Richard Hughes has backed Canford Cliffs to gain revenge on Makfi in the St James’s Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot next month.
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The son of Tagula ended a 20-year Classic drought for trainer Richard Hannon with his facile three-length defeat of Free Judgement in Saturday’s Irish 2000.
Hughes said: ‘The first morning I rode him last year, I said to the boss this is the best horse you have ever had. I’ve no doubt Makfi is a good horse but we have found the key to our fellow.’
The Hannon-trained pair Dick Turpin subsequently runner-up in the French 2000 and Canford Cliffs were second and third to Makfi in the English Guineas but Canford Cliffs settled better and looked transformed on The Curragh.
Hannon could have a mighty first day of Royal Ascot on June 15.
As well as Canford Cliffs and Dick Turpin, who will clash in the St James’s Palace Stakes according to his son and assistant Richard jnr, the stable has Paco Boy and Strong Suit, the juvenile described as this year’s Canford Cliffs by his trainer, in the Coventry Stakes.
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