By Tom Frary
The word was out about the William Haggas newcomer Bayaann (Too Darn Hot) at Lingfield on Thursday and the half-brother to I Can Fly (Fastnet Rock) duly delivered with a display full of promise. Sent off the well-backed 5-4 favourite for the seven-furlong maiden on the Polytrack, Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum's 410,000gns Tattersalls October Book 1 purchase took a while to find his stride but as soon as they had straightened for home had begun to loom.
Giving generously for Rossa Ryan to overwhelm his peers in the last half a furlong, the bay asserted for a 1 1/2-length success from Lake Como (St Mark's Basilica). “He's a big baby and he didn't know what he was doing in the false straight, but I knew I had loads and in the end he only galloped out only for half a furlong,” the winning rider said after completing a treble on the card.
“Mr Haggas liked him and he has plenty of size and scope, so I'd say he'll have a good future ahead of him,” he added.
“In irresistible form!” 🔥
It's a treble for @Rossaryan15 as Bayaann shows a willing attitude, quickening inside the final two furlongs to strike!@WilliamHaggas @LingfieldPark pic.twitter.com/eTc3JlyjvC
— At The Races (@AtTheRaces) November 20, 2025
Madonna Dell'Orto, whose aforementioned I Can Fly scored at Group 2 level and was multiple Group 1-placed, is also responsible for the Listed scorer and dual Group-placed Viscount Barfield (Raven's Pass) and for the dam of another smart daughter of Fastnet Rock in the GIII Long Island Stakes winner Alluring Angel.
I Can Fly is in turn responsible for this year's Falmouth, Coronation Stakes, and Prix Rothschild runner-up January (Kingman), while the dam is a half to Danehill's ill-fated Poule d'Essai des Poulains and Keeneland Turf Mile hero Landseer.
The winner's full-sister was a 480,000gns purchase by Willingham at last year's Tattersalls December Foal Sale, while the dam also has a colt foal by Sea The Stars.
4th-Lingfield, £9,650, Mdn, 11-20, 2yo, 7f 2y (AWT), 1:26.76, st.
BAYAANN (GB) (c, 2, Too Darn Hot {GB}–Madonna Dell'Orto {GB}, by Montjeu {Ire}) Sales history: 280,000gns Wlg '23 TADEWE; 410,000gns Ylg '24 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $6,805.
O-Sheikh Ahmed Al Maktoum; B-Genesis Green Stud Ltd; T-William Haggas.
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