House Mormont Jeor Mormont (Lord Commander of the Night's Watch) is introduced when Tyrion Lannister and Jon Snow arrive at the Wall. Jeor Mormont chooses Jon as his steward and acts as a mentor to him. Jeor rewards Jon for saving his life from a White Walker by giving him Longclaw, a Valyrian Steel sword that belonged to House Mormont for generations. The exiled Ser Jorah Mormont attends Magister Illyrio Mopatis's party in Pentos, where he gets to know Prince Viserys Targaryen and Daenerys Targaryen. Jorah was later asked to kill Daenerys and Viserys in exchange for a full pardon and an
Regal Embrace in 1978, he was conditioned for racing by future Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer Mac Benson who had joined Windfields Farm that year. Ridden by another Hall of Fame inductee, Sandy Hawley, Regal Embrace defeated the great Overskate to win the 1978 Queen's Plate, Canada's most prestigious race and North America's oldest annually run stakes race. In winning, Regal Embrace equaled the stakes record set by Victoria Park in 1960. Standing at stud in 1979, Regal Embrace eventually stood at Blue Sky Farms in New York State. As a sire, he met with modest success. Regal Embrace Regal