Canford to stand at Coolmore
Richard Hannon has confirmed his stable star Canford Cliffs has been retired to stud. The five-time Group One winner came off second best when meeting Frankel in the highly-anticipated ‘Duel on the Downs’ in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood last week. Connections have subsequently found the four-year-old to have suffered a minor injury but [...]
Canford Cliffs will go into the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot on Saturday as the event favourite with bookmakers, with the expectations of a grand battle with rival Makfi. The Richard Hannon trained colt placed third in the 2000 Guineas in May behind his rival, prior to getting the best of a under done [...]
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According to the warning given to his challengers, Richard Hannon Junior thinks Canford Cliffs is still making progress prior to his start in September’s Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot. Subsequent to his third place finish in the 2000 Guineas at Newmarket, the three year old has been victorious on three occasions in a Group [...]
Continue reading …Race RAG status: Amber Primary Trends The last 8 winners were all distance winners 7 of the last 8 winners were aged 3 or 4 7 of the last 8 winners were priced no bigger than 5/1(2/1,8/11,5/4,4/5,20/1,5/1,5/2,30/100) 7 of the last 8 winners were running within 43 days Shortlist Beethoven Akdarena Emulous Secondary Trends 6 [...]
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ST JAMES’S PALACE STAKES – JUNE 15TH 2010 This is a race that traditionally brings together the winners of the major European Guineas and often decides the top 3yo miler. Incredibly, Aiden O’Brien has won six of the last ten renewals of this Group 1 race. One thing that all of the last 11 winners [...]
Continue reading …3.45 THE ABU DHABI IRISH 2000 GUINEAS (GROUP 1) (3YO) 1M Key Trend: THE LAST 8 WINNERS HAD RUN IN THE ENGLISH 2000 GUINEAS AT NEWMARKET. Others: – THE LAST 6 WINNERS CAME FROM STALLS 6 – 8. – HORSES DRAWN IN STALLS 1 & 2 HAVE MADE THE FRAME THREE TIMES FROM 24 WIN [...]
Continue reading …Three ‘Live’ Outsiders For The Stan James 2000 Guineas… The flat season is now well and truly underway with both Newmarket’s Craven meeting and Newbury’s Greenham Stakes having taken place this past week. The Craven resulted in an emphatic victory for the John Dunlop trained Elusive Pimpernel, who looked in trouble briefly, but picked up [...]
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