Listed success for Canford
August 14, 2017
Mario Hofer sent out Princess Asta (4f Canford Cliffs-Lune Rouge, by Unfuwain) to claim a black-type victory in Germany on…
View ArticleBay 2007 16.0½ hh (1.63 m)
Tagula – Mrs Marsh
Distances won over: 6f. to 8f.
The best horse Richard Hannon Sr ever trained!
“A Royal Ascot victory adds lustre to any future stallion’s C.V., but Canford Cliffs now boasts three. These Royal Ascot wins came in the G2 Coventry S., G1 St James’s Palace S. & G1 Queen Anne S. – arguably the three races most likely to endear him to today’s breeders.” Andrew Caulfield, TDN, 21/06/11
“He’s the best I’ve ever had.” Champion trainer, Richard Hannon
An ideal outcross for Sadler’s Wells & Danehill line mares
Sired 35 first crop winning 2YOs in 2015, only Kodiac had more!
Stakes performers already include…
Painted Cliffs – Railway Stakes-Gr.2 winner
Most Beautiful – Grangecon Stud Stakes-Gr.3 winner, 3rd in the Debutante Stakes-Gr.2
Al Jazi – Queens Plate Stakes-Gr.3 (x2) & Prix Servanne-L.R. winner. Connections are considering a step up to G1 company
Princess Asta – Premio Chiusura-Gr.3, Bayerischer Fliegerpreis-L.R. (x2) & Hoppegartener Fliegerpreis-L.R. winner
Charm Appeal – Prix Volterra-L.R. winner & Prix Herod-L.R. third
Aktoria – Prix Six Perfections-L.R. winner
Dorset Noble – East Cape Derby-L.R. winner
Tata Pila – Premio Perrone-L.R. winner
Wall Of Fire – Melrose Stakes winner
Harlequeen – Epsom Oaks-Gr.1 & Irish Oaks-Gr.1 third
Salouen – Racing Post Trophy-Gr.1 third, Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-Gr.1, Prix Guillaume d’Ornano-Gr.2, Solario Stakes-Gr.3 & Feilden Stakes-L.R. second
Cliff Hanger – Autumn Classic-Gr.2 second
Goodthingstaketime – Curragh Stakes-Gr.3 second
Tomily – Doncaster Stakes-L.R. second
Bournemouth Belle – Empress Stakes-L.R. third
Supermensch – Prix de Saint-Patrick-L.R. third
August 14, 2017
Mario Hofer sent out Princess Asta (4f Canford Cliffs-Lune Rouge, by Unfuwain) to claim a black-type victory in Germany on…
View ArticleAugust 4, 2017
For the second year in succession, Al Shaqab Racing’s Al Jazi (4f Canford Cliffs-Rainbow Crossing, by Cape Cross) won the…
View ArticleMay 16, 2017
Bumbasina (3f Canford Cliffs-New Plays, by Oratorio) made it two wins from as many starts this season when capturing a…
View ArticleMay 14, 2017
Promising young Australian bred stayer Dorset Noble (3g Canford Cliffs x Tingirana, by Generous) won the Listed East Cape Derby…
View ArticleMay 6, 2017
Charm Appeal (3f Canford Cliffs-Tara’s Force, by Acclamation) looked a Group-class filly when scoring on her seasonal comeback at Maisons-Laffitte…
View ArticleMay 1, 2017
There was another classy maiden winner for Canford Cliffs on Sunday when Bumbasina (3f Canford Cliffs-New Plays, by Oratorio) came…
View ArticleApril 26, 2017
Al Shaqab Racing’s Al Jazi (4f Canford Cliffs-Rainbow Crossing, by Cape Cross) looked a contender for top sprinting honours this…
View ArticleApril 10, 2017
The Roger Charlton-trained Comrade Conrad (3c Canford Cliffs-View, by Galileo) looked another smart prospect for Canford Cliffs when winning on…
View ArticleCanford Cliffs’ consistently outstanding record established him as a leader of his generation at two, three and four. He scored by a facile seven lengths on his debut in May and then quickened away to take the Gr.2 Coventry Stakes by six. Canford Cliffs was much more than just a precocious talent though. At three he reeled off Gr.1 victories in the Irish 2,000 Guineas, St James’s Palace S. and Sussex S. He extended the sequence of Gr.1 victories to five as a four-year-old, taking the Lockinge S. prior to using his brilliant acceleration to defeat the exceptional Goldikova in the Queen Anne S.
From the Hail To Reason male line and with a dam by Marju, Canford Cliffs is bred along similar lines to Big Bad Bob, who did well from limited opportunities.
As a representative of the Hail To Reason male line, Canford Cliffs also possesses a pedigree which should make him a valuable outcross for many mares.
The GREEN DESERT branch of the DANZIG line has made a fast start with Canford Cliffs. His sire Tagula sired the smart sprinter Tax Free from a grand-daughter of Green Desert and now Canford Cliffs has sired the Gr.3 winners Al Jazi and Most Beautiful from CAPE CROSS mares. He has also sired the useful miler Aspen Mountain from only two runners out of daughters of OASIS DREAM.
Canford Cliffs has already sired the French Listed winner Aktoria from a daughter of ZAFONIC and his first two Group winners have grand-daughters of MR PROSPECTOR as their second dams, by SEEKING THE GOLD and GULCH.
He has already made his mark with GALILEO mares, siring the Gr.1 runner-up Salouen and the very useful Wall of Fire. His sire’s very smart son Limato is out of a mare by SINGSPIEL. His first runner out of a MONTJEU mare is a useful winner in France.
His Group winner Princess Asta is out of an UNFUWAIN mare and is therefore inbred 5×3 to NORTHERN DANCER as well as being 4×4 to STOP THE MUSIC.
KYLLACHY is the broodmare sire of Canford Cliffs’ Gr.2 winner Painted Cliffs. This suggests he could also suit daughters of PIVOTAL too.
The brothers EL GRAN SENOR and TRY MY BEST are an interesting option. Mares by Try My Best’s grandson ROYAL APPLAUSE are likely to reinforce Canford Cliffs’ juvenile ability, and the same applies to ACCLAMATION.
Harlequeen, third in the Oaks and Irish Oaks, has a dam by RAINBOW QUEST who also sired the grandam of Gr.1 2yo Salouen.
Canford Cliffs already has winners out of daughters of DALAKHANI, DAYLAMI and SHIRLEY HEIGHTS, with the last-named siring the second dam of the classic-placed Harlequeen.
More Than Ready, Red Ransom, Sunday Silence and Fuji Kiseki are among the other members of the Hail To Reason male line which have Gr.1 winners from DANEHILL mares. Canford Cliffs already has the useful Stargazer from a ROCK OF GIBRALTAR mare.
CANFORD CLIFFS
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