Champagne Target For Too Darn Hot

The G2 Champagne S. on Oct. 15 is the next likely port of call for unbeaten G3 Solario S. winner and 'TDN Rising Star' Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Jockey Frankie Dettori had predicted a jump to Group 1 level after Saturday's Solario, but trainer John Gosden told the Daily Mirror on Monday, “I think the Champagne at Doncaster is the logical target for him–there's a two-week gap, so that works out pretty well–and that's probably where we'll head. There is the [G1] National S. at The Curragh, but it closed in June and he wasn't put in that, because he hadn't even done a piece of work by then. If that goes well, then we've got options in October.”