Hannon can’t choose between his Lockinge rivals
“Canford Cliffs is based down here at Herridge, where (head lad) Tony Gorman and his team won’t hear of defeat, whereas Dick Turpin is up with Steve Knight at Everleigh, and they are quietly confident, and I won’t mind which one wins,” the trainer told www.richardhannon.racing.tv.
“It is a Group One and we are taking nothing for granted as there are other good horses in this race, but I could not be happier with my two.
“Canford Cliffs has grown and filled out in all the right places since last year. He is stronger and mentally more mature.
“He is as good a horse as we have had here in 40 years, and to think that he was the last yearling I sold. Nobody wanted him and I eventually managed to sell him to Robin Heffer for 50,000 guineas.
“We have taken Canford Cliffs away for a couple of racecourse gallops and he has done plenty of work, but there is no substitute for a race, and the fact is Dick Turpin has had his prep-race and he won it well at Sandown.
“We are lucky to have two very special horses, and the ideal scenario would be a dead-heat!”
