Broodmare Focus: Sky Lantern

Sky Lantern proved herself a top class filly. She was a four time Group 1 winner as a two and three-year-old. She proved herself a filly of considerable talent when winning the Moyglare stud stakes. She recorded her second Group 1 win & first classic win in the 1000 guineas. She followed that up with wins in the Coronation stakes at Royal Ascot and the Sun Chariot stakes. Sky Lantern returned as a four-year-old but was unplaced in all her starts this year. Connections have now retired her to stud.

Sky Lantern is by the ill-fated sire Red Clubs and is out of the winning mare Shawanni. She has become a useful broodmare producing four stakes horses including Sky Lantern, Group 3 Queens Vase winner Shanty Star, Group 3 Round Tower stakes winner Arctic, dual stakes winner Hinton Admiral and the stakes placed Shropshire. Another sibling  is Scarlet Empire a 3/4 sister to Sky Lantern, she is unraced but is the dam of stakes performer and Group placed Danchai.

The second dam is Negligent. She was champion 2yo filly in GB, when winning the Group 2 Rockfel stakes. She was also placed in the Guineas as a three-year-old. She herself became a useful broodmare. Her progeny include the Group 3 winning and Group 1 placed Blatant. Another foal is the Group 3 winning Songlark.

Sky Lantern has strong credentials as a future broodmare. She comes from a strong female blacktype producing family and its also a boost to see her 3/4 sister foaling a stakes performer. Sky Lanterns' pedigree makes her open to some of Europe's best sires without too near inbreeding.

Galileo would obviously have to be considered, a mating with the champion sire creates 3x4 inbreeding to Northern Dancer. Other sires I would like to see for her include Dubawi, a mating with him would produce a 3x4 inbreeding to SkyLantern's  dam sire Shareef Dancer. Other suitable choices include Invincible Spirit, Shamardal, & Exceed And Excel.