Tolstoy (2019) Horse

Foal Date

22-Sep-19
Sex
gelding

Colour

brown

Sire

Wrote

Dam

Shezenthusiastic

Prize Money

117477

Trainer

Ilone Kelly

Owners

Neil & Erin Connors, Brendan Connors, Hunter Flanagan-Connors, Stephanie Philpot, Melany Boyden & Carla Roughan

About

Tolstoy is a 7yo brown gelding trained by Ilone Kelly in Levin. He is by the stallion Wrote out of the dam Shezenthusiastic. Tolstoy has won four races in his career. On 30 July 2026 at Otaki he captured his biggest victory, taking the $40,000 Open Handicap. He has been a profitable runner for bettors; backing him throughout his career would have yielded a 34% return on investment.

Race Record

Event Summary Runner Stats Rank
Otaki 17-Oct-26 1600m SOFT 5 R7 Open Hcp $7,510 (of $40,593) Barrier 4, Winning Time: 01:37.240, SP: 6.90 1st Riverplate ( T Davies 60 , Cd 59 ) 2nd Tolstoy ( L Allpress 58 ) 0.10L 3rd Ma Te Wa ( J Chung 55 ) 0.40L See full results L Allpress 58kg 0.10L 2 (10)
Matamata 03-Oct-26 1600m SOFT 5 R8 LR Open Hcp $972 (of $64,768) Barrier 18, Winning Time: 01:35.510, SP: 19.20 In-running: Settled 9th, 1200m 9th, 800m 9th, 400m 8th 1st Astoria Brooke ( M J Mcnab 53.5 ) 2nd What You Wish For ( C J Grylls 55.5 ) 0.20L 3rd Top Shelf ( H Hassman 53 ) 1.50L 7th Tolstoy ( G Rooke 53 ) 2.20L See full results G Rooke 53kg 2.20L 7 (14)
Te Rapa 13-Sep-26 1600m HEAVY 8 R5 Open Hcp $7,508 (of $40,583) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:38.450, SP: 14.00 In-running: Settled 3rd, 800m 4th, 400m 4th 1st Astoria Brooke ( S Mcnab 55 , Cd 54 ) 2nd Tolstoy ( J Doyle 55 ) 0.40L 3rd Rudyard ( J J Fawcett 54 ) 1.90L See full results J Doyle 55kg 0.40L 2 (12)
Pukekura Raceway 15-Aug-26 1200m HEAVY 10 R6 Open Hcp $1,661 (of $33,221) Barrier 1, Winning Time: 01:19.710, SP: 6.50 In-running: Settled 5th, 800m 5th, 400m 5th 1st Honey Badger ( L Sutherland 56.5 ) 2nd Farravallo ( L J Allpress 59 ) 0.30L 3rd Chajaba ( L Douglas 60 , Cd 58 ) 2.30L 4th Tolstoy ( K Myers 58 ) 4.60L See full results K Myers 58kg 4.60L 4 (7)
Otaki 30-Jul-26 1100m HEAVY 10 R4 Open Hcp $19,135 (of $33,278) Barrier 2, Winning Time: 01:08.340, SP: 2.30 In-running: Settled 4th, 400m 4th 1st Tolstoy ( K Myers 54 ) 2nd Cocobill ( T Davies 54 , Cd 53 ) 0.20L 3rd Testing ( F Moerman 54 , Cd 53 ) 1.50L See full results K Myers 54kg 1 (6)