Mr. Hot Stuff
Graded Earnings: $114,000
Race Record: 7-1-0-3
Trainer - Eoin Harty
Jockey - John Velazquez
Owner - WinStar Farm LLC
Breeder - WinStar Farm LLC
Pedigree
Mr. Hot Stuff boasts a strong pedigree for 1 1/4 miles. His sire, $6.4 million earner and 2009 Hall of Fame inductee Tiznow, scored all of his most notable victories at that classic distance. A late-developing sort who did not break his maiden until late May as a sophomore, Tiznow went on to become champion three-year-old and Horse of the Year in 2000. He set a new track record of 1:59 4/5 when romping in the 1 1/4-mile Super Derby (G1) at Louisiana Downs, and later that fall, he captured the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) at Churchill Downs. In 2001, Tiznow took home another Eclipse Award as champion older horse. That year, he added the Santa Anita H. (G1) to his resume, and in his final career outing in the Breeders' Cup Classic, he mounted a determined rally inside the final yards to deny Sakhee by a nose. In the process, Tiznow became the only two-time winner of that 1 1/4-mile prize.
Tiznow , who stands at WinStar Farm near Versailles, Kentucky, is also proving to be an outstanding stallion, transmitting his stamina to his progeny in the process. In 2008, he was represented by Travers (G1) and Santa Anita Derby (G1) hero Colonel John, a full brother to Mr. Hot Stuff, and Well Armed captured the Goodwood S. (G1) during the Oak Tree meet. Well Armed who went on to post a 14-length victory in this year's running Dubai World Cup (UAE-G1). Fillies by Tiznow include Folklore, the champion juvenile filly of 2005; 2008 Canadian champion mare Bear's Now; and multiple Grade 1 heroine Tough Tiz's Sis.
Additional staying power is conferred by Mr. Hot Stuff's dam. He is the fifth foal out of Sweet Damsel, the winner of five minor races at about a mile, on both dirt and turf, from her 33 starts. Her previous three foals are all winners, inclkuding Grade 3-placed Caroline's Gold (Touch Gold). Sweet Damsel is by Turkoman, the champion older male of 1986, who blazed 1 1/4 miles in a track-record 1:58 3/5 at Hialeah to capture the Widener H. (G1). As might be expected, his progeny are responsible for a stout Average Winning Distance of 8.1 furlongs. Turkoman has made his mark as a broodmare sire, especially in the Triple Crown. His daughters have produced 2001 Horse of the Year Point Given, who disappointed when fifth in the Run for the Roses but rebounded with powerful scores in the Preakness S. (G1) and Belmont S. (G1), and Hard Spun, a gallant runner-up in last year's Kentucky Derby and third in the Preakness.
Sweet Damsel is herself out of Illinois-bred stakes victress Grande Dame, who is by 1976 Gotham S. (G2) winner Zen. Mr. Hot Stuff's third dam, Fia, finished third in the 1 1/2-mile Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) in 1977. She likely inherited her stamina from her sire, One for All, the Canadian champion grass horse in 1971. This is the family of multiple Grade 2 victor Imperialism (Langfuhr), who was third to Smarty Jones in the 2004 Run for the Roses.
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