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Snow Lantern Delivers ‘Very Special’ Redemption For Richard Hannon In Falmouth

Trainer Richard Hannon hailed Snow Lantern's victory in Friday's Group 1 Tattersalls Falmouth Stakes as “very special” and admitted he was relieved to have settled a score eight years after her mother's defeat by a neck in the same race.

The three year old Frankel filly and jockey Sean Levey were the decisive winners of the Group One feature contest on day two of the Moët & Chandon July Festival at Newmarket, defeating QIPCO 1000 Guineas winner Mother Earth (5-1) and a high class field.

Afterwards Hannon admitted the result provided some compensation following the defeat of her dam, Sky Lantern, in 2013 when the winner Elusive Kate kept the race after a stewards' enquiry.

Owned and bred by the Keswick family's Rockclife Stud, Snow Lantern prevailed by half a length, with Alcohol Free, the 5-2 favorite, another neck away in third.

Hannon said: “It is very special because there was a score to settle in terms of Sky Lantern a few years ago. The stud, Rockcliffe Stud, hadn't bred a Group One winner until today.

“We went to York to try and bag a Listed races but it didn't work out. She has learned to settle since then and I always thought she was not just good, but extremely good – this filly has a pedigree.

The Richard Hannon-trained Sky Lantern wins the G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot 2013

“Sky Lantern is by Red Clubs and she was exceptional and I think this filly is exceptional. She has that pedigree being a Frankel out of a Classic-winning mare. She was a little bit unlucky in the Coronation, as you know, and she looked exceptional when she won her novice at Newbury.

“Normally in the Falmouth there are two or three nice fillies but all the good fillies were there today and she showed how good she is and what she is capable of.

“All you feel is relief more than anything. After she ran at York you are out on a limb and she needed to do something otherwise you look a bit of a plonker. I think she showed that at Royal Ascot on ground that probably didn't suit her.

“She has been working absolutely awful, as she does, and I took her to Newbury and she worked moderately there. She is one of those fillies that is not moody or anything but she just doesn't do a lot at home, but she is extremely good.

“I'm delighted for Rockcliffe Stud after everything that has gone on with the mare and she has always created a lot of interest and a big following. Of course you feel immense pleasure but it is more relief than anything.”

Asked about the way the race unfolded for jockey Levey, Hannon added: “She looked like she was going to struggle for room and if you struggle for room it is generally because you have not got the horse but he had the horse and it is great for him.

“Sean is riding great but a winner like this does an awful lot for him and for us. I think I shouted down there and I never shout because as soon as I shout they tend to stop.

“You look around and all the people were looking at you but they were shouting louder than me. She is a Frankel and he is having a phenomenal year, but her revs are a little bit high sometimes.

“She will get a mile and a quarter I think. She is in Nassau and the Sussex Stakes. I'd probably say she would go to the fillies' race (the 10-furlong Nassau Stakes at Goodwood). She is also in the Juddmonte International. I'm very hopeful she will stay in training next year. I love her.

“These Group One races you need to be at your best and there are no weak ones at all. I'm delighted to win one and not be unlucky for a change.”

On Sky Lantern he added: “You don't want to win a race in the stewards' room and when the day is over and I think 'do you want to win a race in that way?' That is done and today is great all these years on.”

Aidan O'Brien, trainer of runner-up Mother Earth, said: “She ran very well and we're delighted with her run. I'm not too sure in terms of where next – there may be a fillies' race in France for her but we'll wait and see how she is.

“We'll keep her to these fillies' races. We could try her over further but she's got plenty of speed.”

Oisin Murphy, the jockey of third home Alcohol Free, said: “She relaxed well in front and I just felt the race went to plan apart from at the three (furlong pole) when we got racing a little early. I tried to save horse but the last 50 yards told.”

Kieran Shoemark, who was aboard fourth home, Lady Bowthorpe, added: “It was a good run and I think the 10 furlongs of the Nassau Stakes (at Goodwood) will really suit her. She'll get the extra two furlongs easy and she was unlucky here.

“She didn't get the splits so I had to switch out and she's run well. I have no doubts that she's the best filly in the race.”

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Came Home Passes Away In Japan

Came Home (Gone West–Nice Assay, by Mr. Prospector), a Grade I-winning juvenile who effectively carried his speed a classic distance, has passed away after a bout with colic in Japan, according to published reports. He was 22 years old.

Bred by the late John Toffan and Trudy McCaffery, the half-brother to GSW A. P. Assay (A.P. Indy) was bought back on a bid of $650,000 as a weanling at Keeneland November in 1999 and failed to meet his reserve when offered as a yearling at Keeneland September and as a juvenile at Barretts in March–thus his name–before being turned over to trainer Paco Gonzalez. Winner of the GI Hopeful S. ahead of a seventh to Johannesburg (Hennessy) in the 2001 GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile, Came Home successfully stretched out to two turns as a sophomore, winning the one-mile GII San Rafael S. and GI Santa Anita Derby over nine furlongs before finishing sixth behind War Emblem (Our Emblem) in the 2002 GI Kentucky Derby.

He atoned for that defeat with a pair of graded wins in age-restricted company in the GIII Affirmed H. and GII Swaps S., then belied odds of 10-1 to defeat a field including the Derby winner, future GI Breeders' Cup Classic and G1 Dubai World Cup hero Pleasantly Perfect (Pleasant Colony) and two-time GI Santa Anita H. victor Milwaukee Brew (Wild Again) in the mile-and-a-quarter GI Pacific Classic (see below). He was originally retired to Lane's End Farm in Kentucky with nine wins–eight in stakes company–from 12 runs and earnings of $1,835,940.

He was responsible for 11 American stakes winners, including GIII La Habra S. heroine Passion–his lone U.S. graded winner–but was relocated to Japan's Shizunai Stallion Station in 2008. He continued to sire winners at a good clip and has accounted for an additional five black-type winners, most notably Inti (Jpn), who became his sire's lone top-level scorer to days in the 2019 February S. at Toyko and who was recently third in the $1.09-million Listed Kashiwa Kinen at Funabashi in May. His other Japanese group winners include Tagano Tonnere (Jpn) and Sound Rihanna (Jpn).

The sire of 491 winners in 21 worldwide racing jurisdictions, Came Home is represented by 17 juveniles of 2021, six of which have started.

WATCH: Came Home upsets the 2002 GI Pacific Classic

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Woodbine Alters Post Times For Thoroughbred Racing

Woodbine Entertainment has announced post time changes for its live Thoroughbred racing schedule that will begin next week at Woodbine Racetrack.

First race post time will shift to 1:10 p.m., effective July 15, for Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Post time for Fridays will remain at 4:50 p.m.

For the latest racing and wagering updates from Woodbine, please visit Woodbine.com.

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Airdrie Stud Names Jocelyn Brooks Director of Sales

Brereton C. Jones's Airdrie Stud has announced that Jocelyn Brooks will become the new director of sales for the Midway, Ky., nursery.

She will fill the role formerly held by Cormac Breathnach, who was recently named Keeneland's director of sales. In her new role, Jocelyn will work directly with Airdrie's breeders and clients in helping with all aspects of their mating plans as well as being a leading presence for the Brereton C. Jones consignments at the major Thoroughbred auctions.

Jocelyn has spent the last six years as chief of staff for Sagamore Racing based at Sagamore Farm, in Glyndon, Md. Sagamore Farm is owned by Kevin Plank, the founder, chairman and brand chief of Under Armour. The historic farm was formerly owned by Alfred G. Vanderbilt, Jr.

Jocelyn's responsibilities at Sagamore included racing administration, breeding and sales analysis, horse roster management, hospitality, social media and community engagement. Jocelyn is passionate about Thoroughbred aftercare and created Sagamore Farm's Next Move program, which retrains retired Sagamore Racing horses for second careers such as dressage, hunters/jumpers, eventing and therapy work. She is also a proud supporter of the Retired Racehorse Project and The Real Rider Cup and serves on the Board of Directors for the Maryland Horse Foundation. In her free time, Jocelyn enjoys riding her Sagamore retiree, Perpetual Optimism.

“We are unbelievably fortunate to be able to welcome Jocelyn to our Airdrie team,” said Airdrie's Bret Jones.  “She is exactly the type of person everyone wants to be around: Smart, funny and unendingly positive. Just as importantly, she is as passionate about our industry as anyone I've met and is exceedingly knowledgeable. She will not only give great counsel to our breeders and clients, but she will genuinely care about the success of their programs. This is a home run hire for Airdrie Stud and all those with whom we do business.”

“Jocelyn represents a new generation of female leaders in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry and Sagamore Racing was the beneficiary of Jocelyn's extraordinary leadership,” said Kevin Plank. “In addition to her excellence in horsemanship, she reimagined the Sagamore experience for all whom visited our very special farm.  We wish Jocelyn the very best and will always consider Jocelyn to be part of our Sagamore family.”

“I am thrilled for the opportunity to join the team at iconic Airdrie Stud, a place with such rich history, great people and an outstanding reputation,” Brooks said. “I can't wait to get started and look so forward to meeting our breeders, clients and, of course, our incredible horses.”

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