Three days removed from Mums Tipple (Ire) (Footstepsinthesand {GB})'s eye-popping 11-length victory in the Goffs UK Premier Yearling Sales Stakes at York, trainer Richard Hannon was still heaping praise on his 2-year-old colt on Sunday while also giving some hints as to where he could appear next.
“He's in all those nice races, the Middle Park, Champagne and in the Doncaster sales race, but he won't be going for that,” Hannon said. “He will probably go for the Middle Park or Mill Reef, but I'm not sure yet.
“He has taken everything fine. I've never seen a 2-year-old win like that. He won the race coming out of the gate. He is a good horse. He needed the Ascot race [a debut win on July 26], but that put him right for the other day.”
Hannon wasn't shy in comparing Mums Tipple to some of his yard's past luminaries.
“He doesn't do a lot at home, but a lot of good horses are like that,” he said. “Paco Boy was like that, whereas with Canford Cliffs, whoever was riding him looked like they were on a jet ski. Mums Tipple is more like Paco Boy, but then he comes to the races and does something like he did the other day. He won that race with a five-pound penalty by 11 lengths–I haven't seen any horse win like that for a long time, let alone one of ours. The owners [Marian Lyons and Patricia Zanelli] are really sweet and you do get a lot of job satisfaction when you see people like that enjoying their day.”
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