Threat gives Richard Hannon enviable hand in big autumn two-year-old prizes

Richard Hannon has a pleasant dilemma after Threat's Gimcrack victory. A day earlier Mums Tipple delivered an eyecatching 11-length win in the sales race, which elevated him into the reckoning as one of the top juvenile colts in Britain and Ireland.

Threat has achieved more on the form book and gained a deserved first Group 2 win at York having finished runner-up in the Coventry and Richmond Stakes.

Taking Mums Tipple's win at face value, there is seemingly little between the pair, which was reinforced by the times they clocked this week. Mums Tipple won in a time of 1min 9.32sec, while Threat was marginally slower at 1min 9.62sec.