Turpin set to miss Sussex Dick Turpin looks set to sidestep a fourth clash with his stable companion Canford Cliffs in Wednesday's Sussex Stakes at Goodwood due to the likely fast conditions. Richard Hannon's colt had Canford Cliffs behind when winning the Greenham Stakes and finishing second in the 2000 Guineas, but placings were reversed in the St James's Palace Stakes at Royal Ascot. Since then Dick Turpin has gone on to secure his first Group One prize in the Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly and Hannon is keen to keep his top three-year-old milers apart if at all possible. "Dick Turpin is in great form, but it looks like being too firm for him," the trainer told his website. "Despite eight millimetres of rain at Goodwood on Thursday, they tell me that the going stick reading was 9.2 on the round course the following day, and the ground can only have got faster since then. "They will no doubt try and put some more water on, but the forecast is for it to be hot and humid on Tuesday, and I suspect that the ground will be against us. "I was never that keen for him to take on Canford Cliffs again anyway, but I have spoken to Dick Turpin's owner John Manley, and he is quite happy to give Goodwood a miss, so, in all probability, we will opt out when the final declarations are made. "Dick Turpin has had a busy first half of the season, what with the Greenham, the English and French Guineas, the St James's Palace at Royal Ascot and then France, so it will do him good to have a break, and there are plenty of nice races for him later on."
