VINERY Stud general manager Peter Orton is happy for All Too Hard to be known as Black Caviar's little brother and is content for him to remain in her shadow, reports The Age.It says: But he is quick to say the colt has little left to prove. The Caulfield Guineas winner will head to stud at the end of this season, but his racing is far from over. ''He has shown himself to be a quality individual, but when you are always compared to Black Caviar it is always going to be hard,'' Orton said. ''He w

VINERY Stud general manager Peter Orton is happy for All Too Hard to be known as Black Caviar's little brother and is content for him to remain in her shadow, reports The Age.

It says: But he is quick to say the colt has little left to prove. The Caulfield Guineas winner will head to stud at the end of this season, but his racing is far from over.

''He has shown himself to be a quality individual, but when you are always compared to Black Caviar it is always going to be hard,'' Orton said. ''He was precocious enough to win at two, then won at a mile at three and showed the turn of foot to win at 1400 metres [first-up], which is what you look for from a stallion. There is not a family in the world that is more sought-after at the moment and we have the stallion ready to go.''

All Too Hard provided another challenge for the relatively young Vinery operation in Australia and it is enjoying racing him.

''He has won a Caulfield Guineas and has come back and won the Orr Stakes, which has a long tradition of producing class winners and is a stallion's race,'' Orton said. ''That was very important for us because it has taken the pressure off to some extent. There was an element of 'we were right' after that [Orr] win.''

Vinery paid $25 million to Patinack Farm for All Too Hard after his successful spring, which included a runner-up finish in the Cox Plate to Ocean Park. The son of Casino Prince has not been hard to syndicate; Te Akau Thoroughbreds, Kia Ora Stud and Raheen Stud are among the investors.

He races in the Vinery colours and has been made a $1.60 favourite in the Futurity Stakes at Caulfield on Saturday, which looms as a third group 1 success.
His record is five wins from 10 starts, but at the highest level it is two wins, two seconds and a fourth. (www.theage.com.au)