Too Darn Hot can prove too darn good

Darren Norris It’s not often the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 proves superior to the English equivalent but the unexpected presence of Newmarket absentee Too Darn Hot in today’s line-up has elevated today’s Curragh feature to cracker status.

It’s not often the Tattersalls Irish 2,000 proves superior to the English equivalent but the unexpected presence of Newmarket absentee Too Darn Hot in today’s line-up has elevated today’s Curragh feature to cracker status.

Even before it was confirmed last season’s leading juvenile would take his chance — just nine days after surrendering his unbeaten record on his seasonal reappearance at York — this already looked an above-average Irish 2,000 Guineas with the Newmarket first and third, Magna Grecia and Skardu, squaring up again and Vertem Futurity Trophy Stakes runner-up Phoenix Of Spain making his return to action.