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Lord North Switched to Winter Derby

Group 1 winner Lord North (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) will not race next in the Neom Cup on Saturday, Feb. 26 as planned, and instead will point to G3 Winter Derby at Lingfield. The G1 Prince Of Wales's S. hero was last seen winning the G1 Dubai Turf by three lengths at Meydan last March. The news was first reported by Racing Post.

Co-trainer John Gosden, “Lord North is fine but he has been off for so long we didn't think sending him all the way to Saudi for his first run in nearly a year was the way forward. The plan is to send Harrovian (GB) (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) in his place for the Neom Cup and hopefully Lord North can then head for the Winter Derby.”

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Snow Lantern Retired; To Visit Dubawi

The Keswick Family's homebred G1 Falmouth S. winner Snow Lantern (GB) (Frankel {GB}) has been retired from racing and will be covered by Dubawi (Ire) this season.

Trained by Richard Hannon, as was her Classic-winning dam Sky Lantern (Ire) (Red Clubs {Ire}), Snow Lantern was second in her lone start at two. With Hannon making no secret of the level at which he regarded the filly, Snow Lantern won on seasonal debut at Newbury last April, earning 'TDN Rising Star' status. After finishing third as the favourite in the Listed Michael Seely Memorial S. at York, Snow Lantern was second to Alcohol Free (Ire) (No Nay Never) in the G1 Coronation S. at Royal Ascot before getting her Group 1 in the Falmouth over G1 1000 Guineas winner Mother Earth (Ire) (Zoffany {Ire}), Alcohol Free and Lady Bowthorpe (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}). Snow Lantern was third behind Alcohol Free and the G1 2000 Guineas and G1 St James's Palace S. winner Poetic Flare (Ire) (Dawn Approach {Ire}) in the G1 Sussex S. and fourth in ParisLongchamp's G1 Prix du Moulin, and disappointed when last in the G1 Sun Chariot S. in October.

Snow Lantern's resulting foal will be bred on the reverse of the Frankel over Dubawi cross that has produced three stakes winners from 29 named foals, including last year's G1 Derby winner Adayar (GB) and Godolphin's G1 Jebel Hatta scorer Dream Castle (GB).

The Keswicks' advisor Ed Sackville said, “We felt that Snow Lantern has done her job. She's a Group 1 winner and we're aware that Dubawi isn't getting any younger and we're very keen to send her to Dubawi. It's kind of a no-brainer because the Derby winner was by Frankel out of a Dubawi mare. Physically, she'll suit Dubawi; she's a mare with plenty of size and scope.”

Sky Lantern was selected by Sackville for the Keswicks for €75,000 from Goffs Orby in 2011. She won the G1 Moyglare Stud S. at two and the G1 1000 Guineas, G1 Coronation S. and G1 Sun Chariot S. at three. Sky Lantern's first three foals are winners, headed by Snow Lantern. Her 3-year-old colt First Emperor (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is unraced but is in training with Donnacha O'Brien, while her 2-year-old Kingman (GB) colt who sold to Oliver St Lawrence on behalf of Bahraini clients for 625,000gns at Tattersalls October Book 1 is with John and Thady Gosden. Sky Lantern has a yearling colt by Kingman, is currently in foal to Frankel and will visit Snow Lantern's sire again this season.

Sackville said the Keswicks are focused on quality in building their commercial operation.

“The Keswick family have studied the business models of commercially successful studs and are seeking to replicate that with the emphasis on quality,” he said. “Keeping the fillies and selling the colts is the most recognizable way to achieve this.”

Sky Lantern isn't the only member of the Keswicks' boutique broodmare band at Rockcliffe Stud who will visit Frankel this season; she will be joined by Canton Queen (Ire) (Shamardal), a winning granddaughter of the champion filly Queen's Logic (Ire) (Grand Lodge) from the deep family of Classic winners Dylan Thomas (Ire), Homecoming Queen (Ire) and Serpentine (Ire). Canton Queen, like Sky Lantern, is currently in foal to Frankel.

The listed-winning and group-placed Pepita (Ire) (Sir Prancealot {Ire}) is in foal to Kingman (GB) and set to visit him again, while the group-placed Black Cherry (GB) (Mount Nelson {GB}) and her listed-placed daughter Little Rollright (GB) (Dutch Art {GB}) are headed to Ireland to visit Dark Angel (Ire) and Kodiac (GB), respectively. Black Cherry is currently in foal to Night Of Thunder (Ire), while it will be the first mating for Little Rollright.

Also headed to Ireland for Coolmore sires are Marsh Hawk (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), dam of the winning and listed-placed Mohawk King (Ire) (Siyouni {Fr}); and the three-time winning Tai Hang Dragon (Ire) (Tamayuz {GB}). Marsh Hawk is in foal to Wootton Bassett (GB) and will visit No Nay Never, while Tai Hang Dragon is the reverse: she is currently in foal to No Nay Never and will visit Wootton Bassett.

The winning Pivotal (GB) mare Raincall (GB), a daughter of Australian Group 1 winner Lone Rock (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus}) from a deep Group 1 family Down Under, is in foal to Mehmas (Ire) and visits Ardad (Ire) in 2022.

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Dunne Appeal To Be Heard on Mar. 30

Jockey Robbie Dunne's appeal will be heard on Mar. 30. The appeal is against the findings of and penalty imposed by the independent Disciplinary Panel of the British Horseracing Authority after a hearing last year regarding Dunne's conduct toward fellow rider Bryony Frost. An 18-month suspension was handed down with three months suspended by the BHA Disciplinary Panel in December. The full written reasons can be found here.

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Winter Sale Action Switches To Deauville

Following positive starts to the sales year in Britain and Ireland, this week the midwinter auction action switches to France for the two-day Arqana February Sale, which starts on Tuesday in Deauville.

Trade begins with a session of 85 horses in training, both Flat and Jumps, and then progresses to yearlings and 2-year-olds, followed by breeding stock.

A rare opportunity in this part of the world to buy a daughter of Deep Impact (Jpn)'s promising young son Kizuna (Jpn) is presented by lot 164, from the draft of Wertheimer et Frere. Named Anacronique (Ire), the unraced 4-year-old filly is out of the G2 Prix Daniel Wildenstein and G2 Prix de Sandringham winner Impassible (Ire) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}), herself a half-sister to the Group winners Spotify (Fr) (Rediute's Choice {Aus}) and Attendu (Fr) (Acclamation {GB}). Another sibling, the mare's Listed-winning full-sister Foreign Tune (Ire), is the dam of G3 Prix La Force winner Adhamo (Fr) (Intello {Ger}).

Haras de Bouquetot is offering the young Olympic Glory (Ire) mare Helcia (Ire) in foal to Mehmas (Ire) as lot 231. A winning juvenile, Helcia is a daughter of the highly credentialed Mizdirection (Mizzen Mast), who won back-to-back runnings of the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint. From the same draft comes lot 283, the 8-year-old dual winner Middle East (Ire), a Frankel (GB) three-quarter-sister to the dual Group 3 winner and Group 1 runner-up Nayef Road (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who was covered on May 27 by Ectot (Ire). The mare also has a 2-year-old filly by Le Havre (Ire) and a yearling colt by Shalaa (Ire).

Among the National Hunt mares, the only one catalogued in foal to Haras du Mesnil's popular stallion Doctor Dino (Fr) is the well-related Crystal Reef (GB) (lot 411), a King's Best half-sister to Martaline (GB), Reefscape (GB) and Coastal Path (GB), all of whom have made an impact as National Hunt sires. Now 17, the mare's five winners in both codes include the G2 Prix Chaudenay winner Doha Dream (GB) (Shamardal) and Matfog (Fr) (Style Vendome {Fr}), whose six victories include the G2 Grand Steeple-Chase de Compiegne.

Of the 70 yearlings standing their ground for the sale, there is one youngster by last year's champion first-season sire in France, Zarak (Fr). Catalogued as lot 364 and already named Zinayak (Fr), the colt from Haras de Precolette is a son of the winning Anabaa Blue (Fr) mare Zina Blue (Fr), who is a half-sister to the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Morandi (Fr) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}).

A member of Wootton Bassett's final French-conceived crop is offered as lot 148 by Haras de la Haie Neuve and is a half-sister to the G2 Prix Greffulhe winner and Arc fourth Gold Trip (Fr) (Outstrip {GB}), who is now in training in Australia with Ciaron Maher and David Eustace.

In addition to the 435 lots originally catalogued, the sale has been boosted by a wildcard and 27 supplementary entries, including lot 446, the Monsun (Ger) mare Alexandrina (Ger) from the family of Melbourne Cup winner Almandin (Ger) (Monsun {Ger}). The 16-year-old, who is the dam of the G2 Prix de Pomone runner-up Mango Tango (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}), is offered carrying a foal from the first crop of Siyouni's son Sottsass (Fr).

The sale gets underway each day at 11am local time.

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