# Tolmi > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tolmi > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tolmi.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolmi > Source revision: 1319675687 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Thoroughbred racehorse}} {{Infobox racehorse | horsename = Tolmi |image_name = |caption = | sire = [Great Nephew](/source/Great_Nephew) | grandsire = [Honeyway](/source/Honeyway) | dam = [Stilvi](/source/Stilvi) | damsire = [Derring-Do](/source/Derring-Do) | sex = [Mare](/source/Mare) | foaled = 23 March 1978{{cite web|url=http://www.equineline.com/Free-5X-Pedigree.cfm?page_state=ORDER_AND_CONFIRM&reference_number=781622®istry=T&horse_name==Tolmi&dam_name==Stilvi%20(GB)&foaling_year=1978&nicking_stats_indicator=Y## |title=Tolmi pedigree |website=Equineline|date=2012-05-08 |accessdate=2013-11-16}} | country = United Kingdom | colour = [Bay](/source/Bay_(horse)) | breeder = [George Cambanis](/source/George_Cambanis) | owner = George Cambanis | trainer = [Bruce Hobbs](/source/Bruce_Hobbs) | record = 8: 3-4-0 | earnings = | race = [Princess Margaret Stakes](/source/Princess_Margaret_Stakes) (1980)
[Coronation Stakes](/source/Coronation_Stakes) (1981) | awards = Top-rated European two-year-old filly (1980)
Timeform rating 122 (1980), 120 (1981) | honours = | updated= }} '''Tolmi''' (foaled 23 March 1978) was a British [Thoroughbred](/source/Thoroughbred) [racehorse](/source/racehorse) and [broodmare](/source/broodmare). She won both her races in 1980, including the [Princess Margaret Stakes](/source/Princess_Margaret_Stakes) before her season was curtailed by illness and injury, and was rated the equal-best two-year-old filly in Europe. In the following year she was narrowly beaten in the [Classic](/source/British_Classic_Races) [1000 Guineas](/source/1000_Guineas) before winning the [Coronation Stakes](/source/Coronation_Stakes) at [Royal Ascot](/source/Royal_Ascot). After finishing second in her three remaining races she was retired to stud, where her record as a dam of winners was disappointing. ==Background== Tolmi was a "strong, compact" dark-coated bay filly with a very small white [star](/source/star_(horse_marking)) and a white [sock](/source/sock_(horse_marking)) on her left hind leg, bred in England by her owner George Cambanis. Her dam [Stilvi](/source/Stilvi) was bought by Cambanis as a [yearling](/source/yearling_(horse)) and became a top-class racehorse, winning the [King George Stakes](/source/King_George_Stakes) and [Duke of York Stakes](/source/Duke_of_York_Stakes) and an outstanding broodmare. Before Tolmi, she had produced Tachypous ([Middle Park Stakes](/source/Middle_Park_Stakes)), [Tromos](/source/Tromos) ([Dewhurst Stakes](/source/Dewhurst_Stakes)) and [Tyrnavos](/source/Tyrnavos_(horse)) ([Irish Derby](/source/Irish_Derby)).{{cite web |url=http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family3h.htm |title=Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Violante – Family 3-h |publisher=Bloodlines.net |date= |accessdate=2013-11-16 |archive-date=2014-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140627102507/http://www.bloodlines.net/TB/Families/Family3h.htm |url-status=dead }} She was sired by [Great Nephew](/source/Great_Nephew), a British stallion whose other progeny included [Grundy](/source/Grundy_(horse)) and [Shergar](/source/Shergar). The filly was sent into training with [Bruce Hobbs](/source/Bruce_Hobbs) at his Palace House stable in [Newmarket, Suffolk](/source/Newmarket%2C_Suffolk) and was ridden in all but her final race by Edward Hide. ==Racing career== ===1980: two-year-old season=== Tolmi began her racing career in the Princess [Maiden](/source/maiden_race) Stakes over six [furlong](/source/furlong)s at [Newmarket Racecourse](/source/Newmarket_Racecourse) in July. According to [Timeform](/source/Timeform)'s annual Racehorses of 1980, she "outclassed"{{cite book |author=Timeform staff| title=Racehorses of 1980| publisher=Timeform|year=1981|isbn=0-900599-31-6}} her nineteen opponents, winning easily by four [lengths](/source/Horse_length) from Exclusively Raised, a filly who went on to win the [May Hill Stakes](/source/May_Hill_Stakes). Later that month he started [4/5](/source/Fractional_odds){{cite book|last1=Abelson|first1=Edward|last2=Tyrrel|first2=John| title=The Breedon Book of Horse Racing Records|publisher=Breedon Books Publishing |year=1993|isbn=978-1-873626-15-3}} favourite for the [Group Three](/source/Group_races) Princess Margaret Stakes over six furlongs at [Ascot Racecourse](/source/Ascot_Racecourse). Her [bridle](/source/bridle) broke on the way to the start and had to be repaired, delaying the race and causing the filly to become unsettled. She started slowly but took the lead a furlong from the finish and won by one and a half lengths and six lengths from Kittyhawk and Her Grace. Tolmi's next race was scheduled to be the [Lowther Stakes](/source/Lowther_Stakes) at [York Racecourse](/source/York_Racecourse) in August but she was withdrawn from the race after being found to have a "low blood count". In her absence, Kittyhawk won the race impressively. Tolmi was being prepared for a run against the season's other outstanding two-year-old filly [Marwell](/source/Marwell_(horse)) in the [Cheveley Park Stakes](/source/Cheveley_Park_Stakes) when her season was ended by a [cannon bone](/source/cannon_bone) injury in early September. At the end of the year she was the ante-post favourite for the following year's [1000 Guineas](/source/1000_Guineas). ===1981: three-year-old season=== Tolmi made her three-year-old debut in the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket on 30 April. Her preparation had been disrupted by a muscle injury and she arrived at Newmarket looking less than fully fit. Starting the 11/2 third favourite she tracked the leaders and appeared to be travelling strongly entering the final furlong. In a "thrilling finish" she finished second, beaten a neck by [Fairy Footsteps](/source/Fairy_Footsteps), just ahead of Go Leasing, Marwell and [Madam Gay](/source/Madam_Gay). She was then dropped in class for a race at [Kempton Park Racecourse](/source/Kempton_Park_Racecourse), but appeared to struggle on the prevailing soft ground and finished fourth of the six runners behind Nasseem. In June, Tolmi faced Nasseem on firm ground in the Coronation Stakes, which was then a Group Two race, at [Royal Ascot](/source/Royal_Ascot) and started at odds of 4/1. She was always well-placed, and after being switched to the outside in the straight to obtain a clear run she accelerated into the lead and won by half a length from the Irish filly Happy Bride, with Nasseem in third place.{{cite book |author=Timeform staff| title=Racehorses of 1981| publisher=Timeform|year=1982|isbn=0-900599-33-2}} In the [Child Stakes](/source/Child_Stakes) at Newmarket in July, Tolmi was beaten three lengths when attempting to concede six [pounds](/source/Pound_(mass)) to [Robert Sangster](/source/Robert_Sangster)'s filly [Star Pastures](/source/Star_Pastures). Later in the month was beaten a length when conceding three pounds to the same filly in the [Royal Wedding Stakes](/source/Oak_Tree_Stakes) at [Goodwood Racecourse](/source/Goodwood_Racecourse). Tolmi and Star Pastures met yet again, this time at level weights, in the Heathorns Stakes at Goodwood in September, with Star Pastures emerging the winner by two lengths. There was some speculation that the filly would contest the [Queen Elizabeth II Stakes](/source/Queen_Elizabeth_II_Stakes), but she never raced again and was retired to stud. ==Assessment== In 1980, the independent [Timeform](/source/Timeform) organisation gave Tolmi a rating of 122, making her the second highest-rated two-year-old filly of the season behind Marwell. In the official International Classification she was rated equal to Marwell as the best two-year-old filly in Europe, six pounds behind the leading colt [Storm Bird](/source/Storm_Bird). In the following year she was rated ten pounds below Marwell (the top-rated three-year-old filly) in the International Classification and was rated 120 by Timeform. ==Stud record== Tolmi was retired from racing to become a broodmare. Following the death of Cambanis in 1981, she was owned by the Stilvi Compania Financiera. Her record at stud was disappointing: she produced several minor winners, but nothing of top class. Tolmi's recorded foals: *Sariza (bay filly, foaled in 1983, sired by [Posse](/source/Posse_(horse))), unraced *Messaria (bay filly, 1985, by [Ile de Bourbon](/source/Ile_de_Bourbon)), failed to win in five races *Zorkos (chestnut colt, 1986, by [Niniski](/source/Niniski)), failed to win in three races *Lassia (bay filly, 1987, by [Teenoso](/source/Teenoso)), third in only race *Nile Delta (bay colt, 1989, by [Green Desert](/source/Green_Desert_(horse))), won one race{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/78745/nile-delta |title=Nile Delta Record By Race Type |publisher=Racing Post |date= |accessdate=2013-11-16}} *Barratry (chestnut colt, 1990, by [Caerleon](/source/Caerleon_(horse))), failed to win in eight races *Double Dagger (bay colt, 1991, by [Reference Point](/source/Reference_Point_(horse))), won two races{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/81700/double-dagger |title=Double Dagger Record By Race Type |publisher=Racing Post |date=2011-06-02 |accessdate=2013-11-16}} *Unreal City (bay colt, 1993, by [Rock City](/source/Rock_City_(horse))), won one race{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/104186/unreal-city |title=Unreal City Record By Race Type |publisher=Racing Post |date= |accessdate=2013-11-16}} *Get the Point (bay colt, 1994, by [Sadler's Wells](/source/Sadler's_Wells_(horse))), won eight races{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/109132/get-the-point |title=Get The Point Record By Race Type |publisher=Racing Post |date= |accessdate=2013-11-16}} *Mary Boone (filly, 1999, by [Dr Devious](/source/Dr_Devious)), failed to win in two races ==Breeding== {{Pedigree |name = Tolmi (GB), bay mare, 1978 |f = [Great Nephew](/source/Great_Nephew) (GB)
1963 |m = Stilvi (IRE)
1969 |ff = Honeyway (GB)
1941 |fm = Sybil's Niece (GB)
1951 |mf = [Derring-Do](/source/Derring-Do) (GB)
1961 |mm = Djerella (FR)
1960 |fff = [Fairway](/source/Fairway_(horse)) |ffm = Honey Buzzard |fmf = Admiral's Walk |fmm = Sybil's Sister |mff = [Darius](/source/Darius_(horse)) |mfm = Sipsey Bridge |mmf = Guersant |mmm = Djeretta |ffff = [Phalaris](/source/Phalaris_(horse)) |fffm = Scapa Flow |ffmf = [Papyrus](/source/Papyrus_(horse)) |ffmm = Lady Peregrine |fmff = [Hyperion](/source/Hyperion_(horse)) |fmfm = Tabaris |fmmf = [Nearco](/source/Nearco) |fmmm = Sister Sarah |mfff = [Dante](/source/Dante_(horse)) |mffm = Yasna |mfmf = [Abernant](/source/Abernant_(horse)) |mfmm = Claudette |mmff = Bubbles |mmfm = Montagnana |mmmf = [Djebel](/source/Djebel) |mmmm = Candida (Family 3-h) |}} ==References== {{reflist}} Category:1978 racehorse births Category:Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Category:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Category:Thoroughbred family 3-h --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tolmi](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolmi) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tolmi?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.