Goodwood great racing

Good going Greg!!!

I'm done. my july book is made with my R100 wagered. Maybe if I ask the wifey real nice she will let me have another R100 for the big day itself.
for now I have to be happy with what I have.

about R3200 on orbison
about R750 on irish flame
about R1350 on PP

thats me!!!!

that QT paid great money Greg! Good job. PA not bad at R107!!

Speak to you tomorrow maybe!

Cheers Tommy.... ask the missus for a R100 then take a pa on saturday..... looks like pay pay!!!

Cliffs cruises home under Hughes masterclass


Report: Goodwood, Wednesday

Sussex Stakes (Group 1) 3yo+,1m

CANFORD CLIFFS landed a stunning blow for the Classic generation by winning the Sussex Stakes under a sensational ride from a super-confident Richard Hughes, prompting trainer Richard Hannon to declare his winner the best he has ever trained.

Hannon, who also said he would like to keep Canford Cliffs in training as a four-year-old, said: "I love Paco Boy and my Guineas winners but this horse just has it all. That's three Group 1s now. He's a gorgeous horse and always has been - and has a lovely turn of foot."


Hannon added: "I suppose the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot is an obvious possibility, as well as the Jacques Le Marois."

Canford Cliffs defeated last year's Sussex Stakes winner, Rip Van Winkle, in a performance that encapsulated all the impertinent brilliance of Canford Cliffs and the measured professionalism of Richard Hughes.

A delighted Hughes said: "He's a superstar. He's improved by 10lb and he actually ran a bit rusty there, he never got into full flight.

"I didn't want them to half-jump because we were downhill, so I missed the break completely because there were only seven of us and I could get him in behind.

"We weren't going that fast - the pacemaker was, we weren't. Rip Van Winkle nicked a length out of me, but I know how good he is.

"My horse pricked his ears in the last 100 yards and was in command. I still got him more or less on the bridle."

Hughes was always supremely comfortable on Irish 2,000 Guineas winner Canford Cliffs, exercising total mastery of his mount, whose vast capabilities are consistently judged to perfection by his rider.

Rip Van Winkle, flying the banner for the older horses, was assisted by a coterie of stablemates, but their tactical endeavours were rendered almost quaint by the ease with which the unescorted Canford Cliffs cruised alongside and then past Rip in the final furlong.

This had been billed as a two-horse race, but the three-strong Ballydoyle team endeavoured to prove their strength in numbers could influence the result. Colm O'Donoghue sent Encompassing into a hard early pace that left the front-runner seven lengths clear of Rip Van Winkle rounding the home straight turn.

Galloping past the three-furlong marker, the Aidan O'Brien-trained riders launched into their well oiled routine. Rip Van Winkle moved up to the front and Beethoven, the final partner of the Balldoyle triumvirate, proved a general nuisance in mid-division.

Rip Van Winkle hit the lead and went clear, but 2009 was not to be the last year that Rip Van Winkle's endeavours and obvious talent lost their gloss due to a three-year-old superstar.

Canford Cliffs, well positioned by Hughes just off the hind legs of Rip Van Winkle in the opening stages, was allowed to stretch his legs a little in the final furlongs.

And he picked up Rip Van Winkle with stunning ease to record his third Group 1 victory of the season. The neck winning margin was not a measure of how close this race was - it was evidence of a ride of the very finest quality from Richard Hughes.

Richard Hannon, who recorded his 50th Glorious Goodwood winner with King Torus in the Vintage Stakes earlier on Wednesday, said: "He’s a very good horse, one of the best I’ve ever had. I would love to keep him in training . . . then I might not retire.

“Paco Boy was in the same position last year and couldn’t pick up Rip Van Winkle.

“We’ve had a lot of interest from studs for him and it would be great if we could do a deal so that he could run as a four-year-old, maybe in the stud's colours."

Pre-race, Aidan O’Brien had said Rip Van Winkle, who left his disappointing Queen Anne form well behind at Goodwood, would improve again for his outing in the Sussex sun.

The trainer reiterated that afterwards, saying: “He's progressed lovely from Ascot which we though he would. There is still more to come though and he will progress again. At least he's run a good race and he travels well and quickens well.

"I've no firm plans for him at this stage, although York [the Juddmonte International] is a possibility."

O'Brien also paid tribute to the winner: "It was a great race and obviously he [Canford Cliffs] is a very good horse. It's great to be here and great to be a part of it."

Premio Loco, who had been supplemented for £19,500 by trainer Chris Wall, finished third at 17-2.

Wall said: "He's run well and he's run to his form because Dream Eater was at least as far, if not further behind us today compared to our previous run at Ascot.

"He's in some races in Germany where he won two Group 2s last year, and he's in the Group 2 Celebration Mile here at the end of August, so we'll give him a little break and see where we go."

Looks more difficult today??

Maybe Frankie on Flying Cloud in the 4th....

Double onto Dubai King @ Notts... horse is gonna relish the extra distance imo

VOLITO @ Nottingham
GIVE YOUR VERDICT @ Nottingham
AGE OF AQUARIUS @ Goodwood

Duncan race 1

Hannon confirms Canford Cliffs for QEII


TOP miler Canford Cliffs will head to Ascot next for the Sony-sponsored Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on September 25, trainer Richard Hannon confirmed.

The three-year-old will be chasing a fourth straight Group 1 victory, and second in a row against his elders after defeating Rip Van Winkle by a neck in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.

Already twice a winner at Ascot, the Hannon team have decided to send the son of Tagula back to one of his favoured hunting grounds rather than a trip into the unknown with the Prix Jacques les Marois at Longchamp in early September.

Speaking on his website, Hannon said: "He [Canford Cliffs] looks great, and he has shown no ill effects from winning the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, which is hardly surprising as he won so easily. He has already won twice at Ascot - the Coventry and the St James's Palace Stakes - and the track suits him, so it makes sense to give France a miss and wait for the QE11."

There is no shortage of talent in Hannon's yard over a mile, and stablemate Dick Turpin - impressive winner of the Prix Jean Prat last time, could continue in Group 1 company, or shoulder a penalty in a Group2, as Hannon added: "I need to talk to John Manley, his [Dick Turpin's] owner, but if we stick with Group 1's wherever he goes he will probably come up against another good un - probably one of mine!

"Either France or Ascot could enter the equation, but alternatively he could carry his Group 1 penalty in either the G2 Hungerford Stakes at Newbury on Saturday week or try a mile and a quarter for the first time in the G2 Guillaume d'Ornano at Deauville the following day.

"Newbury could be tempting as it is only up the road, and, whereas in France he has a 7lb penalty, it would only be 4lb in the Hungerford, which we won with Paco Boy two years ago."

French race confirmed for Dick Turpin

DICK TURPIN will travel to Deauville for the Group 2 Prix Guillaume d'Ornano this weekend, where he will attempt a mile and a quarter for the first time, his trainer has said.

The Richard Hannon-trained miler, who broke his Group 1 duck in sensational style when winning the Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly last month, is to bypass alternative options in the Juddmonte International and Hungerford Stakes to tackle the new distance on Sunday August 15.

Speaking to richardhannonracing.tv, Dick Turpin's trainer said: "It would have cost us £60,000 to supplement Dick Turpin for the Juddmonte International at York and, as he is not entered in next Saturday's Hungerford Stakes at Newbury, we have opted to head back across the channel."

The French target represents a drop in class after four consecutive Group 1 races, including three second-placed finishes in the British and French 2,000 Guineas and the St James's Palace Stakes.

It will also be the first time Dick Turpin, stablemate of standout three-year-old miler Canford Cliffs, has tackled a distance of over a mile, but Richard Hughes, who rides Dick Turpin when not otherwiseengaged on Canford Cliffs, has told Hannon the Arakan colt will have the legs to get the extended distance and notch a second consecutive French victory.

Hannon said: "Richard Hughes is adamant that Dick Turpin will have the stamina for ten furlongs, and France suits him as there is always the strong possibility that he will get a bit of dig in the ground out there.

"Even with his 7lb penalty, Dick Turpin stands head and shoulders above the likely opposition, and he will hopefully be very hard to beat next Sunday. He has been a star for us this season and after hitting the crossbar in both the English and French Guineas and running a cracker at Royal Ascot, he thoroughly deserved his day in the sun at Chantilly, and he just seems to get better and better."

Dick Turpin and Canford Cliffs missed a chance to renew their rivalry when Dick Turpin skipped the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood, a race his stablemate won from Rip Van Winkle.

But Hannon is eyeing up a potential rematch in the long-running rivalry, which began with Dick Turpin's shock victory in the Bathwick Tyres Greenham Stakes in April and most recently saw Canford Cliffs take the laurels in the St James's Palace at Royal Ascot.

Hannon added: "Dick Turpin could then cross swords again with our own Canford Cliffs in the QEII [Queen Elizabeth II] at Ascot or maybe take on Paco Boy in the Prix Moulin at Longchamp, but he has proved himself a very good horse, and we are all looking forward to Deauville, where we will also be in action at the sales next weekend."