Brilliant Perth filly Hot And High kept her unbeaten record intact and strengthened her growing reputation with an impressive victory in the Listed Sir Ernest Lee-Steere Classic 1,400m at Ascot on Saturday, 29 November.
After an easy maiden win at Northam and a comfortable success in restricted grade at Belmont on 12 November, the three-year-old daughter of Darley shuttle stallion Too Darn Hot made it three from three with a dominant performance.
With jockey Lucy Fiore barely needing to urge her along, Hot And High powered clear in the home straight to win by three lengths from Ninetymilesstraight, with Sherpa Express a further half-length away.
Trained at Ascot by Dion Lucian, Hot And High is out of the Australian mare High Conviction and was bred and is raced by Cape Falls Thoroughbreds. Her potential appears largely untapped.
Too Darn Hot himself was a high-class racehorse, winning six of his nine starts, including three at Group 1 level, and he was a standout performer in England and Europe at two and three.
Despite only beginning his stud career in 2020, he finished as Australia’s leading second-season sire in 2024–25.
His progeny continue to shine. Last weekend, his daughter Oversubscribed won the Listed Forever Together Stakes at Aqueduct, while earlier this month Tornado Valley claimed the G3 Maribyrnong Plate at Flemington.
Shiki took the G3 Gimcrack Stakes at Randwick, and Fallen Angel captured the G1 Sun Chariot Stakes at Newmarket.
Too Darn Hot has now sired 245 winners of 438 races, including 30 Black Type winners of 53 Stakes events.
