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Richard Hannon's Gr. One winning horse, Rosallion, will be heading straight for the Qipco 2000 Guineas. Hannon and Sheikh Mohammed Obaid decided against participating in a trial due to soft ground and will take Rosallion straight to the Newmarket Classic instead.
“We have made the call that due to the unbelievable amount of rain we have had over the past months, Rosallion will not have a prep run and will head straight to the 2000 Guineas in May,” said Hannon on his website, www.richardhannonracing.co.uk.
“It has been a tough decision for both myself and his owner Sheikh Mohammed Obaid Al Maktoum, but with the ground as testing as it currently is, a run now would be too hard for him to recover in just two weeks.
Rosallion, a Blue Point colt, was last seen putting a Doncaster disappointment behind him when scooping Gr. One honours in the Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere – a victory that made him Britain’s best hope of overcoming Aidan O’Brien’s City Of Troy in the opening Classic of the season.
“Rosallion has been in great form at home and we have given him two away days now where he has looked very impressive. He is fit and well and we are confident that he goes to Newmarket ready to take his chance.”
Hannon has expressed his confidence in Rosallion, stating that there is no horse he would swap him for.