Awesome Cliffs scales new heights

Richard Hughes was poetry in motion as he brought star three-year-old miler Canford Cliffs through to snugly deny Rip Van Winkle back-to-back runnings of the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood today.

No sooner had trainer Richard Hannon registered his 50th winner at the meeting than his son-in-law provided him with the 51st in the Group One feature.