TOLEDO (21-a)
Bay gelding foaled 1993
Sold 1995 Australian Easter Yearling Sale. Price: $90,000
Breeder: Mr D J Weeks, SA.
Owner: Mrs K Torr.
At Talaq
Bay 1981		 Roberto
Bay 1969		 Hail to Reason
Brown 1958		 Turn-to
Bay 1951		 Royal Charger
Source Sucree		 1942
1940		 9-c
1-w
Nothirdchance
Bay 1948		 Blue Swords
Galla Colors		 1940
1943		 7
4-n
Bramalea
Bay or brown 1959		 Nashua
Bay 1952		 Nasrullah
Segula		 1940
1942		 9-c
3-m
Rarelea
Bay 1949		 Bull Lea
Bleebok		 1935
1941		 9-c
12-c
My Nord
Bay 1973		 Vent du Nord
Bay 1965		 Vandale
Bay 1943		 Plassy
Vanille		 1932
1929		 13-e
3-c
La Caravelle
Bay 1959		 Worden
Barquerolle		 1949
1951		 13-c
4-f
My Alison
Bay 1954		 County Delight
Bay 1947		 Count Fleet
Matriarch		 1940
1936		 6-a
1-n
Stellar Role
Bay 1943		 Bimelech
Astralobe		 1937
1929		 1-s
1-c
Teneriffe
Bay 1981		 Riverman
Bay 1969		 Never Bend
Bay 1960		 Nasrullah
Bay 1940		 Nearco
Mumtaz Begum		 1935
1932		 4-r
9-c
Lalun
Bay 1952		 Djeddah
Be Faithful		 1945
1942		 13-c
19-b
River Lady
Bay 1963		 Prince John
Chestnut 1953		 Princequillo
Not Afraid		 1940
1948		 1-b
14-f
Nile Lily
Brown 1954		 Roman
Azalea		 1937
1944		 20-a
10-a
Lullaby Song
Bay 1973		 T V Lark
Bay 1957		 Indian Hemp
Chestnut 1949		 Nasrullah
Sabzy		 1940
1943		 9-c
14-c
Miss Larksfly
Brown 1948		 Heelfly
Larksnest		 1934
1943		 20-b
9-c
Flower Box
Bay or brown 1968		 Windy Sands
Brown 1957		 Your Host
Samoa Winds		 1947
1950		 4-d
4-k
Miss Zenoda
Brown 1953		 Count Fleet
Zenoda		 1940
1945		 6-a
21-a
Werk Nick Rating: B
GP Inbreeding: Nasrullah 5m x 4m, 5m. Count Fleet 5m x 5f.

Age Starts Wins 2nds 3rds
2 2 1 1 -
3 11 - 2 2
4 8 3 2 -
5 6 2 1 -
6 7 - 1 1
7 5 1 1 -
39 7 8 3

Sire: AT TALAQ (USA) - Bay 1981. Group I winner; 5 wins, $1,289,850, VRC Melbourne Cup-G1, Grand Prix de Paris-G1, VRC L K S Mackinnon S-G1, Half-brother to ANNOCONNOR. Closely related to ONE POUND STERLING*. To stud 1977. Died 1995. Sire of 248 winners of $19.3 million inc SWs SKATING, AL MANSOUR, STAR OF MAPLE, SARASAN, TOLEDO, LEICA SMILE, BROANN, GEM OF MAPLE, AL JAB BAR, SCIMITAR, EYES OF STEEL, SOUTHERN MAID, NOT ON FRIDAY, STAARAQ, MY ADVOCATOR, KEY ISSUE, KIPLING, ANTIQUITY, DROP ANCHOR, PRINCE STANDAAN, IL DON, THACKERAY, FUSS, MOWGLI, TICKET TO ROME, etc.

Dam
TENERIFFE (USA) (1981). Unraced. Dam of 12 living foals, 7 raced, all winners -
86 YOU ARE MY SWEETY, f by Regalberto. Won Bay Meadows Northern California S. Broodmare in Japan.

87 LESS THAN ZERO, c by Regalberto. 22 wins, $106,478, New Mexico State Fair H, 2d Premier H, 3d Sante Fe Special S.

88 Our Uncle Buck, b c by Regalberto. Unraced.

89 Bart, g by Straight Strike (USA). 8 wins, 1200m-1600m, SAJC Strathmore Hotel H, Travel House H, Pelican Point H, 3d SAJC H C Nitschke S-LR, 4th SAJC South Australian S-G3.

92 It's Not My Fault, b g by Bellotto (USA). 3 wins, at 1200m, 1600m.

93 TOLEDO. 7 wins, $1,870,700, at 1100m, 1400m, VRC Newmarket H-G1, QTC Stradbroke H-G1, VRC Emirates Classic-G1, VATC Schillaci S-G3, twice, SAJC Honda S-G3, Keepers H, 2d VRC Newmarket H-G1, Salinger S-G1, Lightning S-G1, Emirates Classic-G2, twice, SAJC Queen Adelaide S-LR, 3d STC Gloaming S-G2, BTC Carlton Cup-G2, VRC The Debonair-LR.

94 (Unnamed) ch f by Palace Music (USA).

95 Royal Anthem, b c by Palace Music (USA). 1 win at 1800m; placed Randwick.

96 Absolute Queen, b f by Royal Academy (USA). 1 win at 1300m.

98 (Unnamed) ch f by Royal Academy (USA).

99 (Unnamed) b f by Royal Academy (USA).

00 (Unnamed) b c by King of Kings (IRE).

Her 1985 and 1990 foals died; slipped in 1991; not served 1996-97 season.
2nd Dam
LULLABY SONG. 8 wins, Del Mar Rancho Bernardo H, Bay Meadows Atherton H, 2d Santa Anita Autumn Days H. Dam of 10 foals, 6 raced, 5 winners inc -
FOREVER LAND. 3 wins, $114,972, Belmont Astoria Breeder's Cup-G3, 3d Fleet Victress S-LR. Dam of -
TOUCH DIAL. 3 wins, $366,327, Canadian Oaks-LR, Woodbine Fury S-LR, 2d Duchess S-G3, Bison City S-LR.
Won Song. 13 wins, $360,084, 2d Aqueduct Cryptoclearance S-LR, 3d Aqueduct Best Turn S-G3, Bold Ruler H-G3, Gravesend H-G3.

Bunker Boy. 13 wins, $101,946, 2d Fairmount Cardinal H-LR.

Sorrowful. Unraced. Dam of 5 winners inc -
TV OF CRYSTAL. 5 wins, $224,135, Santa Anita Linda Vista H-G3, Fairplex Amanda S-LR, 2d La Brea S-G3, El Encino S-G3, Sacramento H-LR, 3d Silver Belles H-G2.

OLY OGY. 2 wins, $150,790, Santa Anita California Breeders' Champion S-LR.

Bend the Ruhles. 1 win in USA, 3d Fairplex CTBA Marian S-LR.
3rd Dam
FLOWER BOX. Winner in USA. Sister to MR COCKATOO (Rolling Green H. Sire). Half-sister to JOCKEY CAP. Dam of 7 foals, 6 raced, 5 winners inc -
RACING IS FUN*. 7 wins, $382,247, Hollywood Derby-G1 (d/h), Garden State Breeders Sires' S-LR, Santa Anita La Puente S-LR, 2d Norfolk S-G1. Successful sire.

LULLABY SONG. See above.

THRU TH'FOREST. 7 wins, Stampede Park Thanksgiving H, Turf Paradise James Herbuveaux Mile.
Toledo, a horse with wonderful staying bloodlines for such a grand sprinter capped his career by finally nailing a Newmarket at his fourth attempt. He had come perilously close at his initial rush down the Flemington 1200m, failing by a nose to snaffle up General Nediym, a year younger than Toledo at three and long since gone to stud, as Toledo toils on for Kate Torr. The $90,000 Easter yearling bred by David Weeks had supplied Russell Cameron with his first Gr.1 success in defeating Monopolize in the 1998 Stradbroke. To repeat that success he ran down his stablemate, the whipper-snipper Mannington, on the flat side, the also three-year-old Show of Heart brilliant in disposing of those on the stand side. Black Bean (fifth) was unlucky not to place.
The odd horse such as Redelva are exceptions to the rule that sprinting is a young horse's caper. Since an eight-year-old Tauto failed to catch Coolalinga by a head in 1974, the only interim aged runners to place were Foregone Conclusion (third 1983), Redelva (a neck second to Shaftesbury Avenue in 1991) and All Our Mob (third in 1997). Toledo is only the fifth aged winner in 128 editions of the grand sprint, the previous Reperio, also a gelded seven-year-old, in 1949 - and he'd been the first in 28 years!