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Richard Hannon was one of four passengers on a plane that skidded alarmingly along the sodden grass landing strip at Haydock on Saturday, crashing into another plane from which Ryan Moore and Sir Michael Stoute had recently emerged. No one was reported injured in the incident before racing but both planes were sufficiently damaged to ground them until repairs are made. The course was closed to further air traffic.

“My brother was white as a sheet,” said Hannon, who added that he had not been scared himself. “I was more thinking, when is this thing going to stop moving so we can get the hell out.” But the Marlborough trainer was at pains to avoid pointing any fingers over the incident. “I’m not blaming anyone. We’ve never had any problems landing at Haydock before and I certainly don’t want them to stop us landing there in future.

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from The Guardian https://ift.tt/2CGEBbA