Trainer Richard Hannon has revealed Dick Turpin may not run in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood on Wednesday as he feels the ground may be too firm for his charge (check out the Sussex Stakes Market).

The Prix Jean Prat winner had been among the favourites at 4/1 but Hannon feels that after a busy period Dick Turpin may now need a rest.

“Dick Turpin is in great form, but it looks like being too firm for him down there,” Hannon said on his personal website.

“Despite 8mm 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.”

However, Hannon is still in with a chance of taking the top prize in the Sussex Stakes with Canford Cliffs the heavy favourite to emerge victorious (Canford Cliffs 4/6f ante-post).