mtoto (1 april 1983 – 24 may 2011) was a british thoroughbred racehorse. in a career which lasted from 1985 until 1988, he ran ten times and won seven races. he showed some promise as three-year-old in 1986, but emerged as a top-class horse in 1987 when he defeated the derby winner reference point in the eclipse stakes at sandown. in 1988, he was the dominant middle-distance horse in britain, winning a second eclipse stakes and taking the king george vi and queen elizabeth stakes.