Royal Ascot | HANNON MULLING ASCOT CONTENDERS

Go GO GO Horserace: HANNON MULLING ASCOT CONTENDERS. Richard Hannon's two-year-old team for Royal Ascot is taking form once the champion trainer posted four a lot of wins together with his juveniles on Friday and Saturday.

The Taj, Olympic Glory, Havana Gold and town Image added to Hannon's juvenile tally for the campaign, though not all the quartet are sure for the massive meeting at the Berkshire track.

"We have some a lot of necessary work mornings before we have a tendency to finalise plans for Royal Ascot. The Taj was our third winner from four runners for Sheikh Hamdan (Al Maktoum), and he may otherwise be joining the toppers 'n tails team within the Coventry Stakes, though we'll ask Angus Gold (racing manager) throughout the week and then frame our minds," he told www.richardhannonracing.tv.

"Paul Hanagan was terribly complimentary regarding The Taj, who did a decent little bit of work with Olympic Glory on Wednesday morning, thus when he won at Doncaster we have a tendency to were pretty hopeful regarding Julie Wood's Choisir colt doing identical down at Goodwood.

"Julie has been invited to be a locality of the Royal Procession on the Saturday of Royal Ascot, that is nice, and that i am positive that we'll have one or 2 runners for her at the meeting, though whether or not Olympic Glory is among them we've nonetheless to come to a decision.

"Olympic Glory could be a smashing colt with many scope. He looked outstanding within the paddock down at Goodwood and did everything right within the race, however Hughesie (jockey Richard Hughes) feels that we'll be comfortable giving Royal Ascot a miss, thereby enabling him time to mature.

"We can provides it some thought, however perhaps we must always stay up for wonderful Goodwood and return for the Vintage Stakes.

"We thought Pearl Acclaim could be the one up at Newmarket, however he gave the impression to struggle alittle within the soft ground and that i am positive that he are seen to higher impact on an honest surface.

"However, it absolutely was no surprise that Havana Gold has won. He has conjointly worked sort of a good youngster and could be a very nice Teofilo colt who we have a tendency to sort of a ton.

"Similarly, Patsy Byrne's town Image, who came from rich the pace to catch our alternative one, Botanica, at Windsor and create a winning debut could be a colt with an enormous future, as is that the second."