Richard Hughes believes Toronado will find any chinks in the armour of red-hot 2000 Guineas favourite Dawn Approach.
Fresh from his startling performance in the Craven Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday, Hughes was effusive in his praise of the new Guineas second favourite.
Connections had been viewing him as more of a Derby horse but he had shown so much speed in his recent home work that the Guineas is now firmly on his agenda and Hughes feels whatever beats him will win the Classic.
“The dips at Newmarket have found out many a good horse, including Canford Cliffs, but Toronado is different in that he is so well-balanced that he would gallop down the side of a mountain,” Hughes told www.richardhannonracing.co.uk.
“Dawn Approach is obviously a top-class colt with a very good trainer (Jim Bolger), but if he has an Achilles heel it is that he invariably hits a flat spot in a race, and I hope he does so in the Guineas because I will be ready to exploit any such chinks in his armour.
“We also have the benefit of a prep-race which has to be a bonus.”
