RICHARD HANNON has so many Euros tucked away in his back pocket he could bail out the Bank of England.

Yesterday the genial Wiltshire trainer won BOTH the Goffs Million Euros two-year-old races at the Curragh.

He took the colts race with 5-2 favourite Soul City and the fillies event with Minor Vamp (10-1) in which he also trained the second Baileys Cacao.

That makes Hannon’s owners, with a placed horse, are over e2.5m (nearly £2m) richer. But the veteran trainer was at Ascot and could only cheer on his two-year-old from afar. To take two horses to Ireland and nick their big sales races is fantastic.

Modest as ever Hannon said: “We just try to buy the yearlings we can afford at the sales. There’s no big secret. We just try to do our best.

“Soul City is a very good horse. We knew that because Royal Lodge winner Jukebox Jury was behind us in France. Now my colt has won his last three races and he could be a lovely three-year-old.

“The Dewhurst is a possible but we may put him away for next year. I also am sure he is a true stayer.”

Hills make Soul City 25-1 for next year’s 2,000 Guineas.

Irish racing is stunned by Hannon’s success. If Aidan O'Brien was taken out of the list, Hannon would be champion trainer in Ireland.

Ladrokes make yesterday’s Curragh scorer Sea The Stars 12-1 favourite for next year’s Derby after the colt's win in the Group 2 Beresford Stakes.

The 7-4 fancy had to dig deep to hold off stablemate Mourayan by a half length, with 11-8 jolly Masterofthehorse just a short head further back in third on the stands side.

Winning trainer John Oxx said: "They're both lazy at home but Mourayan had been working well lately and I thought he'd go well.

"He could go in the Racing Post or a ten furlongs Listed at Leopardstown, but Sea The Stars is finished for the season."

"Mick said the ground was a bit dead for him but the penny is starting to drop and he was keen and on the ball today, not as lazy as in previous races."

Boylesports cut him from 20-1 to 16's for the Derby while William Hill were even more impressed - 25s to 14-1 - but Stan James leave him at 20s.

Oxx is not convinced about the trip though.

He said: "Well, he has plenty of speed and is by Cape Cross. I know he's a half brother to Galileo and out of an Arc winner (Urban Sea) but we'll start him off over a mile next year, rather than a mile and a quarter, possibly in something like the Boylesports Irish 2,000 Guineas."

Sean Graham have introduced him to the English Guineas betting at 20-1, with Hills going 25s.

Le Cadre Noir beat Curragh regulars Benbaun and Snaefell to take the opener, and trainer Dermot Weld claims the winner is becoming something of a course specialist himself.

Weld said: "He's run well every time here. He ran a blinder on Derby day and was second in the Rockingham under ten stones."

"It's tough keeping him sound and I was wrong to run him at Fairyhouse around bends on fast ground."

"That was his only bad run. We'll try and win a Group race now with him before the year is out."

David Wachman's Chintz earned a 25-1 quote for the English 1,000 from Hills when Seamie Heffernan steered her home a length and three quarters clear of Mick Channon's Lahaleeb in the Park Stakes.

Wachman said: "Shes a nice filly, possibly didn't let herself down in very quick ground at Leoparstown, but she'll be a nice big filly next season, probably over a mile or ten furlongs."