Frankel has been enjoying an amazing year adding a new Group I winner to his resume overnight in the UK when Snow Lantern captured the Group I Falmouth Stakes (1m) at Newmarket.
Three year-old fillies dominated the race, which is also for older mares, filling the trifecta with Snow Lantern defeating Mother Earth (Zoffany), who won the Group I Newmarket 1,000 Guineas with Royal Ascot Coronation Stakes winner Alcohol Free (No Nay Never) in third place.
The Richard Hannon trained Snow Lantern scored by half a length under Sean Levey taking her overall record to two wins and three placings from five starts with this victory her first in a Black Type race.
A homebred for Rockliffe Stud, Snow Lantern is the best of three winners from outstanding Red Clubs filly Sky Lantern, who was a four time Group I winner and should have won five if not beaten in the Falmouth Stakes in controversial circumstances.
She was carried across the track by the eventual winner Elusive Kate and beaten a neck.
Snow Lantern is the 73rd stakes-winner for Frankel and is his 17th Group I winner, the champion son of Galileo enjoying a stakes double on Friday with The Queen’s homebred three year-old filly Light Refrain taking out the Group III William Hill Summer Stakes (6f) at York.
