Tofane (foaled 12 September 2015) is a New Zealand-bred and Australian raced thoroughbred racehorse that has one four

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races.

Background

Tofane is by the stallion Ocean Park, the winner of 5 Group One races. She was bred by Gordon Cunningham in New Zealand. Tofane is out of the Australian mare, Baggy Green, who is a granddaughter of champion European mare,

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. Baggy Green is also a half sister to

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winner Youngstar, and a three-quarter sister to

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winner Funstar. Tofane is also the half-sister to No Compromise, the winner of the Group 3 N E Manion Cup. Tofane was originally entered for the 2017 New Zealand Bloodstock yearling sale, however Cunningham removed her from the sale and retained ownership. She won an 820m trial at Te Teko and was then sold by Cunningham to owners in Australia, where she was sent to be trained by Michael Moroney at Flemington.

Racing career

Tofane had her first race start as a 3-year-old when running second in a maiden race at Bendigo on the 19 March 2019. Three weeks later she started as a $1.35 favourite when winning her first race at Ballarat by three and three-quarter lengths when ridden by

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. In the spring of 2019, Tofane won back-to-back stakes races in the Northwood Plume Stakes and the

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. On both occasions she was ridden by

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. Tofane won her first

race on the 18 April 2020 in the

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at Randwick. Ridden by

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, she managed to overhaul Pierata to win by a small margin. Tofane would not win again for over twelve months when she scored back-to-back Group One wins in the 2021

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and the

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. On both occasions she was ridden by Craig Williams. In February 2022 Tofane won her fourth Group One race when leading all the way to win the

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at Caulfield.

Breeding career

Tofane was sold for $3.1 million at the 2022

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broodmare sale. She was purchased by Yulong Investments and was covered by stallion

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in her first year.

Pedigree

References

{{reflist Racehorses bred in New Zealand Racehorses trained in Australia 2015 racehorse births