Sky Lantern gave noted trainer of 2-year-olds Richard Hannon his latest success in a major race for juveniles when she won the Group 1 Moyglare Stud Stakes on Sunday at The Curragh in Ireland.

Sky Lantern raced midpack under Richard Hughes in the early stages of the 13-horse Moyglare Stud, a seven-furlong race. Hughes moves her into a challenging position about a quarter-mile from the finish, and Sky Lantern had little trouble dashing to a clear victory. She beat runner-up Scintillula by 2 ½ lengths, with favored Harasiya another head back in third.

BOSSIER CITY, La. – Bourbon Courage was back in Kentucky early Sunday morning, a day after winning the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby, and all race options are on the table for his fall campaign, including a possible start in either the Breeders’ Cup Classic or Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, trainer Kellyn Gorder said. For the immediate future, however, his connections are debating a start in the Grade 2, $500,000 Indiana Derby or the $400,000 Oklahoma Derby.

Groupie Doll showed she hasn’t lost a step when powering to victory Saturday night in the signature event of the Presque Isle Downs meet, the Grade 2, $400,000 Masters in Erie, Pa.

Snow Fairy hurt a tendon in her leg last winter while preparing for a race in Hong Kong, but she has come back from that injury at least the equal of the horse she was before it.

Snow Fairy won her comeback race Aug. 19 at Deauville in France, the Group  1 Romanet, but bagged a bigger prize Saturday at Leopardstown in Ireland, out-kicking Nathaniel to capture the Group 1 Irish Champion Stakes by 1  1/4 lengths.

The most surprising thing about Sunday’s Moyglare Stud Stakes at The Curragh in Ireland is the fact trainer Aidan O’Brien doesn’t have an obviously prime contender in the Group 1 race for 2-year-old fillies. O’Brien has won the Moyglare Stud the last two years with Maybe in 2011 and Misty for Me in 2010 and has sent out the winner in six of the last 12 editions, but his two entrants this summer, Snow Queen and Magical Dream, are accorded no more than outsiders’ chances in a field of 13 entered for the seven-furlong race.

BOSSIER CITY, La. – Gantry’s road to the Breeders’ Cup Sprint will include a stop at Louisiana Downs on Saturday. He is part a five-horse field for the $50,000 Temperence Hill, the first of five undercard stakes supporting the Grade 2, $500,000 Super Derby.

ETOBICOKE, Ontario — Barring any last-minute changes, the European contingent should check in during the wee hours of Sunday morning for the Woodbine Mile, Northern Dancer, and Canadian.

The Grade 1 Woodbine Mile, Grade 1 Northern Dancer, and Grade 2 Canadian all are turf races scheduled here at Woodbine for Sept. 16 and will be joined for the first time by the Ontario Derby, a 1 1/8-mile Polytrack race for 3-year-olds.

The probable overseas invaders for the $1 million Woodbine Mile are Dance and Dance, Cityscape, and Worthadd.

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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - It was worth the wait.

After having to scratch from the Saratoga Special on Aug. 12 due to a temperature, Shanghai Bobby showed that he might be one of the hottest 2-year-olds on the East Coast by rolling to a 3 3/4-length victory in Monday’s Grade 2, $300,000 Hopeful Stakes on closing day at Saratoga.

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DEL MAR, Calif. – Over at Doug O’Neill’s barn at Del Mar, the beat has gone on. And on. And on.

Under long-time assistant Leandro Mora, who took over the stable when O’Neill began a 40-day suspension last month, the barn has continued to pile up winners. Entering Monday’s races, Mora already had nine wins, which placed him in a tie for sixth in the standings. Combine his results with those of O’Neill, who had 18 wins before going to the sidelines, and the barn has produced 27 winners, eight more than leader Bob Baffert.