Toro was our tenth foal, a colt, born here at Dakota Winds Farm on Good Friday. He arrived extremely quickly leaving us only enough time to get just one picture of him being born. Our youngest daughter, Natalie, adores Fancy so we gave her the honour to name Fancy's foal this year which, due to his speedy delivery, suits him well. Tornado is obviously a wind and it literally means “a violently rotating column of air which is in contact with both a cumulonimbus cloud and the surface of the earth, usually visible as a funnel cloud”; his unique star looks a bit like a twister. Sirocco has proved himself once again by giving us a lovely boy who is quick to learn and has a lovely, easy-to-work-with temperament. Toro is now in a wonderful new home with his new Youth owner; his training in Obstacles will continue with her and she will be showing him in the future!