Toronado (racehorse)

Toronado
Racing colours of Sheikh Joaan al Thani
Sire	High Chaparral
Grandsire	Sadler's Wells
Dam	Wana Doo
Damsire	Grand Slam
Sex	Colt
Foaled	20 February 2010
Country	Ireland
Colour	Bay
Breeder	Paul Nataf
Owner	"Carmichael Humber" Joaan Bin Hamad Al Thani
Trainer	Richard Hannon, Sr.
Record	12:6-3-0
Earnings	£754,081
Major wins
Winkfield Stakes (2012) Champagne Stakes (2012) Craven Stakes (2013) Sussex Stakes (2013) Queen Anne Stakes (2014)

Toronado (foaled 20 February 2010) is an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. He was one of the leading British two-year-olds of 2012 when he was undefeated in three races including the Champagne Stakes at Doncaster. After winning the Craven Stakes on his three-year-old debut he came to be regarded as a leading contender for the 2000 Guineas and Epsom Derby. In the summer of 2013 he developed a rivalry with Dawn Approach and defeated the Irish colt to record his most important win in the Sussex Stakes. In 2014 he won the Queen Anne Stakes but was beaten by Kingman in the Sussex Stakes and by Charm Spirit in the Prix du Moulin and finished unplaced when favourite for the Breeders' Cup Mile.

Toronado is a bay colt with a white blaze and white socks on his front legs bred in Ireland by Paul Nataf. His sire High Chaparral won the Epsom Derby in 2002 and the Breeders' Cup Turf in 2002 and 2003. As a stallion he was best known as the sire of So You Think. His dam Wana Doo is a Kentucky bred mare who won two races in France. Wana Doo is a half sister to Casamento (winner of the Racing Post Trophy 2010). She is a descendant of Regal Lady, a half-sister of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe winner Vaguely Noble.