Canford Cliffs answers the call

PATIENCE was rewarded in droves for the Richard Hannon team when Canford Cliffs lowered the colours of Goldikova in a vintage renewal of the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot.

It was 12 months to the day that the champion trainer saw Paco Boy narrowly fail to beat the French wonder mare, and privately they vowed revenge a year later.

Even then the Hannon camp felt that in Canford Cliffs (11-8), who won the St James’s Palace on that same card in 2010, they had a horse who could nail Goldikova.