Richard Hannon Jr.

He is the son of, and former assistant to, four time British flat racing Champion Trainer Richard Hannon Sr.

He operates from the 160 capacity Herridge Racing Stables, near Marlborough, Wiltshire, with a smaller yard at Everleigh on the edge of Salisbury Plain.

[6] He currently has 240 horses in training, including Toormore, Toronado, Olympic Glory and Sky Lantern, all of whom won big races for his father.

[6] Toormore gave him his first big race victory when winning the Group 3 Craven Stakes at Newmarket[7] and went into the 2014 2,000 Guineas as one of the leading fancies.

It was in fact the stable's second string Night of Thunder, ridden by Kieren Fallon, that won the race, despite lurching wildly as the post approached.