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.

Canford Cliffs answers the call
Wed, 15 Jun, 2011 - 01:00
Keith Hamer

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.

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