Posts tagged Richard Hannon
Price is right for Richard Hannon
Jan 5th
Horseracing should always be primarily about the horses but the 2010 Flat turf season was a reminder that there is no substitute for experience from the human element of the equation. Richard Hannon, Sir Michael Stoute and Henry Cecil – combined years with a trainer’s licence 119 – all took the plaudits in different ways. [...]
Paco Boy ready to go final mile in Hong Kong
Dec 3rd
The rest of the nation may wish it could just get away from the tundra-like conditions but Paco Boy leaves tonight, not for a rest, but one last shot at the big-time. The other star names from the yard that brought Richard Hannon the second trainers’ title of his career this season have entered winter [...]
Richard Hannon reflects up title deeds
Nov 10th
Having finally got around to the small matter of heart bypass operation, Richard Hannon was able to reflect on winning his second trainers’ championship 18 years after his first in 1992. Hannon, who delayed surgery because he was “too busy at the yearling sales” said on his website: “It seems a long time since we [...]
No decision on Workforce for Breeders’ Cup Turf
Nov 6th
The Breeders’ Cup Turf has become one of the banker races for European runners at the meeting. They have won the race 13 times in the last 20 years and the trainer with the best overall record is Sir Michael Stoute. To read the full blog: http://blogs.bettor.com/Late-decision-on-Workforce-for-Breeders-Cup-Turf-a39285
Paul Hanagan draws five clear of Richard Hughes
Nov 2nd
For a prize that carries no intrinsic value, Richard Hughes appears ready to put a very high price on this season’s Flat jockeys’ championship. Paul Hanagan finished the day with a lead of five winners over Hughes, after riding a double at Wolverhampton. That would have appeared to clinch the deal for Hanagan, with Hughes [...]
Richard Hannon making plans for Canford Cliffs
Oct 19th
Richard Hannon is still mustering the ammunition as his battle with Sir Michael Stoute for this season’s Flat trainers’ championship enters the final days. Hannon is on course for the second title of his career and he has three entered for the Group Three Horris Hill Stakes at Newbury on Saturday; Big Issue, Vanguard Dream [...]
Richard Hughes’ appeal rejected
Oct 7th
The race to be champion jockey looks to be as good as over following the news that Richard Hughes has failed in his appeal against a six-day careless riding ban. Richard Hannon’s stable jockey is currently 12 winners behind current leader Paul Hanagan in the jockeys’ championship, which comes to a conclusion on the 6th [...]
Vanguard Dream to put his rivals to sleep at Newbury
Oct 7th
There will be an extra reason to celebrate if Richard Hannon can win The Sir Gerald Whent Memorial Nursery today at Newbury, not only will it be his 108th two-year-old victory of the season it will come in a race that is in the name of one of his former owners. The current leader of [...]
Conjuror’s Bluff can produce the magic at Windsor
Oct 4th
Richard Hannon probably didn’t sleep as well as usual last night – that reoccurring nightmare that is Goldikova was probably the architect of his sleepless night. Freddie Head’s star mare once again denied Paco Boy major Group One glory, this time in the Prix de la Foret but Hannon will be hoping to get back [...]
BHA handicapper impressed by Frankel
Sep 28th
The jockey was impressed, the trainer reckoned he was the best two-year-old he had trained in years and now Frankel has received the official seal of approval. When Frankel won the Group Two Royal Lodge Stakes at Ascot on Saturday, by 10 lengths, Henry Cecil went on record as saying that he was the best [...]
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