Richard Hughes smashed through the £1 million pound prize money barrier for the first time when No Half Measures in the July Cup provided the Weathercock House trainer with a first Group 1 success and the omens look good for that tally to increase significantly further.
The Lambourn team are on 42 winners and £1,050,623 right now and, with Sayidah Dariyan chipping in with a significant success in the Group 3 Summer Stakes at York the day before that major Newmarket success, there is every reason to believe the previous personal best of 64 winners (£899,533 in prize money) in 2024 can be toppled.
No Half Measure has the Sprint Cup at Haydock on her agenda whilst Sayidah Dariyan may try and grab her own slice of Group 1 glory in the Nunthorpe at York and there are several others waiting in the wings that have 'winner' written all over them.
Richard said: “The horses are good and healthy and running great so long may it continue. We have had some very good results with No Half Measures providing us with our first Group 1 winner and, hopefully, we can look forward to similar big days.”
Hughes kindly talked to Tony Elves of attheraces.com about his Weathercock House team.