Hot Property

[Wandering Eyes]

Now that connections are sure they have found the ideal metier for ‘TDN Rising Star’ Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), his opponents in Sunday’s renovated G1 Prix Jean Prat had better watch out. Last year’s champion juvenile has gone from Derby prospect to ultimate miler to now seven-furlong sprinter-miler in the space of just a month and a half, but his talent almost certainly remains undiminished. He looked to have that freak quality as he romped through the G3 Solario S., G2 Champagne S. and G1 Dewhurst S. at two and despite his stout pedigree he has proven hard to peg down distance-wise until now. It is taken as read that the soft ground that prevailed at Royal Ascot undermined him when fading late to be third in the June 18 G1 St James’s Palace S. and quick conditions over this straight seven there should be no call for excuses.

Godolphin have stacked three against the Lloyd-Webber homebred, with the Charlie Appleby-trained ‘TDN Rising Star’ Space Blues (Ire) another Dubawi who has steadily reverted to this trip. Successful in Epsom’s Listed Surrey S. May 31 and runner-up in the G3 Jersey S. at Royal Ascot June 22, he has emerged from the Royal meeting in top order. “He has shown plenty of pace this season and we felt that he deserved a crack at a nice prize over this trip,” his trainer said. “It will be his first Group 1 start, but he won’t look out of the place in the line-up. If he can continue his improvement, he should be involved in the finish.”

Saeed bin Suroor also drops Royal Marine (Ire) (Raven’s Pass) to seven after three out-of-the-frame efforts at a mile so far this term. While the form of his G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere success at ParisLongchamp in October gives mixed messages, he is considered better than his latest ninth in the St James’s Palace and Saeed bin Suroor is expecting a turnaround. “We have been disappointed with Royal Marine so far this year, but we are looking forward to seeing how he goes over seven furlongs,” he commented. “His last piece of work went well and this looks the right race for him. I am hoping for a better result from him this time.”

Chief among the home representation is Gerard Augustin-Normand’s Graignes (Fr) (Zoffany {Ire}), who was runner-up to Godolphin’s third runner here Munitions (War Front) over this trip in the G3 Prix Djebel at Maisons-Laffitte Apr. 10 but reversed the form as they finished fourth and ninth respectively in the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains at ParisLongchamp May 12. Unraced on ground good or faster, the Yves Barberot-trained colt who was also third in the G1 Criterium International at Chantilly in October needs to find improvement to make a serious impact.

Hamburg are celebrating the 150th running of the G1 IDEE Deutsches Derby, where Gestut Ittlingen’s Laccario (Ger) (Scalo {GB}) occupies favouritism after impressive successes in Dusseldorf’s Listed Derby-Trial May 26 and the G2 Union-Rennen at Cologne June 10. On the latter occasion, the homebred dealt a blow to the ego of Django Freeman (Ger) (Campanologist) who had previously beaten Stall Salzburg’s Quest the Moon (Ger) (Sea the Moon {Ger}) in the May 1 G3 Bavarian Classic at Munich. Following that eclipse, Quest the Moon went to ParisLongchamp to capture the G3 Prix du Lys in authoritative fashion May 26 and that may represent stronger form than his domestic efforts.

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