Lord Lloyd-Webber's homebred Group 1 winner Too Darn Hot (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) pleased trainer John Gosden in his first work back on grass at Newmarket on Apr. 6, as he prepares for Saturday's G3 Watership Down Stud Greenham S. at Newbury, the Racing Post reported. A winner of the G1 Darley Dewhurst S. at headquarters last October, the 'TDN Rising Star' galloped seven furlongs under Maisie Hainey and eventually drew even to his lead horse Whitlock (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) at the end of the workout.
“It was nice to get Too Darn Hot back on grass and the round gallop,” Gosden told Racing Post of the G1 QIPCO 2000 Guineas favourite and English highweight juvenile colt. “It was open much earlier than usual–it was riding to perfection. I was going to get Frankie [Dettori] in to ride him out, when no doubt he would have gone six lengths clear, but Maisie did all that was needed. It was just routine work, but Too Darn Hot is where we want him to be.”
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