Toronto is a powerful bay stallion that descends from the jumping horse producer and successful competitor, Now or Never M, who is stationed in Holland. Toronto’s scope and athleticism can certainly be attributed to his sire. Now or Never M has many approved sons and is well on his way to establishing his own line in Hanoverian breeding. He currently has a high breeding value of 152 points for jumping on the German FN’s ranking system, showing to consistently improve the canter. Toronto’s grandsire, Voltaire, a highly successful international show jumper, is a consistent sire of top-ranked jumpers with temperaments of gold. Toronto’s damsire is Belisar, by Saros xx, a full brother to Swazi xx, the sire of the Trakehner stallion, Consul. Saros xx comes from a strong line of successful steeplechasers, race winners and sport horses. The Now or Never M nick with Belisar/Saros xx daughters has proven to be an undeniably successful cross, producing the approved stallions Valentino, Winston Uccello, Alchimist and Vallado, in addition to Toronto. At his performance test, Toronto won the jumping phase of the test with an outstanding overall 9.3, which could be expected because of his outstanding pedigree. He scored an impressive perfect 10 on cross-country, 9.0s for natural jumping ability and jumping manner, 8.83 for free jumping and 8.67 for jumping technique. He gained the following scores: 8.0s for character, temperament, willingness to perform, conformation and canter, 6.33 for trot and 7.67 for walk.