Fortuna acquires a Too Darn Hot Filly at Karaka Yearling Sale – Lot 231

Published 30 January 2024

This Filly is our 2025 Karaka Millions 2yo prospect

Having secured a lovely 3yo type on Day One (Lot 219) the El Roca – Megara Filly, our focus was on securing a precocious 2yo type who would be a genuine contender for the 2025 Karaka Millions 2yo race for prizemoney of $1m

We struck gold in securing Lot 231, the Filly by the young Sire sensation TOO DARN HOT out of a Flying Spur (Danehill) Mare

TOO DARN HOT (a son of the mighty Dubawi) was a sensational racehorse in the UK and France, with 6 wins (4 as a  2yo) from just 9 career starts, with 3 of those wins coming at Group One Level, one as a 2yo over 1400m (Dewhurst Stakes) at Newmarket in the hands of Frankie Dettori and two as a 3yo old, the Prix Jean Prat in France (1400m) and the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood (1600m), again with Dettori aboard in both victories. Bred and Owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber, he sustained a hairline fracture in his cannon bone after his Goodwood win and was retired to Stud

His Stud career got off to a very strong start in the Northern Hemisphere, finishing 3rd on the first season Sires list (2023 season) with 20 winners (including 3 Stakes Winners) from 56 runners. Standing at Darley, the Stud had made a decision to shuttle him to Australia, where in the current 2023/24 season, he is equal leading first season Sire with 4 winners from just seven starters. At the recent Magic Millions Yearlings Sale on the Gold Coast, the progeny of Too Darn Hot averaged A$360k

This Filly was on our list, but we were not confident we could get her for budget and sure enough she was bid up to $140k before being passed in with a $150 reserve by her Vendors, Wentwood Grange. Mark and Sam decided to go and negotiate on our behalf with the vendors and were successful in securing her for us at our budget limit of $120k

She really is a lovely, athletic type – Click HERE to see her Sales Page link – at this link you will be able to see her parade video clip and her pedigree.

Too Darn Hot – Miss Challenger Yearling Filly
 

Fortuna Trainer Mark Walker  says “John, Too Darn Hot is a very exciting young Sire and this filly is out of a Flying Spur Mare who is out of a Bluebird Mare, so it is a very speedy family – Dave and I just loved her on type, loved the way she walked and we had her on your list, just had reservations if we could buy her for your budget, but luckily we managed to secure her for you in the end. She is a definite Karaka Millions 2yo type – born 1 September, she is very forward and looks as if she will run very early, but at the same time has the scope to furnish into a lovely 3yo. We are rapt to have a Filly of this quality in the stable to train for the Fortuna Team”

This Filly will now go to Te Akau Stud for 6 weeks in the paddock ahead of being broken in

She is registered for the Karaka Millions Race Series – meaning she is eligible to race in the Karaka Millions 2yo Race for $1m in 2025 and the Karaka Millions 3yo Race for $1.5m in 2026 – she is also eligible to run in the new $3.5m Slot race over 1500m as a 3yo in 2026

We have done the numbers and this is how they work out;

Initial Capital includes Purchase Price plus NZ GST, Promoters Fees, Insurance to 31 Jan 2025, Karaka Millions Race Series Fee, and working capital of over $7k

10% share $18,000, 5% share $9,000, 2.5% share $4,500, 1% share $1800 with ongoing costs from 1 April 2024 @$44 per month per each 1% share

Paperwork will be finalised over the next couple of days but we are taking expressions of interest and now is your chance to “express interest” in this filly and if you do, you will be guaranteed a share  – simply register interest by responding to this update via the link HERE  advising the percentage that you would like to put your hand up for