Toboggan was a bay mare bred in the United Kingdom by her owner Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby.

[3] Apart from Toboggan, Hurry On sired numerous major winners including Captain Cuttle, Coronach, Call Boy, Precipitation and Pennycomequick.

[7][8] At Epsom Racecourse on 8 of June Toboggan faced Scuttle again in the 150th edition of the Oaks Stakes and started at odds of 100/15 (approximately 6.7/1) in a thirteen-runner field.

On 4 October Toboggan was matched against older horse in the Jockey Club Stakes over fourteen furlongs at Newmarket.

[11] At the end of the season Lord Derby explained that both Toboggan and his leading colt Fairway had been successfully subjected to a process of "electric light treatment".