win the Lennox Stakes and the International Topkapi Trophy. In 2016 he recorded another major win in the Bet365 Mile.

Toormore is a bay colt with a white star and snip bred in Ireland by BEC Bloodstock. His sire, Arakan, was an American-bred horse who raced in Europe, winning the Criterion Stakes in 2004 and the Supreme Stakes in 2005. Apart from Toormore, the best of his progeny has been the Prix Jean Prat winner Dick Turpin. Toormore was the fourth foal of the unraced mare Danetime Out. a descendant of the broodmare Blue Sash and a distant relative of the 1000 Guineas winner Mrs McArdy.

As a yearling, Toormore was sent to the Doncaster Bloodstock Sale where he was sold for 36,000 guineas. He entered the ownership of Middleham Park Racing IX & James Pak, The syndicate owners are James Pak, Keith and Tony Denham, Lynn Douglas, Steve Studley, Peter Barker, Brian Palmer and Danny Nundram. He was sent into training with Richard Hannon, Sr. at East Everleigh in Wiltshire. He was ridden in most of his early races by Richard Hughes in the light blue and orange silks of Middleham Park Racing.