Sky Lantern will face maximum of 14 rivals in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Saturday and is a top-priced 5/2 favourite to make her first attempt beyond a mile a winning one. The daughter of Red Clubs is unlucky not to be chasing a four-timer, having been beaten just a neck by Elusive Kate, in controversial circumstances, in the Falmouth Stakes at Newmarket. Nevertheless, Elusive Kate franked the form when comfortably winning the Prix Rothschild at Deauville for the second year running last week and Sky Lantern is, undoubtedly, the one to beat.
Among those who will attempt to do so will be Hot Snap (9/1), who readily beat her in the Nell Gwyn Stakes at Newmarket in April, but flopped in the 1,000 Guineas, and Integral (6/1), who steps up in class after an impressive win in the Coral Distaff at Sandown last month.