Snow Lantern won what looked a highly informative division one of the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships Maiden Stakes which opened the Newbury card.
The beautifully-bred daughter of Frankel had been off the track since a promising debut second at Ascot last July, but returned in great shape and put up a superb performance which prompted Paddy Power and Sky Bet to cut her to 10/1 (from 16/1 and 20s respectively) for the QIPCO 1000 Guineas at Newmarket. Betfair went 8s for the Guineas and 16/1 from 33s for the Oaks.
Snow Lantern was sent off at 3/1 in the hands of Sean Levey and, having never been far off the pace, hit the front two furlongs from home and ran on powerfully to score by a length and three-quarters from 11/8 market leader Derab, a son of Sea the Stars in the care of John and Thady Gosden.
