SIRE HIGHLIGHTS:
SIRE:
TOO DARN HOT | COLOUR:
BAY | YEAR OF BIRTH:
2016 | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
GREAT BRITAIN |
CAREER WINS:
6 | WINNING DISTANCE:
1400M – 1600M |
MAJOR VICTORIES:
Dewhurst Stakes (GI), Great Britain
Prix Jean Prat (GI), France
Sussex Stakes (GI), Great Britain |
AT STUD SINCE:
2020 | STUD FEE:
AUD$ 110,000 (Southern Hemisphere) (2024)/ EUR€ 90,000 (Northern Hemisphere)(2025) | NUMBER OF STAKES WINNERS:
23 |
SAME-SIRE RUNNERS' PERFORMANCE IN HONG KONG:
NO. OF STARTERS:
1 | NO. OF WINNERS:
1 |
BEST PERFORMER (RATED 80+):
N/A |
PREFERRED DISTANCE:
1200M-1400M |
SIRE ATTRIBUTES:
Speed-oriented, preferably at a mile or under. Precocious and versatile. |
DAM HIGHLIGHTS:
DAM:
PLANET ROCK | COLOUR:
BAY | YEAR OF BIRTH:
2008 | COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:
AUSTRALIA | BROODMARE SIRE:
FASTNET ROCK |
RACING CAREER:
5 wins 1200M to 2100M with G1 New Zealand 1000 Guineas. |
PROGENY'S RACING PERFORMANCE:
Dam of four named foals with GENIUS BABY, all to race, three winners. GENIUS BABY win at 1050M on synthetic. MOLTEN 8 wins ranging from 1000M to 1300M. ANGEL HELENA 2 wins at 1400M and 1600M. |
DAM ATTRIBUTES:
Dam from AKRIS won at 2206M and foaled RINGO 8 wins from 1340M to 1600M. ALAKRIS 4 wins from 1400M to 1968M. This family has produced many winners at a mile or further and versatile. |
SALES HISTORY:
Sold as a yearling at AUD$ 150,000 in 2023 Inglis Classic Yearling Sale.
COMMENTS AND PROSPECT:
TOO DARN HOT was owned by Lord Lloyd-Webber that trained by John Gosden with 6 wins, 2 seconds and 1 third in 9 starts while Frankie Dettori as his jockey for all his starts, winning distance from 1400M to 1600M. He was unbeaten in 4 starts at age 2 including denied ADVERTISE in G1 Dewhurst Stakes. He got his first defeat to finish 2nd in 2100M Dante Stakes on his first start at age 3, he returned to mile events afterwards where he ran on for placings in Irish 2000 Guineas, St James's Palace Stakes, then landed 1400M G1 Prix Jean Prat and Sussex Stakes in Glorious Goodwood. The 2018 champion 2YO and 2019 champion 3YO colt commenced stud duties since 2020 and stationed at Dalham Hall Stud Darley and shuttled to Australia with 23 black type contest winners including 4-time G1 champion BROADSIDING and 2-time G1 champion FALLEN ANGEL. His fee among Southern Hemisphere in 2024 is AUD$ 110,000 and GBP£ 90,000 among Northern Hemisphere in 2025.
GENIUS BABY was trained by Peter Robl in Australia with 1 win in 1 start. After 2 barrier trials, he tracked leaders from fourth position in a 1050M synthetic event and asked at turn to quicken well to win as a favourite at Gold Coast. Most same sire runners ran on well in recent years while his dam PLANET ROCK collected 5 wins from 1200M to 2100M including New Zealand 1000 Guineas and became 2011-2012 New Zealand Bloodstock Filly of the Year and her off-spring prefer sprint to mile event. As a family member of ZABEEL, the brown gelding should be able to handle mile or further in distance and fine on both turf and dirt.
