Weld aims to make Name at Sandown

Dermot Weld brings Famous Name across from Ireland today in an attempt to overthrow Richard Hannon’s domination of the Mile at Sandown.

Hannon has won the Group Two race an incredible six times in the last eight renewals, including the last four in a row through Major Cadeaux, Paco Boy (twice) and Dick Turpin.

This time around he will saddle Dubawi Gold and Libranno, but they will face a serious examination from Weld’s long-serving representative, who is a big favourite of his jockey Pat Smullen having ridden him in all but one of his 30 starts.