'She'll take a lot of beating this weekend - and will run well in the Guineas'
Jonathan Harding talks to the trainer who has high hopes for his three-year-olds
Last season was strange for every Flat trainer due to the coronavirus pandemic but Richard Hannon was still able to send out more than 100 winners and land four Group contests in the UK and France.
He enjoyed big-race success with Qipco 2,000 Guineas contender Chindit in the Champagne Stakes, Ventura Tormenta in the Prix Robert Papin at Chantilly and Happy Romance, winner of the Weatherbys Super Sprint, a race he has won three times.
They form part of a strong three-year-old team for Hannon, who has lofty targets in mind for the likes of Group 3 Solario winner Etonian. He could return to Sandown for the Classic Trial on April 23.
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