The month of March has been a good one for Swettenham Stud’s Toronado (IRE), who has had 13 winners including some very smart three year-olds in Hypercane, Master Montaro, Laverrod, Beehunter, Fender and I’m on Break. Hypercane made it two wins and two placings from four starts when saluting at Morphettville on Saturday, while Master Montaro was a super impressive debut winner at Pakenham last Friday, Ridden by Michael Walker, the Richard Laming trained son of Toronado came from last to amble past his rivals when winning the Kentucky Equine Research Maiden Plate (1000m) catching the eye of many good judges. The three-year-old gelding is part-owned by a group of Kiwis, which includes Wobu

Breeders who supported Swettenham Stud’s Toronado (IRE) in his third year are reaping some enormous rewards as the stallion’s progeny continue to exert themselves on the racetrack. Swettenham Stud principal Adam Sangster said there had been a huge return on investment for those breeders who had gone to Toronado in that often risky third year of a stallion. The results were again proven at the Inglis Melbourne Premier Yearling Sale at Oaklands in early March. “That third year can be a risky year but you can also get the best returns because really you are hoping the first two crops off the stallion have done particularly well and Toronado has proved that,” Sangster said. “There were only 63 f