SKY Lantern looks to put the seal on what has been a superb week for trainer Richard Hannon by claiming her third Group One of the season in the Markel Insurance Nassau Stakes on Saturday.
Hannon has enjoyed another excellent Glorious Goodwood, with Toronado's triumph over Dawn Approach in the Sussex Stakes on Wednesday the clear highlight.
Winner of the 1000 Guineas at Newmarket and breathtaking in Royal Ascot's Coronation Stakes, Sky Lantern was widely considered an unlucky loser when carried across the track by Elusive Kate in a controversial climax to the Falmouth Stakes last month.
Connections failed to get the result changed on appeal, but she gets the chance to get back on the winning trail over a mile and a quarter for the first time.
"The Falmouth is now history, but Elusive Kate gave the form a boost when subsequently winning the Prix Rothschild in France, and provided the rain stays away we will be going there very hopeful," the East Everleigh handler told his website, richardhannonracing.co.uk.
"Obviously, Sky Lantern is stepping into the unknown, but Hughesie (Richard Hughes) has been itching to try her at a mile and a quarter since she won the 1000 Guineas."
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