▁ ▁Hann on ' s ▁family ▁had ▁a ▁tradition ▁of ▁horse ▁training ▁— ▁his ▁father ▁Harry ▁was ▁also ▁a ▁tra iner . ▁ ▁In ▁fact , ▁Richard ▁started ▁out ▁as ▁his ▁father ' s ▁assistant ▁and ▁took ▁over ▁Harry ' s ▁lic ence ▁when ▁he ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁ ▁His ▁first ▁winner ▁was ▁A mp ney ▁Prince ▁at ▁New bury ▁on ▁ 1 7 ▁April ▁ 1 9 7 0 . ▁At ▁that ▁time , ▁there ▁were ▁only ▁a ▁dozen ▁horses ▁in ▁the ▁yard ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁interven ing ▁years ▁Hann on ' s ▁stable ▁grew ▁to ▁ 6 0 ▁horses ▁by ▁ 1 9 7 7 , ▁eventually ▁becoming ▁the ▁largest ▁in ▁Britain ▁in ▁terms ▁of ▁number ▁of ▁horses ▁- ▁ 2 7 0 ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁By ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁his ▁ret irement ▁he ▁operated ▁from ▁two ▁sites ▁- ▁Her ridge ▁and ▁Ever le igh . ▁ ▁His ▁reputation ▁was ▁as ▁a ▁special ist ▁with ▁two - year - olds ▁and ▁twice ▁in ▁the ▁ 9 0 s ▁he ▁trained ▁the ▁champion ▁ju ven ile ▁fil ly ▁- ▁Ly ric ▁Fant asy ▁and ▁Lem on ▁Sou ff le . ▁ ▁He ▁has ▁also ▁trained ▁three ▁ 2 , 0 0 0 ▁Gu ine as ▁w inners ▁- ▁Mon ▁Fil s ▁( 1 9 7 3 ), ▁Don ’ t ▁For get ▁Me ▁( 1 9 8 7 ) ▁and ▁Ti rol ▁( 1 9 9 0 ), ▁the ▁latter ▁two ▁of ▁whom