Mtoto

Mtoto
Sire	Busted
Grandsire	Crepello
Dam	Amazer
Damsire	Mincio
Sex	Stallion
Foaled	1 April 1983^[1]
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Bay
Breeder	John L. Moore
Owner	Ahmed Al Maktoum
Trainer	Alec Stewart
Record	10: 7-1-0
Earnings	£833,638
Major wins
Brigadier Gerard Stakes (1987) Prince of Wales's Stakes (1987, 1988) Eclipse Stakes (1987, 1988) Festival Stakes (1988) K. George VI & Q. Elizabeth Stakes (1988) Select Stakes (1988)
Last updated on 2 January 2008

Mtoto (1 April 1983 – 24 May 2011) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse. In a career which lasted from 1985 until 1988, he ran ten times and won seven races. He showed some promise as three-year-old in 1986, but emerged as a top-class horse in 1987 when he defeated the Epsom Derby winner Reference Point in the Eclipse Stakes at Sandown. In 1988, he was the dominant middle-distance horse in Britain, winning a second Eclipse Stakes and taking the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes.

Background

Bred by John L. Moore, Mtoto was a bay horse with a white blaze. He was sired by the 1967 British Horse of the Year Busted out of the French mare Amazer.

Racing career

He recovered so well from the foot problems which dogged his early career that when he went to stud, he did so as the winner of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes, and double winner of both the Eclipse Stakes and Prince of Wales's Stakes. He very nearly added the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe to this list too. Mtoto got off to a slow start on the track. By the end of his three-year-old campaign, he had won only once, and that was a small maiden race at Haydock Park. His first important success came as a four-year-old in the Brigadier Gerard Stakes at Sandown Park. In his final year, 1988, he ended a previously unbeaten season with an unlucky, fast closing neck second to Tony Bin in the Arc. Jockey Michael Roberts was blamed by many for poor positioning in this final race, Mtoto rounding the home turn into a short straight behind a wall of horses, in one of the largest Arc fields ever assembled.

Stud career

Mtoto stood at Aston Upthorpe Stud at a fee of £18,000, where he sired Shaamit, Celeric, Serious Attitude and many other horses including Presenting, Arbatax and Maylane. Mtoto is grandsire to the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Denman and 2011 Grand National winner Ballabriggs. On 24 May 2011 it was announced that Mtoto had died aged 28. Later taken as the name of a restored steam tractor (i.e. traction engine) built by John Fowler (Leeds).

Pedigree

Pedigree of Mtoto bay stallion 1983^[1]
Sire Busted (GB) 1963	Crepello (GB) 1954	Donatello	Bleheim
		Donatello	Delleana
		Crepuscule	Mieuxce
		Crepuscule	Red Sunset
	Sans le Sou (FR) 1957	Vimy	Wild Risk
		Vimy	Mimi
		Martial Loan	Court Martial
		Martial Loan	Loan
Dam Amazer (FR) 1967	MIncio (FR) 1957	Relic	War Relic
		Relic	Bridal Colours
		Merise	Le Pacha
		Merise	Miraflore
	Alzaro (GB) 1961	Alycidon	Donatello
		Alycidon	Aurora
		Zabara	Persian Gulf
		Zabara	Samovar (Family 1-k)

References

1 2 "Mtoto pedigree". equineline.com. Retrieved 2015-01-30.

The Complete Encyclopedia of Horse Racing - written by Bill Mooney and George Ennor
Mtoto's Racing Career Galopp-Sieger.de
Mtoto's Progeny Galopp-Sieger.de

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes winners

1951 Supreme Court 1952 Tulyar 1953 Pinza 1954 Aureole 1955 Vimy 1956 Ribot 1957 Montaval 1958 Ballymoss 1959 Alcide 1960 Aggressor 1961 Right Royal 1962 Match 1963 Ragusa 1964 Nasram 1965 Meadow Court 1966 Aunt Edith ♥ 1967 Busted 1968 Royal Palace 1969 Park Top ♥ 1970 Nijinsky 1971 Mill Reef 1972 Brigadier Gerard 1973 Dahlia ♥ 1974 Dahlia ♥ 1975 Grundy 1976 Pawneese 1977 The Minstrel 1978 Ile de Bourbon 1979 Troy 1980 Ela-Mana-Mou 1981 Shergar 1982 Kalaglow 1983 Time Charter ♥ 1984 Teenoso 1985 Petoski 1986 Dancing Brave 1987 Reference Point 1988 Mtoto 1989 Nashwan 1990 Belmez 1991 Generous 1992 St Jovite 1993 Opera House 1994 King's Theatre 1995 Lammtarra 1996 Pentire 1997 Swain 1998 Swain 1999 Daylami 2000 Montjeu 2001 Galileo 2002 Golan 2003 Alamshar 2004 Doyen 2005 Azamour 2006 Hurricane Run 2007 Dylan Thomas 2008 Duke of Marmalade 2009 Conduit 2010 Harbinger 2011 Nathaniel 2012 Danedream ♥ 2013 Novellist 2014 Taghrooda ♥ 2015 Postponed

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