News The Hannon's have sent out 11 winners of the Weatherbys Super Sprint

The Hannon's have sent out 11 winners of the Weatherbys Super Sprint

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Richard Hannon’s father Richard snr helped devise the Weatherbys Super Sprint format, and the pair have sent out 11 winners of the race between them.

Unsurprisingly Hannon jnr (pictured) holds by far the strongest hand of any trainer in this year’s race with 38 entries. Tim Easterby and Richard Fahey, who each have saddled three previous winners of the contest, dead-heat for the second largest pool of entrants, on 14.