SUNDAY, 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 PRIME CURRENCY DUBAWI COLT TOO DARN Putting himself into an elite category when scoring by seven GOOD IN SOLARIO lengths on debut over six furlongs at The Curragh last Saturday, >TDN Rising Star= Ten Sovereigns (Ire) (No Nay Never) returned to the same course and distance to dominate the G3 John Sisk & Son Round Tower S. in the manner of a high-class performer. Striking an imposing figure over this trip, the bay who is undoubtedly Ballydoyle=s best juvenile to be seen so far in 2018 has an air of Fasliyev or Johannesburg about him and he is moving towards their level rapidly. Always comfortable handed a lead by stablemate Fantasy (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), the 1-3 favourite cruised to the front as Donnacha O=Brien gave the signal with two furlongs remaining and drew away under hands and heels to score by 3 3/4 lengths from Bruce Wayne (Ire) (Slade Power {Ire}). AYou=d have to be very happy,@ Aidan O=Brien commented. AHe seemed to do everything right and he has a good, big, open stride.@ Cont. p2 Too Darn Hot takes the Solario | racingfotos.com The latest and possibly the best off the top-class production IN TDN AMERICA TODAY line of Dar Re Mi (GB) (Singspiel {Ire}), >TDN Rising Star= Too YOSHIDA TAKES THE WOODWARD Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}), significantly enhanced his Already a Grade I winner on turf, Yoshida (Jpn) (Heart’s Cry {Jpn}) reputation when stamping his authority on Saturday=s G3 came charging late to earn a top-level score on dirt in Saratoga’s 188bet Solario S. at Sandown. Showing familial power from the GI Woodward S. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN America. outset when a seven-length winner over a mile here Aug. 9, the bay was keen early under restraint in third as the unbeaten Listed Chesham S. winner Arthur Kitt (GB) (Camelot {GB}) took up the running. Shaken up straightening for home, the Lloyd- Webbers= homebred was able to get to the leader with 1 1/2 furlongs remaining and surged clear soon after en route to a four-length success. AHe=s got some talent,@ Frankie Dettori said. AHe has a very good mind and is bred in the purple, so there are all sorts of options and the world is his oyster.@ Too Darn Hot=s connections have been in the news of late, with his unbeaten 3-year-old full-sister Lah Ti Dar (GB) the subject of conjecture as to whether she should tackle the colts in the St Leger or head to ParisLongchamp to bid to avenge the controversial disqualification of her dam in the 2009 edition of the G1 Prix Vermeille. That decision denied her a fourth Group 1 success alongside the Yorkshire Oaks, Pretty Polly S. and Dubai Sheema Classic and the daughter of the 1986 Vermeille heroine Darara (Ire) (Top Ville {Ire}) was quickly able to pass on her class to her own progeny. Cont. p2 TDN EUROPE • PAGE 2 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 Dubawi Colt Too Darn Good In Solario cont. from p1 2-2-0-0, $42,578. *Full to So Mi Dar (GB), GSW-Eng & G1SP-Fr, Her So Mi Dar (GB), also by Dubawi, took the 2016 G3 $242,742; Lah Ti Dar (GB), MSW-Eng; and 1/2 to De Treville Musidora S. by four lengths and was later third in the G1 Prix de (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), MGSP-Fr, $114,187. Click for the l=Opera while Lah Ti Dar was impressive enough in the Listed eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ Pretty Polly S. and last month=s Listed Galtres S. to suggest she is *Triple Plus*. one of her generation=s leading performers. Dar Re Mi=s yearling 2--Arthur Kitt (GB), 127, c, 2, Camelot (GB)--Ceiling Kitty (GB), colt and 2018 filly are also by Dubawi. by Red Clubs (Ire). O/B-Chasemore Farm (GB); T-Tom Dettori has an expert view on the family=s intricacies. AHe=s Dascombe. ,10,750. quite a neat and compact horse and I=ve ridden most of the 3--Confiding (GB), 127, c, 2, Iffraaj (GB)--Entre Nous (Ire), by family and they=ve got a tendency like most Dubawis to have Sadler=s Wells. (28,000gns Wlg >16 TATFOA; i47,000 Ylg >17 most of the power in front,@ he explained. AHe=s a little bit funny TIRSEP). O-Manton Estate Racing; B-Brook Stud Bloodstock Ltd and tender in his mouth--he was the same last time--so I wanted (GB); T-Martyn Meade. ,5,380. to teach him a bit. I could have led if I=d wanted to, but I was Margins: 4, 3 3/4, 3/4. Odds: 1.00, 6.00, 6.00. happy to give myself the options as he is a very raw horse so I Also Ran: Victory Command (Ire), Watan (GB), Dunkerron (GB). got a nice outside spot. He was green between three and 1 1/2 Click for the Racing Post result. Video, sponsored by Fasig- out, but I always felt I was going to win and it felt like the penny Tipton. didn=t drop straightaway. I wanted to make him a racehorse and when I said >come on= he changed lead, got into top gear and Prime Currency cont. from p1 put the race to bed. I kept it up all the way to the line, as I AAt least now going to the [G1] Middle Park [at Newmarket suspect a Group 1 is next and I wanted to give him as much Sept. 29] he=s had two runs and he should have enough experience as I could.@ Click for the free Equineline.com experience. We=ll look forward to that now.@ catalogue-style pedigree. Unusually for a Ballydoyle newcomer, especially during a year that has been marred by a virus, Ten Sovereigns was able to put clear daylight between himself and some potentially useful peers at the first time of asking. Donnacha was very taken. AHe Saturday, Sandown, Britain looks very smart and feels like the real deal,@ he said. AWe=ll find 188BET SOLARIO S.-G3, ,50,000, Sandown, 9-1, 2yo, 7fT, out when he steps up to Group 1 company, but he couldn=t be 1:28.51, gd. doing any better. He pings the gates and went past Seamus=s 1--TOO DARN HOT (GB), 127, c, 2, by Dubawi (Ire) filly [Fantasy] like she was stopping. He has a fantastic brain and 1st Dam: Dar Re Mi (GB) (Hwt. Older Mare-Eng at does everything right--he lobs down to the start and stands like 11-14f, G1SW-Eng, Ire & UAE, GSW & G1SP-Fr, a lamb in the stalls.@ Aidan O=Brien is equally doting on the new GISP-US, $4,359,112), by Singspiel (Ire) star of Rosegreen. AHe would have learned more today as he 2nd Dam: Darara (Ire), by Top Ville (Ire) followed horses, so that was great,@ the trainer added. AHe 3rd Dam: Delsy (Fr), by Abdos (Fr) travels very strong and has a lot of speed. You=d be delighted to >TDN Rising Star= 1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN; 1ST GROUP WIN. see the last furlong. He got there and opened up then.@ O-Lord Lloyd-Webber; B-Watership Down stud (GB); T-John Cont. p3 Gosden; J-Lanfranco Dettori. ,28,355. Lifetime Record: TDN EUROPE • PAGE 3 OF 18 • THETDN.COM SUNDAY • 2 SEPTEMBER 2018 Prime Currency cont. O=Brien continued, AHe=s definitely fast, but he=s relaxed and he=s very clean-winded so you=d say looking at him today he shouldn=t have any problem with seven. He=s a very good mover, he=s big and he=s scopey. He has plenty of speed, but that=s what we=re always looking for in horses. He doesn=t look like a horse that would want soft ground, he=s definitely a nice-ground horse as he skips along. Himself and Sergei [Prokofiev] are what we=ll look at for the Middle Park. There are a few others that have run a bit below-par in the past couple of weeks, but they might Vice President, International Operations come back up again when the horses are running well again.@ Gary King Twitter: @garykingTDN [email protected] + 1.732.320.0975 International Editor Kelsey Riley Twitter: @kelseynrileyTDN [email protected] European Editor Emma Berry Twitter: @collingsberry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson Ten Sovereigns | racingfotos.com Twitter: @HLAndersonTDN Marketing Manager Pedigree Notes... Alayna Cullen Twitter: @AlaynaCullen Interestingly, at a time when the barriers between Coolmore [email protected] and Godolphin have come down, he is out of a mare who sported the royal blue in Seeking Solace (GB) (Exceed and Excel Contributing Editor {Aus}) who stayed 11 furlongs when second in the Listed Prix de Alan Carasso la Seine. Bought for just 65,000gns by BBA Ireland at the 2011 Twitter: @EquinealTDN Tattersalls July Sale, she had produced just one runner before this colt and that turned out to be the modest performer Cafe Racing Halcyon Charm (Ire) (Halling). A half-sister to the G2 Al Fahidi Sean Cronin Tom Frary Fort runner-up Flash Fire (Ire) (Shamardal), she is a daughter of [email protected] Flamelet (Theatrical {Ire}) who was second in the G3 Derrinstown Stud 1000 Guineas Trial. It is under the G3 Cherry Irish Correspondent Hinton S.-placed third dam Darling Flame (Capote) that things Daithi Harvey get interesting, with her descendants including the G1 Oakleigh Plate heroine Shamal Wind (Aus) (Dubawi {Ire}) and the G2 Regular Columnists Rockfel S.