SENSATIONAL is one word to describe the performance of Too Darn Hot (Dubawi) last year when his first runners appeared. By the year’s end he was responsible for no fewer than 26 individual winners, but even more significantly it was their quality that stood out.

He equalled the best ever starts made at stud by his predecessors, getting four group-winning juveniles in Europe, a feat previously achieved by notables such as Frankel and Lope De Vega. His daughters had among their ranks the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes heroine Fallen Angel, Group 2 May Hill Stakes winner Darnation and the German pattern winner Carolina Reaper. His best son, Alyanaabi, won the Group 3 Somerville Tattersalls Stakes and was runner-up in the Group 1 Dewhurst Stakes.