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Darn Hot's failure to win the Dante was thus explained, while his eclipse by Phoenix Of Spain in the Irish 2,000 Guineas came little more than a week later.
But Too
Darn Hot - who had been second to Phoenix Of Spain in Ireland last month - tracked his move and almost came upsides the winner on the run to the line.
There shouldn't be much between the top two in the betting and I would rather back Too
Darn Hot at 5/2 with Star Sports than Phoenix Of Spain at 15/8.
Keen observers will have noticed Too
Darn Hot blowing a lot afterwards, leading me to conclude he very much needed the race.
British bookmaker William Hill slashed the colt's odds to 9-2, pending supplementation, while easing Too
Darn Hot (John Gosden) to 14 and third placed Surfman (Roger Varian) to 14 (from 16).
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Darn Hot even went odds-on for the first Classic of 2019 in mid-March, but has been friendless in the antepost lists since missing his intended return to action in the Greenham Stakes at Newbury eight days ago with a leg problem.
During this time, Ahmed said that he has
darned different types of clothes and apparels of people from all walks of life including those belonging to senior government officials, doctors and even politicians.
A replacement bridge to cross a burn on the
Darn Walk between Bridge of Allan and Dunblane is expected to be erected in the next few months.
TOO
Darn Hot cemented his place at the head of the betting on next year's 2000 Guineas and Derby as he ran out a most stylish winner of the Howcroft Industrial Supplies Champagne Stakes at Doncaster.
My problem is this; the
darn thing will not fit in any 98k Mauser I have tried!