Expensive or Value?

Tara Madgwick - Wednesday May 14

Darley certainly didn’t pull any punches when announcing Too Darn Hot (GB) would be returning to Australia this spring at a fee of $275,000, but a close look at the second season sires table shows why this stallion is head and shoulders above his rivals.

Click for the fully interactive sire tables with links to all stallion pages.

Too Darn Hot just ticked over $9million in seasonal earnings, which is nearly $4million more than his nearest rival and has been generated by not just one superstar, but a whole raft of 10 individual stakes-winners among 46 winners.

He leads his peers on earnings, winners and stakes-winners with his 54.8% seasonal winner to runner strike rate the best of any stallion in the Top 50 Australian sires by earnings.

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He is also the youngest stallion in the Top 20 by earnings sitting in 17th place.

Too Darn Hot (GB) is due back in Australia this spring, but you'll need deep pockets to go to him.

Below is a table showing the Top 12 second season sires from the table above with their initial service fee and current service fee.

Sire

2020 Fee

2025 Fee

Too Darn Hot (GB)

Darley

$44,000

$275,000

Castelvecchio

Arrowfield

$33,000

$49,500

Blue Point (IRE)

Darley

$44,000

Not coming.

Alabama Express

Yulong

$27,500

$66,000

Super Seth

Waikato Stud

NZ$35,000

NZ$75,000

Zousain

Widden Stud

$19,800

$27,500

Pierata

Yulong

$44,000

$55,000

Cosmic Force

Newgate

$16,500

$16,500

Yes Yes Yes

Coolmore

$38,500

On-sold, yet to be announced elsewhere

Tassort

Newgate

$11,000

$38,500

Brutal

Newgate

$27,500

$16,500

Exceedance

Vinery

$38,500

$33,000

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