Racetrack success is the recurring theme as leading Victorian farm, SWETTENHAM STUD, announces its roster for the 2020 breeding season. With the lineup enhanced by the arrival of I Am Invincible’s blisteringly quick, I AM IMMORTAL, and another busy season expected for 7-time Group One winner, HIGHLAND REEL (244 mares in first two seasons), Swettenham’s four other ‘book-and-win’ stallions – TORONADO, PUISSANCE DE LUNE, AKEED MOFEED and TRUST IN A GUST – all continue to produce a high quality roll call of success stories. It has certainly been a remarkable year for the hugely popular TORONADO whose oldest Australian progeny are 3YOs and include the 4-time stakes winner Still A Star, while the

The made in Australia stamp proudly sits on a rich crop of stallion Toronado’s progeny that have made their way to arguably the most competitive racing jurisdiction in the world – Hong Kong. Toronado, the Irish bred and British raced son of High Chaparral, has turned into one of the most sought after stallions in Australia since shuttling to Adam Sangster’s Swettenham Stud at Nagambie. The race results of his progeny on the racetrack are eye-catching and the money paid for his yearlings in the sales ring and for his youngsters that have raced and had trials in Australia and then sold to Hong Kong is eye-watering. Mornington trainer Matt Laurie’s Prince of Sussex won last year’s inaugural The