Richard Hannon greeted Rosallion as “a horse of a lifetime” after the trainer said the three-time Group 1 winner had retired. Owned and bred by Sheikh Mohammed Obaid, Rosallion’s best moment came in the St James’s Palace Stakes (G1) at Royal Ascot last year, where he defeated Henry Longfellow And Remarkable speech winners of the […]
There are doubles and then there are doubles, writes Tony StaffordWith a few on Saturday thanks to trainers Richard Spencer and Richard Hannon who border on the absurd. How else could you describe the performance of Spencer when winning both the AYR Gold and Silver Cups (in reverse time order) within a little more than […]
When you reach the top, it is always nice to reward those who have helped you come there, so that the strictly neutral York officials can be forgiven to smile at this result. The transformation of the City of York Stakes (G1) of 23 August in the first group 1 of Great Britain in Great […]