The horse everyone has to beat is Headley Grange. The Joe Pride-trained gelding stamped himself as a leading contender with a brilliant victory in the Group 1 Kingsford Smith Cup and has been further aided by an ideal draw in barrier eight. Pride is chasing his second Stradbroke victory in three years after Think About It's memorable triumph in 2023, with stablemates Private Eye and Estadio Mestalla also adding depth to a strong team.

History, however, offers a note of caution. Only four last-start winners have gone on to win the Stradbroke in the past 30 years, highlighting the unique challenge posed by Queensland’s great handicap.

Among Headley Grange's biggest rivals is champion mare Fangirl. The Chris Waller-trained star will carry top weight and reunite with James McDonald as she attempts to add Queensland’s most coveted sprint to an already outstanding résumé. Her class is unquestioned and she looms as one of the major attractions of the carnival.

The barrier draw has added another layer of intrigue. Local hopes Transatlantic, Yellow Brick and Rothfire have all been dealt difficult assignments, leaving them with extra work to do in a race where luck in running can prove decisive.

Sky Racing expert commentator Jason Witham will be trackside broadcasting live for FanDuel TV in North America, giving fans overseas expert insights, race analysis, and behind-the-scenes coverage of the day’s action.

While the Stradbroke is the headline act, the day offers far more than one race. More than $6.5 million in prizemoney will be distributed across a world-class program featuring the Group 1 J.J. Atkins and the $1.2 million Group 2 The Q22.

How To Watch

The Eagle Farm card will be broadcast live this Friday night (First Post: 9:43 p.m. ET / 6:43 p.m. PT) alongside cards from Rosehill, Newcastle, Sandown, Murray Bridge, Gold Coast, Bendigo and Belmont Park.

All races will also be live-streamed in HD on the Sky Racing World App, at Sky Racing World, and through major ADW platforms, including TVG Network, TwinSpires, Xpressbet, NYRA Bets, FanDuel, and AmWager.

Fans can also access free live streaming, past performances, and expert picks for all races at SkyRacingWorld.com.

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Sent off the heavy 2-to-5 favorite, Magnificat with Antonio Fresu aboard prevailed by three-quarters of a length over stubborn longshot Syntax (18-1). It was another five lengths back to Revera (2-1) in third. 

Magnificat is trained by Richard Mandella for owner-breeder Spendthrift Farm. She outdueled Revera for the early lead and set fractions of 22.72 and 45.36 seconds for the opening half mile. Syntax, ridden by Joel Rosario for trainer Librado Barocio, took up a tracking position on the outside of Magnificat. At the top of the stretch, Syntax ranged up to near even terms with Magnificat but was unable to keep up in the final furlong. 

Syntax was making her stakes debut in the Desert Stormer. She previously won a $16,000 starter allowance win going one mile on turf on May 24 at Santa Anita. 

“I was looking at that gray filly (Syntax) in the paddock,” Mandella said. “She doesn’t have that much form, but she looked awfully good. Our filly ran nice. We’re proud of her.“

Magnificat won in a time of 1:08.95. She is a 4-year-old filly by Omaha Beach out of multiple graded stakes winner Holy Helena. In her previous allowance win sprinting on turf, Fresu was aboard Magnificat for the first time. 

“I think today was her best surface,” Fresu said. “Last time she won on the grass because she has a lot of talent. But I thought she was very uncomfortable that day, probably the ground was a little bit too hard for her. But today, she was feeling a lot better on the dirt. She broke well and I took the chance to go and grab the lead. She was always comfortable there. Once the five horse (Syntax) was coming on the outside, she was always responding. I thought she won pretty easy.”

Magnificat improved to 7: 4-1-1 with nearly $200,000 in earnings. Her only previous stakes try came in January in the Grade 3 Las Flores, also at six furlongs on dirt. She ran evenly that day and finished fifth.

With the scratch of morning line favorite Nooni, there was no show wagering. Magnificat paid $2.80 and $2.20. Syntax returned $5.20.

JOCKEY QUOTES

ANTONIO FRESU, MAGNIFICAT, WINNER: “I think today was the best surface. Last time she won on the grass because she has a lot of talent, but I thought she was very uncomfortable that day, probably the ground was a little bit too hard for her. But today, she was feeling a lot better going on the dirt. She broke well and I took the chance to go and grab the lead. She was always comfortable there. Once the five horse (Syntax) was coming on the outside, she was always responding. I thought she won pretty easy.”

TRAINER QUOTES

RICHARD MANDELLA, MAGNIFICAT, WINNER: “I was looking at that gray filly (Syntax) in the paddock. She doesn’t have that much form, but she looked awfully good. Our filly ran nice. We’re proud of her.  She looks like all the Omaha Beach’s. Very good looking.”

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D’Amato’s entrants are Innovative and Kentucky Gal, who are each listed at 5-1 on the morning line. Powell will send out the duo of Resolve (4-1) and Dreaming Abba (15-1), the latter of which is a new acquisition previously based in Florida with trainer Kathleen O’Connell. 

Installed as the tepid 7-2 favorite is Hey Jessie, who goes for trainer Sean McCarthy. Hey Jessie last month won the Santa Barbara Stakes at 1 ½ miles. Among those Hey Jessie vanquished that day was Resolve, who was the 4-5 favorite. 

Resolve in the Santa Barbara found herself in the uncustomary position of being up close to the pace. She then took the lead with a quarter mile left to run before weakening to finish fourth. 

“Those were not the instructions,” Powell said of being close to the pace. “And she didn’t perform as expected.”

Resolve returned in a 1 1/8-mile turf allowance with new rider Joel Rosario. She promptly rallied from last to win by a head. 

“She got covered up,” Powell said. “That’s more her style of running.” 

In the Possibly Perfect, Rosario will not ride Resolve as the Hall of Famer serves a one-day suspension for a riding violation. Instead, Kazushi Kimura will take over on the 4-year-old daughter of Midnight Lute.  

Dreaming of Abba was sent to Powell last month after being purchased by Thiele Thoroughbreds for $110,000 during the Fasig-Tipton May digital sale. She’s worked twice since joining her new barn.    

“The first work was just OK. I wasn’t very impressed and I had my mind set on Del Mar,” Powell said. “But then her last work was much improved. That’s why I thought we’d give her a run here. Especially because with the Ship & Win program, you can run once here and still be eligible at Del Mar. We thought this would be a good race to get a gauge on her.”

Dreaming of Abba will be ridden by young jockey Cesar Belmont, who like Powell is a native of France.

“I think he’s got potential, he just needs to get more experience,” Powell said. “A mile and a quarter turf race should be good. And I figure he’ll follow instructions.”

Innovative and Kentucky Gal will both be making their second starts following layoffs. Innovative returned after six months in the Grade 3 Royal Heroine going one mile on turf on April 25. She was never a factor after having to steady some down the backstretch.

“That may have affected things a little,” D’Amato said of the mild trouble. “But I think it was more she needed the race. Now she gets to do what I think she wants to do, which is go long and be on or near the lead.”

Kentucky Gal finished fourth in last year’s Possibly Perfect. She returned after a seven-plus month layoff in a one-mile allowance April 30 and finished seventh after pressing the pace.

“She definitely needed the race,” D’Amato said. “I think she’s going to run like she’s been training, which is markedly better.”

The Possibly Perfect goes as the eighth race. Post time is 4:32 p.m. PT. The field in post position order: Watchtower, Welfin Orantes (6-1); Resolve, Kazushi Kimura (4-1); Innovative, Ricky Gonzalez (5-1); The Mizen Queen, Hector Berrios (10-1); Ulysses Rose, Juan Hernandez (9-2); Dreaming of Abba, Cesar Belmont (15-1); Cailin Dana, Armando Ayuso (20-1); Hey Jessie, Emisael Jaramillo (7-2); Kentucky Gal, Antonio Fresu (5-1).

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The 54-year-old is currently based at Gulfstream Park, but previously traveled the California circuit from 2021 to 2023. Bravo has won 14 of 132 starts in 2026.

“What’s better than Del Mar?” Bravo told DRF. “There are two locations you want to be that time of year, Saratoga and Del Mar, and Saratoga doesn’t have a beach.”

According to DRF, Bravo will arrive in the state on July 6 and will be represented by agent Riley Shapiro. 

Del Mar opens for their summer meet on July 17. DRF reported earlier this week that jockey Julien Leparoux will move from Kentucky to California for Del Mar.

Read more at drf.com. 

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In her first year consigning horses under her own banner, Rodrigues can already say some of her own offerings are on their way to distinguishing themselves in that competitive landscape.

The fledging consignment of Rodrigues Thoroughbreds signaled during the third day of under-tack shows for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Co. June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale it would be one to watch for the future. Rodrigues, who is set to offer four horses when the auction takes place June 16-18, sent out Hip 418, a bay filly by Rogueish to work in :9 4/5 June 11, tying with two others for the fastest eighth on the day.

The OBS June Sale marks the second auction in which Rodrigues is hanging out her own shingle, having also offered a consignment during the OBS April Sale in which she sold two horses for six figures. Having previously galloped for Ciaran Dunne’s Wavertree Stables, the 22-year-old Rodrigues was strongly encouraged to bet on herself this season.

“I started with the show jumpers and that’s how I got into the horses. Then I started galloping for Ciaran Dunne at Wavertree and I worked under him for a couple of years galloping,” Rodrigues said. “I would get on my own horses after I was done with him, they were consigned with JP Thoroughbreds. But this is my first year doing my own consignment.

“Everyone was very encouraging, especially Nelson (Arroyo) from Arroyo Bloodstock and Ciaran. They were like ‘You should just do your own thing instead of consigning under someone else’. Everyone was like…take the leap of faith because everyone starts somewhere.”

Given that Rodrigues regularly gets on her own horses, she knew firsthand what kind of potential the Rogueish filly had once she got rolling on the track.

The filly is out of the winning Hansen mare Gray Nicole, a granddaughter of multiple stakes winner and graded stakes placed Putthepowdertoit. Her :9 4/5 breeze on Thursday tied her with Hip 514, Cachorrita, a bay filly by King for a Day consigned by Five Star Equestrian Sales and Hip 518, a dark bay or brown colt by Munnings consigned by GOP Racing Stable Corp.

“She prepped really great and we were very excited for her breeze,” Rodrigues said. “She was very aggressive in her training all year. She actually belongs to one of my members on the team so he was very happy. When I was riding her at the sale, I was very excited for her. I think she’s going to be a really good horse.”

The filly Cachorrita is out of the Practical Joke mare Knot Joking, a half sister to stakes winner and graded stakes placed Fusaichi Red while the Munnings colt is out of the winning Twirling Candy mare Krissys Manicure and is from the female family of influential sire Stormy Atlantic.

Two horses worked in :20 4/5 to tie for the fastest quarter-mile on the day:

·      Hip 428, a gray or roan filly by Justify consigned by Hoppel LLC. The filly is out of the stakes winning Rockport Harbor mare Harbingerofthings and is a half sister to graded stakes winners Tell Your Daddy and Dynadrive.

·      Hip 433, a bay colt by Jackie’s Warrior consigned by Tom McCrocklin. The colt is out of the winning, multiple graded stakes placed mare Heavenly Hill, who is by OBS graduate City Zip and out of graded stakes winner Pleasant Hill.

A total of 21 horses worked in :10 flat:

·      Hip 430, a chestnut colt by Liam's Map consigned by Envision Equine. The colt is out of the winning Candy Ride (ARG) mare Hay Dilly, a half sister to Grade 1 winner Basin and graded stakes winner Rise Up.

·      Hip 431, a chestnut filly by Candy Ride (ARG) consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock. The filly is out of the winning, stakes-placed Arch mare Hayworth and is from the female family of Breeders’ Cup winner More Than Looks.

·      Hip 439, a bay filly by Golden Pal consigned by J V C Training and Sales. The filly is out of the Stay Thirsty mare Hey Paige, a half sister to Grade 1 winner Nickname.

·      Hip 468, a bay filly by Dialed In consigned by Grade One Investments LLC. The filly is out of the winning Unbridled's Song mare I’m So Fancy and is from the female family of Horse of the Year and sire Authentic.

·      Hip 470, a bay filly by Upstart consigned by S G V Thoroughbreds LLC (Steven Venosa). The filly is out of the multiple stakes winning and graded stakes placed Include mare Inconclusive.

·      Hip 476, a bay filly by Hard Spun consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock. The filly is out of the Istan mare Istan Again and is from the female family of champion Echo Zulu and Grade 1 winner Echo Town.

·      Hip 487, a bay filly by OBS June graduate Yaupon consigned by Golden Rock Thoroughbreds. The filly is out of the Forestry mare Jolly Lolly, a half sister to graded stakes winner and graded producer Rite Moment.

·      Hip 503, a dark bay or brown colt by Win Win Win consigned by Hoppel LLC. The colt is out of the winning High Cotton mare Kimberly Light and is from the female family of Grade 1 winner and OBS graduate Captain Squire.

·      Hip 528, a chestnut filly by Pinehurst consigned by Navas Equine. The filly is out of the winning Pioneerof the Nile mare Landon and is from the female family of English champion Negligent (IRE).

·      Hip 529, a chestnut colt by Mystic Guide consigned by Harris Training Center LLC. The colt is out of the winning, stakes-placed Tale of the Cat mare La Panzanella, a half sister to multiple stakes winner Hit It Once More.

·      Hip 540, a bay colt by Golden Pal consigned by Julie Davies. The colt is out of the Coronado's Quest mare Le Relais and is a half brother to multiple graded stakes winner Soldat.

·      Hip 548, a dark bay or brown colt by Olympiad consigned by Harris Training Center LLC. The colt is out of the winning War Front mare Line – a daughter of multiple graded stakes winner Wend - and is a half brother to stakes winner and graded stakes placed St. Benedicts Prep.

·      Hip 561, a gray or roan colt by Drain the Clock consigned by Tomorrow Farms. The colt is out of the winning Caleb's Posse mare Lucy in the Sky and is from the female family of multiple graded stakes winners Fire With Fire and Cosmonaut.

·      Hip 563, a dark bay or brown filly by Olympiad consigned by Cruzin' Thoroughbreds LLC. The filly is out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Lunar Evening and is a half sister to graded stakes winner Celestial City.

·      Hip 573, Malibu Dancer, a bay filly by Jimmy Creed consigned by Skies Thoroughbreds. The filly is out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Malibu Cat, a daughter of stakes winner Catrageous.

·      Hip 574, a chestnut filly by Jack Christopher consigned by Paul Sharp. The filly is out of the winning Malibu Moon mare Malibu Kash, a full sister to stakes winner and Grade 1 placed Moon de French.

·      Hip 580, a bay colt by OBS June graduate Yaupon consigned by Omar Ramirez Bloodstock. The colt is out of the winning California Chrome mare Margaret Drive, who is a half sister to Grade 1 winner A Mo Reay.

·      Hip 585, a bay filly by City of Light consigned by Blue Sapphire Stables. The filly is out of the mare Meanwhileinleitrim, who is by OBS graduate and leading sire Into Mischief and is a full sister to Grade 1 placed winner Cyclone Mischief.

·      Hip 586, La Toussaint, a bay filly by Candy Ride (ARG) consigned by Marcial Galan. The filly is out of the winning Tribal Rule mare Meet and Greet, a half sister to graded stakes winner Bourbon Resolution.

·      Hip 588, a bay filly by OBS graduate By My Standards consigned by AVP Training and Sales. The filly is out of the Nyquist mare Memento, a daughter of multiple stakes winner Martha's Moon and from the female family of Broodmare of the Year Better Than Honour.

·      Hip 604, a bay filly by OBS graduate Bucchero consigned by Grade One Investments LLC. The filly is out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Miss Elle Dee Kay and is from the female family of Grade 1 winner and OBS graduate Turbo Compressor.

A total of five horses worked in :21:

·      Hip 453, a gray or roan colt by Roadster consigned by Medina Acres. The colt is out of the winning American Freedom mare Hope and Dreams from the female family of Grade 1 winner Richter Scale.

·      Hip 504, a bay filly by Social Inclusion consigned by Doble J Equine Sales. The filly is out of the winning Candy Ride (ARG) mare Kindred from the female family of Grade 1 winner Buy the Sport.

·      Hip 556, a bay filly by Charlatan consigned by McKathan Bros. Sales. The filly is out of the Runhappy mare Looks Like Money, a full sister to stakes winner Happy Soul and a half sister to graded stakes winner and OBS June graduate Calgary Caper.

·      Hip 590, a bay filly by Authentic consigned by King of Kings. The filly is out of the winning Overanalyze mare Mgr Treasure, a half sister to stakes winners Gangbuster and Dreamcall.

·      Hip 605, a bay colt by Maxfield consigned by Wildheart Thoroughbreds. The colt is out of the War Front mare Miss Emilia and is from the female family of Group 1 winner War Command.

The under-tack show continues June 12 at 7:30 a.m. ET with Hips 613 - 652, supplements 653 - 671, and Hips 701 – 837 set to work. The OBS June Sale takes place from June 16-18 with sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. each day.

For full results of the under-tack show, visit obssales.com.

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That’s the argument from the status quo crowd, those who want to keep the Derby on the first Saturday in May, the Preakness two weeks later, and the Belmont three weeks after that. Don’t mess with tradition, they say.

Yet the current schedule has only been in place since 1969, and just five of the 13 Triple Crown winners (Secretariat, Seattle Slew, Affirmed, American Pharoah, and Justify) scored their sweep under the current format.

We will never have another Triple Crown winner if the current trend – the Derby winner skipping the Preakness – continues. And in the event that the Derby winner does contest the Preakness, there’s a very good chance he will do so against a weak field consisting of horses who didn’t have enough qualifying points to get into the Derby. Skipping the Preakness hasn’t just been limited to the Derby winner in three of the last four years. Other Derby runners are also jumping past the middle leg of the Triple Crown.

Would an extra week between the Derby and Preakness make a difference? Two weeks? There are no guarantees it would.

Trainer Todd Pletcher, who has had 66 Kentucky Derby starters – more than any trainer in history – has run only 11 horses in the Preakness, four of them coming out of the Derby, including his two winners, Super Saver in 2010 and Always Dreaming in 2017. Pletcher, who saddled Renegade to a runner-up finish to Golden Tempo in this year's Derby, said of the colt after finishing third to Golden Tempo five weeks later in the Belmont: “The only excuse I’d make is that he probably ended up needing a little bit more time between races.”

However, additional time between the Triple Crown races conceivably could make sweeping the series more difficult, not less, if the Preakness attracts more horses out of the Derby.

The three racing associations hosting the Triple Crown races once worked more closely together. They jointly negotiated television contracts, sponsorships, and developed a participation and winner’s bonus in the 1980s when the Triple Crown’s future was in jeopardy after Garden State Park in New Jersey tried to steal the Preakness and Belmont's thunder.

The Triple Crown is in jeopardy again. If horses have not changed over the last 50 years, trainers certainly have. The idea of running a horse back two weeks after a demanding mile and a quarter race is anathema to most horse people. If three of the last four Derby winners skipping the Preakness isn’t a trend, it’s certainly worrisome.

But do we need a Triple Crown? British racing hasn’t had a Triple Crown winner since Nijinsky in 1970, and the last horse to even try it was Camelot, the winner of the 2,000 Guineas and Epsom Derby in 2012 who finished second in the St. Leger. That series stretches from early May until mid-September, with races at one mile, a mile and a half, and 1 3/4 miles.

France’s Triple Crown hasn’t had a horse sweep its three races – French 2000 Guineas, French Derby, and Grand Prix de Paris – since 1899. Nobody there seems to care.

But our Triple Crown has a way of grabbing the attention of the American public and is a way to expand the sport's popularity. In recent years, the Kentucky Derby has strengthened its position as our most popular race as measured by on-track attendance, pari-mutuel handle, and television ratings. The Preakness has held its own as a major sporting event despite the aging Pimlico facility that is now being rebuilt and a marketing plan that chased away locals wanting to party in the track's infield. The Belmont has traditionally been dependent on a Triple Crown attempt to boost its numbers in terms of attendance, wagering, and television viewership.

It’s that last category, in my opinion, that’s most important. 

In comparing this year’s television audience on FOX (an average of 3.73 million) to past Belmonts, I couldn’t help but notice an unmistakable trend. When there is a Triple Crown on the line, viewership for the Belmont expanded dramatically, rivaling that of the Kentucky Derby.

We haven’t had a horse bid for the Triple Crown since Justify in 2018, when NBC's Belmont telecast attracted an average 12.7 million viewers. Previous bids by American Pharaoh, California Chrome, Big Brown, Funny Cide, and Smarty Jones had even bigger audiences, with 21.9 million tuning in to watch Smarty Jones’ failed attempt in 2004. That's bigger than the 19.6 million this year's Kentucky Derby telecast averaged.

If demand for tickets, wagering, and television viewership are important, the New York Racing Association stands to gain the most from keeping the Triple Crown a viable series. Pushing the date of the Belmont Stakes later into June, or even July – thereby giving the Preakness more room to breathe as the middle leg – will force NYRA to rearrange its summer stakes schedule. That may not be an easy task, but the alternative – a Belmont Stakes without the potential marketing value of a Triple Crown bid – is much worse.

That’s my view from the eighth pole.

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The conference was hosted by The Jockey Club and the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association and presented by Bessemer Trust, Keeneland, and Dean Dorton Equine, and this panel was sponsored by Juddmonte and Muirfield Insurance.

A Q&A was sponsored by West Point Thoroughbreds, and attendees were able to ask questions through a Q&A link.

Gary Falter, project manager for OwnerView, moderated the panel with guests Tim Leith, senior vice president, The Jockey Club Information Systems; Eric Mitchell, bloodstock editor, BloodHorse; Reed Ringler, sales development associate, Keeneland; and Jacob West, owner, West Bloodstock, and stallion seasons and bloodstock manager, Claiborne Farm.

The webinar began examining a horse’s edited, one-page sales catalog page. “This is really kind of the bare bones to get started,” Ringler said. “This is just basic information that every buyer and seller has got to have going into an auction.”

Leith added, “This pedigree that we’re looking at for a sales horse is a one-page advertisement. So, it’s extremely important to cast this individual and its family in the best possible light. With that being said, there’s a lot of rules that go into inclusion or exclusion on these pedigrees.”

He explained that sales companies ultimately follow the same rules, which are set internationally through the cooperation of the International Cataloging Standards Committee and the Society of International Thoroughbred Auctioneers. Because of this, a horse’s catalog page at Keeneland should look very similar to that of a horse cataloged at a sales company in Australia or Great Britain.

Mitchell demonstrated Auction Edge, a comprehensive statistical guide for evaluating horses at public auctions.

“With Auction Edge, you have two goals here. One is to help you assess the talent of the horse that you’re looking at and what the family may tell you about what the horse could potentially do. And then, also, this information helps you get a ballpark idea of what that horse might be worth,” he said.

Leith demonstrated the free Equineline Sales Catalog App. “Everything is right at your fingertips now, and you don’t have to run back to the office and check old catalogs to do your research at night,” he said. “So, it has really, really revolutionized the way individuals navigate the sales.”

“I think that it’s [Sales Catalog App] an incredibly useful tool. What I love about it is being able to go through and work through our short list,” West said. “The other thing that I think is great about the tool is the accessibility and the ease in which you can share your shortlist, either with somebody else who’s using the app or email the actual list to a potential client or prospective buyer.”

Panelists also offered personal philosophies for attending the sales.

West said, “Approach the process like a chef — pedigree, confirmation, and vetting are your key ingredients. Do your homework, work hard, and gather opinions to formulate your own."

Ringler encouraged buyers to immerse themselves in the experience. “You must be present to win,” he said. “Block off plenty of days, have a plan, and surround yourself with people you can communicate and have fun with—it's all about passion for horse.”

Mitchell agreed. “Take advantage of all the information available to you—doing your homework and surrounding yourself with knowledgeable people will serve you well.”

The replay of Tuesday’s Thoroughbred Owner Conference panel is available at bit.ly/OVVideos.

Six additional Thoroughbred Owner Conference virtual panels are scheduled for 2026. The next session, “Horse In-Training Expenses & Interpreting a Trainers Invoice,” will be held July 7 at 2 p.m. ET. A full schedule can be found here: bit.ly/OVSchedule.

There is no registration fee for the 2026 virtual conference series, but registration is required. 

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The $400,000 Delaware Derby going 1 1/16-miles at Delaware Park on Saturday is the unofficial start of the regional summer Derby season. The Delaware Derby is joined by its sister race, the $400,000 Grade 3 Delaware Oaks, going the same distance for 3-year-old fillies, and four undercard stakes for older horses. 

Saturday is Haskell Preview Day at Monmouth Park in New Jersey. Their 10-race card is led by the G3 Salvator Mile on the main track and the G3 Eatontown for fillies and mares going nine furlongs on turf. The fifth race is the $125,000 Pegasus Stakes for 3-year-olds, with the top two finishers earning berths into the G1 Haskell Stakes on July 18. 

Three-year-old fillies go 1 1/16 miles on the main track on Saturday in Churchill Downs’ Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes and Santa Anita’s G3 Summertime Oaks. The latter track concludes their spring meet on Sunday with the 1 ¾-mile G3 San Juan Capistrano for older turf marathoners. 

At Laurel Park, 3-year-old fillies go 5 ½ furlongs on turf in Sunday’s Stormy Blues Stakes.

Not to be forgotten in the 3-year-old shuffle is the 4-year-old Ian Wilkes trainee Burnham Square. Arguably the best turf horse in the country, the Liam’s Map gelding continues his campaign in the $225,000 Chorleywood Stakes going 1 ⅜ miles at Churchill Downs on Saturday.

Saturday

2:52 pm - Pegasus Stakes at Monmouth Park

Beaten Withers Stakes favorite Schoolyardsuperman leads a field of six 3-year-olds seeking their first stakes win in the Pegasus. After finishing fourth in the Withers, the Chad Brown trainee came back in a March allowance to be defeated by his stablemate, Hedge Ratio, after they drew over 10 lengths clear of the third-place finisher. 

The Pegasus will be Schoolyardsuperman’s first race since and Flavien Prat will be aboard. 

George Weaver trainee Tricky Business will try to remain unbeaten when he makes his second start in the Pegasus. The Vekoma gelding rated in third then went 3 ½ lengths clear to win his debut in a mile maiden special weight at Aqueduct on May 10. Samuel Marin will ride.

Star Sweeper is the only stakes-placed contender in the field. The Louis C. Linder trainee finished third in the Long Branch Stakes at Monmouth last month, though he finished behind Schoolyardsuperman in the Withers.

Pegasus entries

5:28 pm - Chorleywood Stakes at Churchill Downs

Burnham Square will be the heavy favorite for the 1 ⅜ mile Chorleywood Stakes on turf, despite drawing the rail. The 4-year-old gelded son of Liam’s Map exits back-to-back dominant graded stakes scores going 1 ½ miles on turf. In his last start, he won the G3 Louisville Stakes by 4 ¾ lengths over Dancin in Da’Nile and Echo Lane who both return in the Chorleywood. 

Will Spoiler be the one that spoils Burnham Square’s party? The 6-year-old First Samurai gelding makes his first start after getting claimed for $50,000 by the Mike Maker barn after winning two route claiming races at Oaklawn Park. Spoiler was twice stakes-placed in the 1 ⅛-mile Remington Green Stakes in 2024 and 2025 before joining the Maker stable. 

Chorleywood entries

6:00 pm - G3 Delaware Oaks at Delaware Park

Luv Your Neighbor will try to finally get into the winner’s circle in the 1 1/16-mile G3 Delaware Oaks. The daughter of Constitution has been second or third in her last three starts, including the G2 Eight Belles, G2 Fair Grounds Oaks, and G2 Rachel Alexandra Stakes. Trained by Michael Stidham, Luv Your Neighbor will reunite with Luis Saez from post 7. 

Dazzling Dame and Pashmina make their first starts since out-of-the-money finishes in the Kentucky Oaks last month. Trained by Brittany Russell, Dazzling Dame won the Busanda Stakes earlier this year and had a bullet five-furlong work at Fair Hill on June 6. Pashmina’s career is highlighted by a runner-up finish in the G3 Gazelle Stakes and she will have Jose Ortiz aboard for the first time. 

Delaware Oaks entries

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Robert S. Evans' homebred Only for Now is the even-money favorite on the morning line, as set by Horse Racing Nation's Ed DeRosa. Trained by Miguel Clement, Only for Now is by Not This Time, out of Grade 3 winner Lonely Road, by Quality Road. She was a sharp debut winner at Aqueduct on May 8, despite acting up in the gate and dumping Manny Franco before the start. 

"She came highly recommended from Niall Brennan, and we were just fortunate enough to receive the filly,” Clement said. "The filly has a tremendous amount of ability. Mentally, she's a bit opinionated and very much an alpha female, and you have to work with her."

The winning tradition continues for the Evans and Clement families, a dozen years after Tonalist captured the G1 Belmont Stakes. Owned by Evans and trained by Miguel Clement’s father, the late Christophe Clement, Tonalist earned $3,647,000.

“[They] are big supporters of the stable, and we're very thankful to be a part of the team,” said Clement. “It's exciting for them to be able to have some more success with their homebreds."

Jorge Ruiz is named to ride.

Trainer Michael Trombetta entered two strong contenders in the Stormy Blues. Red White and Blue Racing and London Reid Thoroughbreds’ Just Philtored, a stakes-winner last year on both turf and dirt, makes her second start of 2026 following a fifth-place finish in Aqueduct’s Take the A Train Stakes on May 9.

“My gut feel with her, and time will prove it, is that she might be a better horse on the turf than she is on the dirt,” Trombetta said before Just Philtored scored the restricted Maryland Juvenile Filly Stakes on Dec. 6.

Hark Theangelssing, a gray homebred owned by the Estate of R Larry Johnson, kicks off her sophomore campaign in the Stormy Blues. A daughter of Mendelssohn, Hark Theangelssing rallied from last to win a first-level allowance race at Laurel on Oct. 3. She encountered traffic trouble when finishing fourth in Aqueduct’s Stewart Manor Stakes on Nov. 7, a race that produced two next-out winners.

“She’s a little sassy, a little opinionated, like her mama,” Trombetta’s assistant, Tana Aubrey, said of Hark Theangelssing after the allowance victory. "She's okay, this filly,” Aubrey said. "She's got a nice turn of foot. She quickens up.”

Trombetta conditioned Hark Theangelssing’s first two dams, both bred by Johnson. Grandma Kelly’s Question won a five-furlong turf sprint at Colonial in 2003. Hark Theangelssing’s mother, Questionoftheday, won three dirt sprints.

Just Philtored, listed at 5-1 on the morning line, will be ridden by Mychel Sanchez. Ismerio Villalobos will pilot the 6-1 Hark Theangelssing.

Haymarket Farm’s homebred filly, Tap Into Grace, has never been off the board in five starts. Twice stakes-placed on dirt last year, Tap Into Grace won her only turf start, a first-level allowance on Oct. 25, in late-running fashion.

“Her turf race was a sneaky-good one,” said trainer Brittany Russell. “I don’t think she was enjoying the first part of the race at all. At one point, I was hoping she would just come home all right. Then she kicked it in.”

Russell’s husband, Sheldon Russell, is listed on Tap Into Grace at 10-1 on the morning line.

Qatar Racing and Fergus Galvin’s The Town Tempter wasn’t headed at any point in either of her first two turf sprints. The Karakontie filly was stakes-placed on Tapeta at Turfway Park on Feb. 7 and turns back in distance after finishing seventh on grass in the one-mile Cleopatra Handicap at Horseshoe Indianapolis on May 13. Brendan Walsh conditions The Town Tempter at 6-1.

James Chicklo’s Gerrards Cross could be the speed in the race. Trained by Kathleen O’Connell, the Midshipman filly won her only prior turf start in last summer’s Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park. Jeiron Barbosa rides Gerrards Cross, who is 20-1 on the morning line. 

Pewter Stable and Scattered Acres’ River Escape posted a 6 1/2-length debut victory on dirt at Parx, but she has a strong turf pedigree. Her dam, Tricky Escape, was a multiple G3 winner on turf, and her second dam, Island Escape, was a stakes-winning turf miler. Kathleen DeMasi trains the daughter of Essential Quality. Abner Adorno rides at 12-1 on the morning line.

Lantern Hill Farm’s Gigabit dominated a field of non-two allowance runners by 6 ¼ lengths in an off-turf affair at Horseshoe Indianapolis. Conditioned by Rey Hernandez, Gigabit won her maiden by eight lengths in a five-furlong turf sprint last summer. Marcelino Pedroza Jr. rides at 15-1.

Marablue Farm’s stakes-placed Echo Juliet missed by a nose in her only prior turf start, a first-level allowance at Fair Grounds on March 13. The homebred filly by Echo Town is trained by Brett Brinkman and will be ridden by Jevian Toledo. She is 20-1 on the morning line.

Slewperstitus, Niche, and Doc's Miracle will start only if the race is moved to the main track.

Stormy Blues was among the top 2-year-old fillies of 1994. She won four of six starts that season, including the G1 Matron Stakes. Trained by the late Hall of Famer Scotty Schulhofer, she finished third in the G1 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

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“Aqueduct was the beginning of everything for me. I went there and knew right away what I wanted to do with the rest of my life,” said Migliore, a 10-time leading rider at the track. “I grew up eight miles away and will never forget going there with my father as a kid. All you’d hear on the train ride was people talking about the daily double at Aqueduct. I fell in love with the place. I fell in love with the sport there - and I’ve been in love with the game ever since.”

Sunday, June 28, will be a bittersweet day for Migliore and millions of fans who have been a part of New York racing history at the track affectionately known as the Big A. Aqueduct Racetrack, which opened its doors to the public on Sept. 27, 1894, will close its doors forever at the conclusion of the June 28 card. The track’s closure will consolidate The New York Racing Association, Inc.’s (NYRA) operations to the new Belmont Park, which will open on Sept. 18, and historic Saratoga Race Course.

Although its time will come to an end, the profound impact of Aqueduct cannot be understated. Its history includes immortals of the American Turf such as Man o’ War, Kelso, Secretariat, Cigar, James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons, Allen Jerkens, Eddie Arcaro, Angel Cordero, Jr., and countless others. Iconic events, including the Breeders’ Cup and a papal mass, have been held at the Big A. The Belmont Stakes passed through, as did some Hollywood productions, including A Bronx Tale and the famous “Pie-O-My” episode of The Sopranos. It’s been a hell of a run that won’t soon be forgotten.

“I’ve always felt that Aqueduct has been a bit underrated, an underdog track if you know what I mean,” said Migliore who won 4,450 races in his career and is now a television commentator for NYRA’s America’s Day at the Races program. “The best and most knowledgeable fans in the sport that I’ve encountered are typically at Aqueduct. They know the game and they’re tough. They can get on you, but when they do, it’s not without reason. They absolutely understand the nuances of racing and are incredibly passionate about it. Aqueduct has been such an amazing blue-collar track and, really, the heart of New York racing.”

Aqueduct’s origins were humble, especially in comparison to other ancient New York metropolitan tracks such as Jerome Park and Morris Park, which were known for their opulence and high-society patrons. Three men with no previous association to racing - Francis Reilly, a deputy fire chief in Harlem; Thomas Reilly, an Albany lobbyist; and Robert Tucker, a Brooklyn businessman who ran a Sheepshead Bay hotel - were responsible for establishing Aqueduct under the name of the Queens County Jockey Club. They put up $50,000 to lease 23 acres from Nicholas Ryder on farmland that formerly belonged to the old Brooklyn Water Works. The property was home to a conduit that brought water to New York City from the Hempstead Plain on eastern Long Island. Naming the place Aqueduct seemed pretty logical.

The track’s first grandstand was a modest structure with seating for 2,000. Grandeur was not a consideration for the fledgling operation. When Aqueduct opened for racing, Ryder was still growing crops in the infield that he was farming. Originally a six-furlong track, Aqueduct was not initially recognized by The Jockey Club, which was also just recently established and would only sanction tracks that were one mile or more. Aqueduct was therefore designated an “outlaw track.”

Future Hall of Fame trainer James “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons, whose two Triple Crown winners, Gallant Fox and Omaha, both won races at Aqueduct, was among the crowd of about 700 fans and eight bookmakers present for the track’s opening-day card of six races. Sunny Jim, who was 20 years old at the time and just beginning his training career, recalled his initial impressions of Aqueduct years later, saying the track “ … looked like a shanty on stilts, and for a lawn, it had a sort of boardwalk affair.” Spectators standing on the lawn closest to the track positioned themselves on wooden boards so they would not sink into the deep mud.

Somehow, Aqueduct found a way to survive and incrementally grow during its modest early years. Phillip J. Dwyer, president of the Brooklyn Jockey Club, which operated the Gravesend track, led an ownership group that acquired Aqueduct in 1905. Thomas Reilly, who served as Aqueduct’s first president, died the prior year, and Dwyer succeeded him in that role. Dwyer and his partners proceeded to lease and subsequently purchase additional acreage, rebuild the grandstand, and expand the track to 1 ¼ miles. In 1911, after racing in New York was shut down because of antigambling legislation, Gravesend closed and some of its major races were transferred to Aqueduct when racing resumed in 1914. Dwyer remained Aqueduct’s president until his death in 1917. The race formerly known as the Brooklyn Derby was renamed the Dwyer Stakes in 1918.

Man o’ War won a pair of stakes at Aqueduct in 1919 - the Hudson and Tremont - and returned the following year to defeat John P. Grier in the Dwyer before a crowd of 25,000. It was the most difficult race of Man o’ War’s undefeated 3-year-old season of 10 starts. John P. Grier, who set a track record in the Aqueduct Handicap that year, pushed Man o’ War mercilessly through the nine furlongs of the Dwyer, but in the end Man o’ War prevailed by 1 1/2-lengths and stopped the watch in 1:49 1/5, a world record.

One of Aqueduct’s most famous races has been the Carter Handicap, first run in 1895. Originally for 3-year-olds at 1 ¼ miles, it was shortened in 1902 to seven furlongs, at which it has remained. In 1944, the first triple dead-heat in a stakes race occurred in the Carter when Bossuet, Brownie, and Wait a Bit hit the wire simultaneously.

Aqueduct was once again renovated in 1940 - the year pari-mutuel racing was approved in New York - under the leadership of John Cowdin. The track was shortened from 1 ¼ miles to one mile and the Dwyer era grandstand was demolished and rebuilt. Another renovation closed the track from 1956 to 1959. The grandstand was again torn down and an entirely new facility was built. While racing revenues were rising in other states, they were flat at the time in New York. Ashley T. Cole, who oversaw racing in the state at the time, pushed The Jockey Club to produce a solution to the stagnant situation. A committee comprised of Christopher Chenery, Harry Guggenheim, and John Hanes was formed to address the issue. The trio believed New York racing could be bolstered by a modern facility and a small reduction in the state’s take of the track’s revenue.

From this, the Greater New York Association [later renamed The New York Racing Association, Inc.] was formed, and a $47 million loan was obtained. The loan funds allowed the association to purchase the privately held stock of Aqueduct, Belmont, Jamaica, and Saratoga to begin operating those tracks in 1956. Jamaica was sacrificed as part of the restructuring and permanently closed in the summer of 1959 to make way for the upgraded Aqueduct.

On Sept. 14, 1959, after completion of the $34.5 million renovation, Aqueduct reopened to a crowd of 42,473. The new facility featured a four-tier grandstand designed by renowned track architects Arthur Froehlich and Associates of Beverly Hills, California. State-of-the-art for its day, the upgrades included 18 escalators and an elevator, 20,000 seats in the grandstand and another 14,000 in air-conditioned restaurants and lounges. The Associated Press called it “the world’s most modern and luxurious horse plant.” On the opening card, future Hall of Famer Hillsdale won the featured Aqueduct Handicap, defeating Bald Eagle; Bill Shoemaker won the daily double; and Eddie Arcaro won the first turf race. A couple of weeks later, in a battle of future Hall of Famers in the Woodward Stakes, Sword Dancer defeated Round Table. A month after that, Sword Dancer trounced Round Table by seven lengths in the Jockey Club Gold Cup to clinch Horse of the Year honors.

Hall of Famer Kelso, winner of five consecutive Horse of the Year honors [1960 through 1964], earned 20 of his 39 career victories, including four of his five straight wins in the Jockey Club Gold Cup, at Aqueduct. Other legends of the 1960s at Aqueduct included Hall of Famers Buckpasser and Dr. Fager. Buckpasser made a dozen trips to the winner’s circle at the Big A, while Dr. Fager won the Vosburgh, Roseben, and Suburban in 1968 en route to Horse of the Year honors and recognition as Champion Older Horse, Champion Sprinter, and Champion Grass Horse.

More than 48,000 fans paid tribute to “Sunny Jim” Fitzsimmons at Aqueduct on June 15, 1963, almost 70 years after his appearance there on the track’s opening day in 1894. He was presented a silver tray with the names of all 148 stakes winners he trained during his incomparable career. That same year, Aqueduct played host to the Belmont Stakes for the first of five consecutive editions of the race while Belmont Park was being reconstructed. Quadrangle thwarted Northern Dancer’s Triple Crown bid in 1964 while Amberoid denied Kauai King’s Triple Crown attempt two years later.

Secretariat had a mixed experience at Aqueduct. He finished fourth in his career debut on July 4, 1972, then broke his maiden in a six-length romp 11 days later. He went on to win the Bay Shore and Gotham the following year, then was upset in the Wood Memorial before becoming the first horse in a quarter-century to sweep the Triple Crown. A retirement party for Big Red with 30,000 fans in attendance was held at the Big A on Nov. 6, 1973, prior to the beginning of his stud career at Claiborne Farm.

The second edition of the Breeders’ Cup took place at Aqueduct in 1985. A one-day event at the time, a crowd of 42,568 saw Proud Truth win the Classic. Other highlights of the day included future Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas winning the first two of what would eventually be a remarkable 20 Breeders’ Cup victories for the trainer.

A decade later, Pope John Paul II held mass at Aqueduct. The New York Times noted both the peculiarity of the location and it’s winning traits, reporting, “Not far from the altar, on the edge of most worshipers’ fields of vision, were scoreboards with words and phrases - “odds,” “track conditions” - that betrayed the usual function of the track. But Aqueduct had its advantages as well for the estimated crowd of 75,000. Its oval infield served as a green, immaculately tended meadow that encircled the 300-foot-wide papal platform and flanked it with two man-made lakes. At the center of each was a fountain that sprayed water into the air.”

The year before the Pope’s visit, Cigar was at Aqueduct on Oct. 28, 1994, beginning a 16-race win streak with a seven-length allowance score. He dazzled again a month later, cruising by eight lengths in the NYRA Mile, which was renamed the Cigar Mile upon the retirement of the Bill Mott trainee.

The Wood Memorial has been Aqueduct’s signature spring race and traditionally a key prep for the Kentucky Derby. The race produced three Derby winners in a four-year span in Fusaichi Pegasus [2000], Monarchos [2001], and Funny Cide [2003]. Monarchos and Funny Cide both lost in the Wood before winning the Run for the Roses. First contested in 1925, the Wood has been won by 15 Hall of Fame horses, including 2026 inductee Gulch, who won the 1987 running.

New York City’s first casino opened adjacent to Aqueduct in 2011. A cut of the revenue from the Resorts World video-lottery terminal facility earmarked for NYRA has been integral in elevating purses and investing in facilities at NYRA properties.

Migliore will be among the thousands of fans expected to be in attendance for Aqueduct’s swan song. He will fondly reminisce while also looking forward to New York racing’s new downstate home at Belmont Park.

“I have no doubt the new Belmont is going to be nothing short of magnificent. I can’t wait for racing to begin there because the place is going to be like nothing we’ve ever had before,” Migliore said. “However, that change comes with the price of losing a big piece of our history, but times change. Aqueduct has always been New York City’s racetrack - that’s how I’ll remember it.” 

The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) will say farewell to Aqueduct Racetrack with a memorable Closing Weekend celebration on Saturday, June 27 and Sunday, June 28. For a full listing of onsite activities and to order tickets in advance, please visit https://www.nyra.com/aqueduct/visit/farewell/.  

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Leparoux told DRF that he hopes California will provide more “opportunities.”

“It’s been slow,” Leparoux told DRF about his year thus far. “I have to try to do something about it.”

The 42-year-old French jockey has won 11 races from 81 mounts in 2026. Among those victories was a Grade 3 score aboard Quatrocentro in the Tampa Bay Stakes at Tampa Bay Downs in January.

According to DRF, Leparoux will ride the remainder of the Churchill Downs meet before arriving in California on July 1. He will be represented by agent Ryan Glatt.

Leparoux has won 3,070 North American races since 2005 and was recognized at the Eclipse Awards in 2006 as the Outstanding Apprentice Jockey and in 2009 as the Outstanding Jockey. He was previously based at Del Mar in 2013. 

Read more at drf.com. 

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“It means there was a lot of hard work, a lot of different people to get here,” Cabrera said. “It’s just great. I am so glad I got to 2,000. It’s amazing. For a while, I was going at a good speed, and then I had my injury. It took me out for six months, and then coming back takes a while to get back to where I was. Now I am feeling really good, and I have a good team, so very exciting to get to 2,000.”

The road to 2,000 hasn’t been easy. Cabrera has endured a series of serious injuries, including a cracked disc in his lower back and a brain bleed in 2022, then a broken femur in 2023; each sidelined him for months at a time. “It took me a long time to get back to 100 percent,” he said. “At least a year to get back to riding, and riding in the way I used to. It has been a long road to recovery, but now I feel really good. I feel like I'm back at it.”

Even after setbacks, Cabrera’s motivation remains simple: winning. “There ain’t nothing like it,” he said. “Winning a race is such a great feeling, and the people you work with make it so much fun.”

The 33‑year‑old rider has been a fixture on the Oklahoma‑Texas circuit since launching his career in 2013, when he earned his first win at Lone Star Park. Cabrera came to Jones, Okla., at age 14 to live with his aunt Marti Rodriguez, a trainer at Remington Park, after moving from Mexico. He worked his way up from mucking stalls to the saddle, winning 46 races in his rookie year.

Through the years, Cabrera’s life and career have evolved alongside the sport. “I got my first win at Lone Star Park in 2013, and I was single back then,” he said. “Now I have my daughter. I tell her, ‘What about if I retire?’ and she’s like, ‘No, what about the pictures?’ All her life, her dad has been a jockey.”

Cabrera has amassed 2,002 wins from 11,838 starts, with career earnings of over fifty million dollars. His two graded stakes wins came aboard Envoutante in the 2020 G3 Remington Park Oaks and Rated R Superstar in the 2022 G3 Essex Handicap. 

Away from the racetrack, Cabrera spends time at his Cabrera Training Center in Oklahoma, where he and his daughter ride horses. He recently bought the farm in Jones where he once shoveled manure as a teenager, and plans to turn it into a 42‑stall training facility. “We’re planning to start breaking babies this September,” he said. “That’s how I started with horses, and that’s what I’ll be doing when I retire. I don't see myself doing anything else besides messing with horses. It’s in my blood.”

Retirement, though, is still a distant thought. Cabrera’s dream remains the Kentucky Derby. “I feel I am back. I know I can get there, can get a mount,” he said. “If you are in the Derby, you have a chance to win. That would be amazing. I just want to get there.”

For now, Cabrera plans to finish strong at Lone Star Park before returning to Remington Park, then heading to Oaklawn early next year. “A lot of the Derby horses come through Oaklawn,” he said. “They always bring good horses there, and the hope is to have a good meet and go from there. Maybe we can get a Derby horse through the Springboard Mile here in Oklahoma if not. That’s the plan.”

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There are six Flat meetings across Britain and Ireland on Friday. They include cards from top tracks such as Goodwood, Sandown and York, plus a couple of jump fixtures, giving punters plenty to choose from. My focus for the day’s tips is on Sandown and York.

Horse racing tips – Friday

Odds provided by Sky Bet and correct at the time of publication

3.58 Sandown – Class 4 Handicap (1m 2f)

Ed Walker-trained Qarreeb is a work in progress and is open to improvement on his handicap debut.

His two starts this term have come in novice races at Nottingham. Both turned into relative sprints, so his stamina hasn’t been tested and he has taken some false steps, showing his inexperience.

However, the form of those races has been working out, with both of the horses he finished directly behind winning next time out.

The selection is now stepping back up in trip. He’s not a certain stayer judged on his breeding, but the feeling is there will be better to come from him as he grows stronger. He has a good pedigree, being by super sire Dubawi out of a Galileo mare.

He’s just a tentative, two-star pick, but this isn’t the strongest race of its type so it may be worth buying into the idea of his potential.

Selection: 3.58pm Sandown – Qarreeb ⭐⭐

4.10 York – Class 2 Handicap (1m 2½f)

Regular readers may remember that I selected Altareq (nap) when he ran at Hamilton last week. As it turned out, he was found out by the drop in distance to 1m ½f at the Scottish venue, but he showed enough to remain of interest, finishing well after meeting traffic and being outpaced.

It was his run the time before that had caught the eye and that came over this course and distance.

I’ll make the case again. In the York race, he lost a lot of ground at the start, but he was quicker than the winner through eight of the last nine furlongs and was the only runner to go sub-12 seconds for the final furlong.

Altareq was slowly away again at Hamilton, so that’s a concern, but there’s no doubt he is better than his current handicap mark. He’s a brother to a Listed winner and he was bought out of the Gosdens’ yard for 95,000 guineas in October.

Why he’s the nap pick

This is a competitive race, but that’s the theme of the day, so it’s not easy to land on a nap (or a ‘best bet’), and this is simply a horse I believe in. I do think he’s worth following.

Selection: 4.10pm York – Altareq (nap) ⭐⭐⭐

4.35 Sandown – Class 5 Handicap (7f)

Lohoobb, trained by Owen Burrows, has been a beaten favourite in both starts since switching to handicap company, but I have little doubt that he’s better than this level.

He has been too headstrong, most recently not being helped by his draw on the Lingfield straight, where he got minimal cover and challenged widest, so often an unfavourable part of the track at that venue. In the circumstances he did well to finish second.

The selection is now drawn in stall one, against the rail. It will be interesting to see what the tactics are this time. Sandown can be a good track for front-runners and some horses, counter-intuitively, settle better when allowed to stride on.

But if they decide to hold on to him again, he should get plenty of cover this time. The issue will then be getting a clear run, as horses tend to drift right up the Sandown straight, meaning room is often at a premium.

Who’s the jockey?

Clearly the jockey has a decision or two to make, and it’s Callum Rodriguez in the saddle. It needs pointing out that he has little experience around Sandown – he’s 0-4 at the Surrey venue. But I have no hesitation in recommending him as a good rider and I’m happy with him on Lohoobb.

Things will have to go right for this selection, but I would always rather be on a runner who looks well handicapped, a Lohoobb is, rather than a more exposed type.

Selection: 4.35pm Sandown – Lohoobb ⭐⭐⭐

Friday June 12 – UK and Irish racing fixtures

Flat

• Sandown (1.08-5.08, Racing TV)
• Chester (1.30-5.28, Sky Sports Racing)
• York (1.50-5.18, Racing TV)
• Gowran Park (4.15-8.18, Racing TV)
• Fairyhouse (4.27-8.30, Racing TV)
• Goodwood (5.32-8.24, Racing TV)

Jumps

• Newton Abbot (5.13-8.45, Sky Sports Racing)
• Market Rasen (5.41-8.36, Racing TV)

Star ratings – and alert – explained

Stars denote strength of selection (maximum five). The odds are provided by Sky Bet and correct at the time of writing – and you can find out where they rank in our table of the best betting sites in the UK.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Confident selection
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Strong fancy
⭐⭐⭐ Fair claims
⭐⭐ Tentative choice
⭐ Minimum confidence
🚨= G1 race

Saturday, she will finally begin to flex some of her horsepower.

Schultz will send out horses in five races on Monmouth Park’s 10-race Haskell Preview Day card on Saturday, although she is on the fence about Pink Ruby going in the Grade 3 Eatontown Stakes.

But Baby Vino is a go for the NYRA Bets Pegasus Stakes and Sand Pipes is set for the Monmouth Stakes, she said. She also will send out Tiger Moon in the first race (a $12,500 claimer on the grass) and Lucky Louisa in the eighth race (a $40,000 maiden claimer on the grass).

“We’re excited,” said the 37-year-old Schultz, who has been stabled at Monmouth Park for the summer since 2022. “I’m hopeful these horses all run well.

“We’re just kind of getting rolling at the meet and getting the horses in the spots we want to get them in. There are a couple of horses we have been pointing for stakes at Monmouth Park and now we’re at that point where those races are coming up.”

Baby Vino, a 3-year-old Kentucky-bred son of Vino Rosso, is part of a field of six for the $125,000 NYRA Bets Pegasus Stakes, the final local prep for the July 18 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes. The top two finishers in the Pegasus Stakes receive free entry and start fees to the G1 Haskell Stakes.

It took Baby Vino five starts to break his maiden, which he did May 1 at Oaklawn Park, but he has been competitive in all but one of the maiden special weight races he has been in.

“He’s a horse we always liked,” said Schultz, who split her time in the winter between Oaklawn and the Fair Grounds. “He always works like a real horse. He’s had some tough trips and he was running against some good company at Oaklawn.

“I think he has gotten plenty of experience, so I feel he is ready for this step. It’s a big step, I know, but I think he is ready for it.”

All six horses in the Pegasus Stakes will be seeking their first stakes win.

San Pipes, a 5-year-old son of War Front, heads into the $125,000 Monmouth Stakes at 1 ⅛ miles on the turf after a third-place finish in the Cliff Hanger Stakes at Monmouth Park on May 30. Owned and bred by Brownwood Farm, he was beaten just 1¾ lengths in the Cliff Hanger.

“It’s quick coming back for him but he is doing well,” Schultz said. “He had a little bit of a break in the spring so he’s ready again. I’m happy where he is at. He is a consistent horse.”

Two of San Pipes’ three career wins have come on the grass at Monmouth Park.

The Monmouth Stakes drew a field of eight 3-year-olds-and-up, including a pair from the barn of Chad Brown (Program Trading and Nebras).

The top two finishers in the Monmouth Stakes receive free entry and start fees to the G2 United Nations on the Haskell Stakes undercard.

“I think a mile and a sixteenth is probably his best distance but I’m okay with a mile and an eighth for him,” Schultz said.

Pink Ruby, having won in her last start 17 days ago, is entered in the G3 Eatontown Stakes but the turnaround is probably too quick for her to try the 1 1/16-mile grass races for fillies and mares, 3 and up.

Tiger Moon, claimed by Ten Strike Racing for Schultz for $5,000 in her last start, will be trying tougher company in the first race. Lucky Louisa will be making her second career start in the eighth race.

To this point, Schultz has had just 10 starters during the Monmouth Park meet, with a win, three seconds and three thirds.

Saturday, she hopes, will jumpstart the meet for her.

“I’m looking forward to seeing all of them run,” said Schultz, who won her first career graded stakes with Whelan Springs in the 2023 edition of the G3 Philip H. Iselin Stakes at Monmouth Park.

In addition to the G3 Eatontown Stakes, the G3 Salvator Mile shares the marquee for the day, with the top two finishers receiving free entry and start fees to the G3 Monmouth Cup on the Haskell undercard.

Five of the nine horses in the Salvator Mile field are graded stakes winners, including the Brad Cox-trained Bishops Bay and the Brendan Walsh-trained East Avenue.

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“This marks the third time we have been able to increase the funding for the horses retired through TAKE THE LEAD,” said the program’s president, Rick Schosberg. “When we started, the minimum donation was just $500.

“Thanks to the support of the horsemen and women of New York, TAKE THE LEAD has distributed more than $2.8 million in contributions to our aftercare partners to date,” he added. “We are all working together to make sure these horses have a safe landing after their racing careers are done.”

Since its inception, the majority of the horses retired through TAKE THE LEAD have been placed with ReRun, which now boasts the largest retraining and rehoming initiative in New York, and New Vocations, the oldest racehorse adoption program in the country.

“We are incredibly grateful to NYTHA's TAKE THE LEAD program for its recent increase in the stipend provided for each horse entering aftercare,” ReRun Program Director Lisa Molloy said. “This enhanced support will have a meaningful impact on ReRun and, most importantly, on the horses we serve. The cost of providing high-quality care—from feed and veterinary services to training and rehabilitation—continues to rise, and this increase helps ensure that retired racehorses receive the resources and opportunities they deserve as they transition into their next chapters.

“TAKE THE LEAD's ongoing commitment to Thoroughbred aftercare demonstrates a deep understanding of the responsibility we all share to support these athletes beyond their racing careers,” she continued. “Their partnership allows organizations like ReRun to focus on what matters most: providing exceptional care, retraining, and placement for Thoroughbreds as they begin new lives.”

The very first horse retired through TAKE THE LEAD, Down Broadway, transitioned to his second career through New Vocations.

Anna Ford, Executive Director of New Vocations, remarked, “Our partnership with TAKE THE LEAD, which began more than 13 years ago, has been instrumental in New Vocations’ growth in New York. Their support helped us establish a facility in the state, significantly expanding our ability to serve owners and trainers racing at NYRA tracks.

“The financial support they provide with each horse ensures we can meet the horse’s individual needs, from rehabilitation and retraining to placement in a successful second career. Beyond funding, their team plays a critical role in evaluating retiring racehorses and helping guide them through the intake process. TAKE THE LEAD has been an exceptional partner and their program serves as a model that we would love to see replicated by more racetracks and horsemen’s organizations across the country.”

To learn more about TAKE THE LEAD, or to make a donation, go to www.take2tbreds.com.

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Because there were no timed breezes during the Midlantic sale, that column remained unchanged from month to month. However, the auction did have a massive ripple effect on the median portion of the rankings, both through the price figures themselves and how they contributed to the number of horses sold by key sires.

Highly-touted freshman sire Flightline had been just shy of the population minimums necessary to qualify for the rankings prior to the Maryland sale, and those thresholds were the only things holding him back from a lofty spot on the list after a record-setting debut season. Flightline jumped through the final administrative hoops after the May auction, and he immediately rocketed to the top of the list.

Flightline is at the forefront of a youth movement in this year's power rankings, with three of the top four spots belonging to freshman sires. Though first-crop sires are often sold at a premium, the fact that their juveniles are holding up their part of the equation with fast average breeze times proves their appeal goes beyond just market convention.

As a reminder, here are the requirements to qualify for the Power Rankings. If you notice a sire is missing from the list, it’s almost certainly because they didn’t hit one of these marks:

1) At least five horses sold during a major North American juvenile sale in 2025, regardless of distance breezed.

2) At least five horses that breezed an eighth of a mile, whether they sold or not (as much as I love a good quarter-mile breeze, there just aren’t enough horses doing them to make a fair average).

Also important to note: For the sake of calculating averages, I stretched out each breeze time from fifths to tenths. If you see a 9.8-second time somewhere, do not adjust your stopwatches.

Let’s have a look at the list, then go deeper into the top five.

#1 - Flightline, Lane's End

We all knew Flightline was coming for the top, it was just a matter of when he'd have the bulk numbers to get into the pool. Now that he has, the Horse of the Year has made the biggest splash possible, ranking first by both average breeze time and median sale price.

Let's start with that average breeze time. Flightline's five juveniles to go under the stopwatch at an eighth of a mile turned an average time of 9.960 seconds, making him the only sire whose offerings averaged a sub-:10 breeze by the skin of his teeth.

The group was led by Zedan, a colt who sold at the OBS Spring sale to namesake Zedan Racing Stables, who clocked in at 9.6 seconds (:9 3/5 in fifths), tying for the fastest effort of the April auction. Zedan (the horse) was unmatched, though in his auction ring, hammering for an OBS-record $10.5 million.

Offered as Hip 1056, the colt is out of the Grade 2-placed stakes-winning Into Mischief mare Lucrezia, who is the dam of one winner from two foals to race. Consigned by Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds, the colt's second dam is the Grade 3 winner Verdana Bold.

Zedan's record price helped propel Flightline to the top spot by median sale price, with six sold for a median price of $525,000.

Flightline was also responsible for the sale-topper at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale, with KAS Stables going to $2.1 million for Hip 54, a colt out of Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Bar of Gold, a daughter of Medaglia d'Oro who is also responsible for Grade 3 winner Coinage. Sequel consigned the New York-bred colt as agent for breeder Chester Broman.

#2 - Life Is Good, WinStar Farm

Fellow freshman sire Life Is Good maintained the high-level performance that had placed him at the top of the power rankings through the first half of the year, but his streak was ended by Flightline's arrival.

However, that does little to deter from the impressive rookie season that the Grade 1 winner has enjoyed during the juvenile auction season.

That has been led by his on-track performers, with his 15 juveniles who breezed an eighth of a mile going in an average time of :10-flat – the second-fastest average among all qualifying sires.

Six of those went in :9.8 (remember, we’re dealing in tenths, so that’s :9 4/5 in fifths), which ranked Life Is Good fifth among all sires by sub-:10 breezes this season. The leader in that category was fellow WinStar freshman Nashville, with 13.

However, the most expensive offering of the season for Life Is Good was one of his offerings that went in :10-flat. Hip 1102 of the OBS Spring Sale sold to Glassman Racing for $750,000, helping drive Life Is Good to a sixth-best median sale price of $300,000.

The bay filly is out of the unraced Bodemeister mare Mezinka, making her a half-sister to Grade 3-placed Harlocap. Mezinka is herself a half-sister to the Grade 1 winner and prominent sire Pioneerof the Nile. Hartley/De Renzo Thoroughbreds consigned the filly, as agent.

Life Is Good has already been represented on the racetrack by a stakes winner in Waggley, who triumphed in the Kentucky Juvenile Stakes at Churchill Downs on April 29, giving the sire a leg-up on his freshman competition when it comes to building his resume in real time during the remainder of the auction season.

#3 - Liam's Map, Lane's End

The most significant jump in the top five among sires that were already on the list last month came from Liam's Map, who jumped from fourth to third overall after his median sale price rose from $180,000 to $200,000 after the Midlantic sale.

That boost was helped along greatly by a pair of $300,000 offerings at the Timonium sale, but his highest price of 2026 came earlier in the season at the OBS Spring sale, when  Hip 915 sold to St. Elias Stable for $925,000 after going a quarter-mile in a blistering :20 2/5 seconds. The gray or roan filly helped boost her sire’s median sale price to ninth among this year's class to date.

Consigned by Tom McCrocklin, agent, Hip 915 is out of the winning Honor Code mare Honor Hop, hailing from the family of Grade 3 winner Apprehend and multiple Grade 1-placed Palacio de Amor.

The only stallion in the top five with more than four crops of racing age, Liam’s Map tied for sixth by average breeze time at :10.046 from 13 to work at the distance. That included two going in under 10 seconds.

#4 (TIE) - Jackie's Warrior, Spendthrift Farm

Champion sprinter and freshman sire Jackie’s Warrior remains in the upper echelon of freshman sires during this year's auction season, with his 22 one-furlong juveniles averaging 10.027 seconds to rank fourth in that category.

He had five horses turn in sub-:10 workouts, including one of the 12 juveniles to clock in at 9.6 seconds (:9 3/5 in fifths) through the end of the OBS Spring Sale. That horse was also by far the biggest home run of the season in the sales ring for Jackie’s Warrior.

Hip 570 of the OBS Spring Sale blew up the stopwatch, then sold to D. Farrington for $2.3 million from the Hartley/De Renzo consignment.

The dark bay or brown filly is out of the Grade 3-winning Indian Charlie mare Brazen Persuasion, whose six foals to race are all winners, led by stakes-placed Ruggs.

#4 (TIE) - Yaupon, Spendthrift Farm

While Yaupon’s first crop was being spearheaded by Albus winning the G2 Wood Memorial Stakes en route to a start in the Kentucky Derby, his second crop kept the quality standard high at the sales, sitting comfortably in the top five with Spendthrift Farm teammate Jackie's Warrior with one more sale to go.

Yaupon has the edge over his barnmate in the under-tack portion, where Yaupon’s 34 youngsters to work an eighth averaged 10.006 seconds and rank third overall. He finished one spot behind Jackie's Warrior in the median price race, ranking 13th at $185,000.

Yaupon has had 10 2-year-olds clock a sub-:10 breeze so far, good for the second most this season.

That group included a seven-figure offering at the OBS March sale in Hip 576, a colt who sold to Three Amigos for $1 million. Out of the Lemon Drop Kid mare Balbina, the colt comes from the family of Grade 3 winners Ready’s Gal, Machen, and Temple City Terror. He was no slouch during the breeze show, clocking in at 9 4/5 seconds, also for consignor Kings Equine, agent.

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Percy’s Bar was tabbed as the 7-5 morning-line favorite in the Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes, a 1 1/16-mile event for 3-year-old fillies. Trained by Ben Colebrook, Percy’s Bar won the Ashland Stakes (G1) by 2 ¼ lengths in April before finishing seventh in the Kentucky Oaks.

“The Oaks was disappointing because we know she’s better than that,” Machado said. “She didn’t have quite enough early kick to stay with the first group of horses, and we ended up a little wide around both turns. It just wasn’t the trip we were hoping for. Even so, it was a great experience to ride in my first Oaks, and I’m grateful for the opportunity.”

The daughter of Upstart established herself among the division’s top fillies with her victory in the Ashland and had already compiled an impressive résumé as a 2-year-old. Percy’s Bar won Churchill Downs’ Debutante Stakes (Listed) and crossed the wire first in the Alcibiades Stakes (G1) before being disqualified and placed second for interference.

Machado, who has been aboard Percy’s Bar for all seven of her career starts, said the filly has trained forwardly since the Oaks and remains capable of adding to her accomplishments.

“She’s a very talented filly, and she’s done everything right since that race,” Machado said. “I’m lucky to be riding her. She’s already won some important races, but I think there’s still a lot left for her to accomplish this season.”

Machado will break from post No. 5 aboard Percy’s Bar in the field of seven.

The field for the Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes in post-position order (with jockey, trainer and morning line odds):

1. Knickeandime (Rafael Bejarano, Randy Morse, 12-1)
2. Holly’s Holiday (Manny Esquivel, Kenny McPeek, 8-1)
3. La Rascasse (Axel Concepcion, Will Walden, 4-1)
4. A. P.’s Girl (Danny Sheehy, Peter Eurton, 6-1)
5. Percy’s Bar (Machado, Colebrook, 7-5)
6. Sneaky Good (Jaime Torres, Brad Cox, 3-1)
7. Point of Reference (Florent Geroux, Chad Brown, 10-1)

The Monomoy Girl Overnight Stakes is scheduled as Race 9 on Saturday’s 11-race card with a post time of 4:56 p.m. (all times Eastern) and shares the spotlight with the $225,000 Chorleywood (Listed) in Race 10 at 5:28 p.m. First post is 12:45 p.m.

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In his most recent, the 6-year-old son of Into Mischief ran third in the six-furlong Grade 3 John A. Nerud at Belmont at Aqueduct on May 9. Previously, the Kentucky-bred trained by Michelle Nevin finished second in the six-furlong G3 Tom Fool at Aqueduct on Feb. 28. He has a career record of five wins, four seconds and five thirds from 21 starts with earnings of $551,550.

Daniel Crowley and Non Stop Racing Stables Haileysfirstnotion could be peaking at the right time. The 5-year-old son of Great Notion has a lifetime mark of six wins, three seconds and three thirds from 13 starts with earnings of $278,860. In his last, the Maryland-bred trained Gary Capuano finished third in the six-furlong G3 Maryland Sprint on May 16. In his only other outing this year, he posted a 7 ¾-length score in a six-furlong allowance at Laurel on May 1.

“He is ready to go” said trainer Gary Capuano. “He has run a pair of really bang up races this year, so he is sharp and getting better. He seems like he came out of his last race in good shape, and he had a good breeze last week. He is a solid sprinter and he comes to run almost every time, so we are excited for this Saturday.”

After finishing off the board for the first time in his career in the one mile G3 Westchester Stakes at Belmont at Aqueduct on May 3, Paul Berube, Karen Linnell and Heather Hunter’s Quint’s Brew will look to rebound. The 5-year-old son of Mosler has a career record of seven wins, four seconds and a third from 13 starts with earnings of $571,740.

“I think his last race, in New York, may have been a little farther than he wanted to go, but prior to that, he has been flawless,” said trainer Edward “Ned” Allard. “He has been training super, so we are excited about the race on Saturday. He has never raced at Delaware, but he has been training here, so we are looking forward to bringing him to the races right from his own stall.”

$100,000 Alapocas Run Stakes, For 3-year-olds and upward at six furlongs

1. Quint’s Brew (Edward Allard, Forest Boyce, 3-1)
2. Haileysfirstnotion (Gary Capuano, Yedsit Hazlewood, 8-1)
3. Just Beat the Odds (Greg Sacco, Irad Ortiz Jr., 2-1)
4. Multitask (David Jacobson, Luis Saez, 10-1)
5. My Boy Star (Alejandro Olas Mendela, Carol Cedeno, 15-1)
6. Durante (David Jacobson, Junior Alvarado, 5-1)
7. St Jude (Ben Perkins Jr., Mychel Sanchez, 15-1)
8. Full Moon Madness (Michelle Nevin, Jose Ortiz, 6-1)
9. Shane’s Warrior (Alfredo Velazquez, Eliseo Ruiz, 12-1)

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In her only outing this year, Bellezza ran sixth in the 1 1/2-mile G3 Orchid at Gulfstream Park on March 28. Last year, the 5-year-old daughter of Slyouni won both the G2 Flower Bowl at Saratoga and the G3 Sheepshead Bay. The Ireland-bred trained by Miguel Clement also ran sixth in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf, second in the G2 Glen Falls and third in the G1 New York. She has a career record of four wins, three seconds and two thirds from 13 starts with earnings of $615,622

$250,000 G3 Robert G. Dick Memorial, For fillies & mares 3-year-olds and upward at 1 ⅜ miles (Turf)

1. Dona Clota (Saffie Joseph Jr., Irad Ortiz Jr., 5-1)
2. Storm Miami (Amelia Green, Luis Saez, 8-1)
3. Bellezza (Miguel Clement, Jaime Rodriguez, 6-5)
4. Alluring Angel (Bill Mott, Junior Alvarado, 5-2)
5. Cenzina Pampa (Horacio de Paz, Jose Ortiz, 6-1)
6. Tricky Kitty (Thomas Garner, Ben Curtis, 12-1)

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In her last, Atlantis Queen ran third in one mile $100,000 Heavenly Cause Stakes at Laurel Park on April 4. Previously, the New York-bred won the 1 1/16-mile $100,000 Nellie Morse at Laurel on Feb. 14. The 4-year-old daughter of Mitole has a career record of three wins, four seconds and a third from 17 starts with earnings of $168,755.

“She is training good,” said trainer Gary Capuano. “She has been getting better the older she gets and I think she is starting to figure things out. I think when we started running her consistently around two turns, that helped with her development.”

Godolphin’s Amalfi Drive figures to be an early pacesetter. In her most recent, the 4-year-old daughter of Medaglia d’Oro was a gate to wire winner in a mile allowance at Churchill Downs on May 1. Previously, the Kentucky-bred trained by Michael Stidam finished fourth in a turf sprint at Keeneland on April 4. She has a career record of three wins, a second and a third from seven starts including her maiden win at Delaware Park with earnings of $167,006.

“She really ran a nice race in her last at Churchill Downs and since then she has been doing really well,” said trainer Michael Stidham. “This will be her first outing against stakes competition, but we think she is ready for the challenge. She is bred to be this kind of filly, and she broke her maiden at Delaware Park, so this is as good as any spot to see if she can take the next step.”

$150,000 Obeah Stakes, For fillies and mares, at a 1 1/16 miles

1. Amalfi Drive (Michael Stidham, Luis Saez, 5-1)
2. Atlantis Queen (Cary Capuano, Yedsit Hazlewood, 6-1)
3. Too Many Kisses (Timothy Keefe, Forest Boyce, 12-1)
4. Beautiful Blome (Anthony Pecoraro, Carol Cedeno, 15-1)
5. Kinzie Queen (Greg Compton, Junior Alvarado, 15-1)
6. Chasten (Brad Cox, Irad Ortiz Jr., 5-2)
7. Cash Call (Bob Baffert, Jose Ortiz, 3-2)
8. Late Nite Call (Naill Saville, Ben Curtis, 10-1)

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Trained by Saffie Joseph Jr. and owned by the partnership of C2 Racing Stable, Gary Barber, and La Milagrosa Stable, White Abarrio is scheduled to race next in the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs on June 27.

“It is rare that a horse who comes to stud with such consistent high-class ability is a grandson of the two foremost breed-shaping stallions of the last decade, Tapit and Into Mischief,” said Antony Beck of Gainesway. “We look forward to seeing what accomplishments White Abarrio can add to his already impressive resume the rest of this year and are very excited for him to join the Gainesway stallion roster in 2027.”

White Abarrio has displayed an immense amount of talent from day one, starting with a 6 3/4-length victory in his first start as a 2-year-old to most recently defeating an all-star cast in the G2 Oaklawn Handicap. He has achieved graded stakes wins or placings during every year of his racing career and posted 10 triple-digit Beyer Speed Figures.

Early in his 3-year-old season, the grandson of perennial leading sire Tapit established himself as one of the top colts of his generation with decisive victories in the G3 Holy Bull Stakes and G1 Florida Derby.

He maintained that brilliance as a 4-year-old with a 6 1/4-length victory in the G1 Whitney Stakes, handing Cody’s Wish the only defeat of his 2023 Horse of the Year campaign. He followed that up with the most important triumph of his career in the Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park, where he defeated seven Grade or Group 1 winners.

White Abarrio kicked off his 2025 campaign with a dominant 6 1/4-length victory in the G1 Pegasus World Cup Invitational Stakes. He earned a 1” Ragozin Sheet figure for that performance, the fastest such number recorded in 2025.

“It means a great deal to our ownership group to have White Abarrio join Gainesway,” said co-owners Clint Cornett and Gary Barber. “He has given us an incredible ride on the track, and we are excited to see him close out his racing career before beginning the next chapter at Gainesway.”

Already in 2026, White Abarrio won the G2 Oaklawn Handicap in April by two lengths. He defeated dual classic winner and defending Horse of the Year Sovereignty, as well as Preakness Stakes winner Journalism, and earned a career-best 111 Beyer for the effort, marking his sixth triple-digit Beyer Speed Figure in his last nine starts.

Sired by Race Day and out of the Into Mischief mare Catching Diamonds, White Abarrio will join his grandsire Tapit on the Gainesway stallion roster in 2027. A stud fee will be announced at a later date.

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Since trainer Blake Kelly claimed the son of Karakontie at Delaware Park on Aug. 28, he has steadily improved. In his most recent, the Kentucky-bred won a 1 ½-mile allowance at Keeneland on April 22. Previously, he was third in a 1 ½-mile turf allowance at Gulfstream Park on March 7. 

“When I claimed him for $35,000 at Delaware last year, I thought he was a mile and a half horse,” said trainer Blake Kelly. “I thought we were going to see his potential develop as he got older. After he ran a really good third in a tough allowance at Gulfstream, I mapped out his last race at Keeneland and then this stake. He is coming into this race phenomenally. I could not be happier. He looks great and he is training well. He has done everything we wanted him to do to give him this opportunity. It is definitely a step up. There is no question about that. But he deserves this opportunity. Since we have had him, he has gotten better with each race.”

Hall Monitor has a career record of three wins, a second and two thirds from 12 starts with earnings of $120,160. 

$200,000 Cape Henlopen Stakes, For 3-year-olds & upward at a 1 ½ miles (Turf)

1. Desvio (Madison Myers, John Velazquez, 2-1)
2. Anegada (Michael Maker, Mychel Sanchez, 10-1)
3. Malibu Mambo (Martin Hinckson, Teshawn Hazlewood, 30-1)
4. Il Siciliano (Antonio Sano, Junior Alvarado, 10-1)
5. Just a Touch (Brad Cox, Irad Ortiz Jr., 6-1)
6. Freedom’s Way (Eddie Kenneally, Jose Ortiz, 6-1)
7. Vote No (Kelsey Danner, Luis Saez, 7-2)
8. Soleil Volant (Graham Motion, Ben Curtis, 8-1)
9. Coiled (Arnaud Delacour, TBD, 20-1)
10. Hall Monitor (Blake Kelly, Martin Chuan, 15-1)

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The son of Nyquist is seeking his first victory this year after finishing unplaced in both the Kentucky Derby on May 2 and Arkansas Derby on March 28 and third in the Rebel Stakes on March 1. Last year, the Kentucky-bred conditioned by Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert was a leader in the 2-year-old division with a win in the G2 Los Alamitos Futurity, a third in the Breeders Futurity and a fourth in the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

Trainer Bob Baffert has had three career starters at Delaware Park. In 2000, he saddled the Hall of Fame filly Silverbulletday to a third-place finish in the Delaware Handicap; in 2004, he won the Delaware Oaks with Yearly Report; and in 2005, he finished fifth in the Leonard Richards with Sort It Out.

Pocket 3’s Racing Big Cuddle will be looking to keep moving forward after an impressive victory in his first two turn test when he won the $100,000 Sir Barton Stakes at Laurel on May 16.  Previously, the son of Great Notion was a fast closing second in a 5 ½-furlong allowance at Laurel Park on April 18. Last year, the Maryland-bred trained by Gary Capuano broke his maiden at Delaware Park in his career debut going 5 ½ furlongs. His career record is three wins and a second from four starts with earnings of $160,020.

“He has been running good, he is looking good and he has been training good, so all systems are on go for the Delaware Derby,” said trainer Gary Capuano, who saddled Sacred Thunder to a fourth-place finish in the inaugural Delaware Derby last year. “The Sir Barton was big for him. You never know until you run them, but he took the next step in that race. He had been training well going into it and it was his first race going long. He did not have the best of trips, but he was still able to grind it out, so it was a nice win. It looks like this race might be a little more challenging, so he will have to take another next step in his development. He broke his maiden at Delaware last year and he has been training at Delaware, so it always helps when you can run out of your own stall.”

$300,000 Delaware Derby, For  3-year-olds at a 1 1/16 miles

1. Minorinconvenience (Amelia Green, Luis Saez, 8-1)
2. Code of Silence (Timothy Keefe, Jevian Toledo, 10-1)
3. Out of the Woods (Phil D’Amato, John Velazquez, 5-1)
4. Litmus Test (Bob Baffert, Jose Ortiz, 3-2)
5. Sovereign Law (Brad Cox, Irad Ortiz Jr., 5-1)
6. Big Cuddle (Gary Capuano, Yedsit Hazlewood, 3-1)
7. Ponder and Dream (Robert Reid Jr., Mychel Sanchez, 12-1)

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In her last, Luv Your Neighbor ran second in the seven-furlong G2 Eight Belles at Churchill Downs on May 1. Previously, the daughter of Constitution ran in the filly stake series at the Fair Grounds where she was second in one mile and 70-yard Untapable on Dec. 20, second in the one mile and 70-yard Silverbulletday on Jan. 17, second in the 1 1/16-mile G2 Rachel Alexandra on Feb. 14 and third in the 1 1/16-mile Fair Grounds Oaks on March 21. The Ontario-bred conditioned by locally based trainer Michael Stidham has a career record of a win, five seconds and a third from eight starts with earnings of $319,271.

“She has been training here (Delaware) and doing really well,” said trainer Michael Stidham.  “She had her final work on Sunday, so we are ready to go. She has had a solid season so far running against some of the best 3-year-old fillies in the country. She is such an honest filly who goes out there and gives you everything she has every time she runs. She has enough tactical speed to either be near or on the lead going this distance, so it is just going to depend on whether she is the best on Saturday.”

Imaginary Stables’ Jumping the Gun will be returning to the track where she has three wins from four starts including a pair of stakes. In her most recent, the daughter of Gun Runner ran second in the 1 ⅛-mile G2 Black Eyed Susan at Laurel on May 15. Previously, the Kentucky-bred conditioned by locally based trained Andrew Simoff ran third in the 1 1/16-mile Weber City Miss at Laurel on April 18. She sports a career record of three wins, three seconds and a third from seven starts with earnings of $283,750.

“She could not being do better,” said trainer Andrew Simoff. “She worked on Saturday and breezed a half mile in :49. It was nice and easy, so she is coming into the race good. This is going to be a tough race. It is tougher than the Black Eyed Susan, but she is in good form, it will be her third race back after the layoff and she is running over her home track, so we are looking forward to taking a shot at the Oaks with her.”

$300,000 G3 Delaware Oaks, For  3-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles

1. Jumping the Gun (Andrew Simoff, Julio Hernandez, 8-1)
2. Pashmina (Rob Atras, Jose Ortiz, 3-1)
3. Tahlequah (Saffie Joseph Jr., John Velazquez, 10-1)
4. Savor It (Uriah St. Lewis, Mychel Sanchez, 30-1)
5. Majestic Lucia (Victor Barboza Jr., Junior Alvarado, 12-1)
6. Dazzling Dame (Brittany Russell, Jevian Toledo, 5-1)
7. Luv Your Neighbor (Michael Stidham, Luis Saez, 2-1)
8. Miss Fulton Gal (Michael Gorham, Raul Mena, 20-1)
9. Sneaky Good (Brad Cox, Irad Ortiz Jr., 5-1)

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So come back every morning for Marlborough’s daily selection. Note, tomorrow’s tips will appear towards the bottom of the page. Good luck!

Thursday, June 11

Yarmouth

2.10 Rusheen Boy
2.45 Nevasca Cinza
3.20 Neyva’s Angel Nap
3.53 Court Of Session
4.28 Newtown Duke
5.03 Wrist Art
5.35 Queen Of Astolat

Newbury

2.20 Night Star
2.55 Suggy NB
3.30 Forty Years On
4.05 Wild Clary
4.40 Shady Dame
5.15 Kindly Queen

Nottingham

2.35 Nascent Star
3.08 Decade Of Time
3.42 On The River
4.17 Caraway
4.52 Thornaby Pearl
5.22 Spirited Dancer

Worcester

5.08 Beorma
5.40 Grand Clermont
6.10 Crack Of Thunder
6.40 Premier Tenor
7.10 Mystic Wind
7.42 Sunray Shadow
8.17 Raffles Nobu
8.53 Kittys Glance

Catterick

6.22 Collateral Damage
6.52 Lamlash Bay
7.22 Powernap
7.52 Isle Of Lismore
8.23 Robert Johnson
8.59 Tattie Bogle

• Whistler Nap: Slack Bob, 2.55 Newbury
• Marlborough Nap: Neyva’s Angel, 3.20 Yarmouth

Friday, June 12

Sandown

1.08 Underdog
1.38 Over Spiced
2.13 Fantasy Master Nap
2.48 King’s Welcome
3.23 Alcarath
3.58 Tambora
4.35 Kimbara
5.08 King Of Berkshire

Chester

1.30 Moon Beginnings NB
2.02 Lady Branksome
2.37 Asia Force
3.12 Crazee Icon
3.47 Miss Lady Grace
4.20 Quebella
4.55 Explosive Finnish
5.28 Dapper Gee Gee

York

1.50 Orne
24.25 Baila Morena
3.00 Bintaryana
3.35 Big Negotiator
4.10 Per Contra
4.45 Simba’s Pride
5.18 Mafting

Newton Abbot

5.13 Colegram
5.50 Groom De Cotte
6.25 Blue Siam
7.00 Almuhit
7.25 Dexperts Opinion
8.10 Beorma
8.45 Park Hall

Goodwood

5.32 Bearly Blue
6.04 Lavender Gold
6.39 Selenic
7.14 Tashi Delek
7.49 Wedonttelllies
8.24 Desperate Dan

Market Rasen

5.41 Tiny Riot
6.16 Brionywells
6.51 Get A Superstar
7.26 Maximum Offers
8.01 Ip Up
8.36 Estacas

• Whistler Nap: Noble Horizon, 3.23 Sandown
• Marlborough Nap: Fantasy Master, 2.13 Sandown

“I got to ride this horse by accident,” noted Leahey, who was the track’s leading apprentice rider in 2023 in her first year of action in Indiana. “The jockey that was supposed to show up and breeze him (JR Shadow Boy) didn’t show. I filled in and we worked either three-eighths or a quarter. I normally try not to get too excited when you are just working that short of a distance on a horse, but I knew immediately, this was a special horse.”

Leahey became the regular rider aboard JR Shadow Boy for the Joe Davis Stable. After a delayed start to his career on the last day of the meet last fall, he was a winner by seven lengths. He returned this spring, winning both of his starts by nearly 10 lengths apiece and stepped up to face premier racing competition for the first time Wednesday in the Sagamore Sired. That was a tall task for the son of Unbridled Express, but he was up for the assignment.

JR Shadow Boy began from post eight and was wide in the initial stages of the 5 1/2-furlong event, as expected. Socorro’s Prayer and Alberto Burgos were the first leaders before Leahey decided it was time for JR Shadow Boy to call the shots in the race. The grey sophomore rolled by his competition in just a few strides and was leading by open lengths midway through the only turn. At the head of the lane, he was in control by seven lengths under wraps by Leahey, who guided him under the wire with no urging as the winner by four lengths. Mister T and Mitchell Murrill rallied from the back of the pack with a big burst of speed late for second, just a nose ahead of Socorro’s Prayer at the wire.

JR Shadow Boy was the heavy favorite, paying $2.10 for the win. He is now four for four as he moves his career bankroll to more than $130,000. He was a $3,500 purchase from the ITOBA Fall Yearling Sale for owner Normando Jimenez’s Jimenez Racing Stable. Davis and assistant trainer, Miguel Cazares, picked the colt out.

It has long been a notable sign that the grey foals of Unbridled Express outperform the others, and JR Shadow Boy fits that saying. Davis and Cazares noted he was “eye catching” at the sale and got him for a cheaper price than expected. The undefeated gelding didn’t have an easy day of it either. He threw a shoe in the paddock that had to be tacked on before the race. Afterwards, he got a little overheated and bypassed the winner’s circle photo as he headed back to the barn. But the whole Davis barn was trackside to assist their stable star and ensure he was properly cooled following his big win.

“This whole barn is a pleasure to work with,” added Leahey. “This is the first horse I have ever ridden for them. It makes me feel really good for them to put me on this horse with no past experience with their barn. They all work so hard and do such a good job. I can’t tell you how much it means to me they have confidence in me as a jockey on such a nice horse.”

Jimenez is well known in Central Indiana. He owns and operates several liquidation stores in the area under the name of Mr. Jimenez Discount. They are noted as the number one liquidation store in Indianapolis with two locations in the Circle City and a third in Shelbyville near Horseshoe Indianapolis. Jimenez has invested heavily in racing over the past few years and is dedicated to seeing the Indiana racing and breeding programs grow.

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NOTABLE SPEECH [125], NYSOS [125], and OMBUDSMAN [125] are all currently ranked co-fifth. Notable Speech joins the 2026 rankings off of his two-length victory over MORE THUNDER [120] in the BOYLE Sports Lockinge Stakes (G1), while Nysos and Ombudsman have both improved their ratings.

Nysos was elevated to 125 from 121 following his four-length score in the Hill 'n' Dale Metropolitan Handicap (G1). He had previously finished second to FOREVER YOUNG [123] in the Saudi Cup (G1). Ombudsman improved his rating to 125 from 120 with his win in the Star Sports Brigadier Gerard Stakes (G3). Earlier this season, he won the Dubai Turf Sponsored by DP World (G1).

Meanwhile, in his first start of the season, ALMAQAM [122] defeated BAY CITY ROLLER [122] by two lengths in the Tattersalls Gold Cup (G1) to join the rankings. Bay City Roller went on to win the Coolmore Coronation Cup (G1) by 10 lengths in his next start.

KALPANA [120] also made her first start of the year a winning one by taking the Sky Sports Racing Aston Park Stakes (G3).

Other newcomers to this year’s rankings include ENGLISHMAN [120] and GOLDEN TEMPO [120]. Englishman won the Woody Stephens Stakes presented by Mohegan Sun (G1), while Golden Tempo followed up his victory in the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1) with a win in the Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets (G1).

See the full rankings here.

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It is Flat racing’s biggest week, one which the King attends, with Royal carriages aplenty and races with an international feel to boot – it can only be Royal Ascot. It is part of the summer social season with a healthy dose of world-class racing on top – there will be 35 races run across five days at the Berkshire course.

The prestigious meeting features eight Group One races such as the Gold Cup, St James’s Palace Stakes and Commonwealth Cup, and is a festival of fashion, hospitality and Royal patronage.

Here are Telegraph Sport’s tips for the week.

Day One: Tuesday 16th June

2.30 Queen Anne Stakes 

The meeting opens with a bang and the first Group One race of the week over Ascot’s stiff straight mile. Occasionally you get a funny result and the winners of the main trial, the Lockinge Stakes at Newbury – last month it was won by this race’s favourite Notable Speech – only have a so-so record in the race. This year, you would think this race is Notable Speech’s to lose. Few milers have his turn of foot at the finish but Charlie Appleby’s horses are hardly coming into the meeting on fire. His strike rate is not bad but he has not been running many. His second string, Opera Ballo, put himself in line for a crack at this when beating Field of Gold by three lengths at Sandown in April. He won a Group One at Meydan in the winter, but this is a step up in class. No horse likes Ascot more than DOCKLANDS though. He won the Britannia, was second in this race in 2024 then won it last year. More Thunder should be closer to Notable Speech than he was at Newbury.   

3.05 Coventry Stakes

Continuing with the theme that the best racing of the whole week is day one, this six-furlong Group Two race is the most prestigious two-year-old race of the week. Aidan O’Brien, who has won it 11 times, will have the likely favourite in either Great Barrier Reef – winner of both his starts including a Group Three last time – or Confucius – a good winner of his maiden last time  – depending on which Ryan Moore selects. At a working man’s price I like Richard Hannon’s CUT A DASH, a good winner over five furlongs at York on debut in May, with the promise of more to come over a longer distance. As the father of two flame-haired daughters, I will put the family fiver will be on the 50-1 shot The Ginger Kid.   

3.40 King Charles III Stakes

Still known in many quarters as the King’s Stand Stakes but renamed in honour of the King, this five-furlong Group One sprint is for the quickest horses at Ascot. The received wisdom is that a medium Aussie sprinter is still better than anything Europe has to offer, so Overpass is likely to start favourite but it has been a while between drinks for him. Last year’s winner, Jim Goldie’s AMERICAN AFFAIR, did not run again in 2025,  but his two runs this year, including a much-improved second in the Temple Stakes, will have put him spot on for a repeat. Others to look out for include Night Raider, who is much improved for the snip, and the flying French filly Rayevka.

4.20 St James’s Palace Stakes

The Group One mile for three-year-old colts, on the Round Course, has done what it should do, which is attract the winners of the English, Irish and French Guineas and anything else which missed the boat in the early Classics. BOW ECHO, Gstaad, Rayif and Talk of New York are all set to line up in this year’s renewal. In trying to turn the Newmarket tables on Bow Echo, Gstaad will have pacemakers but George Boughey’s colt should still be too good.  

5.00 Ascot Stakes

While most Flat trainers go for a cup of tea at this stage, their jump counterparts get one of their moments of the week in the two-and-a-half-mile handicap which is nearly always won by a predominantly jump trainer. The King and Queen might have Reaching High in this if he makes the cut. He has not run since finishing ninth last year, but not that far behind Ascending, the winner. An interesting one is Henry de Bromhead’s 11-year-old hurdler BALLYADAM. He is regularly placed in the Coral Cup at Cheltenham,but because he has run in so few Flat races he may be very well handicapped judged on his recent win. 

5.35 Wolferton Stakes

A mile-and-a-quarter Listed race for horses which have not won a Group One or Two since last August. The King and Queen might have recent York winner Warrant Holder in this. It was won by Richard Hannon’s HAATEM last year and he is back for another go in the Wathnan silks, which, in a short space of time, have made this meeting its raison d’être – if in doubt in any race this week go for one of theirs. 

6.10 Copper Horse Stakes 

Another long-distance handicap for those with a touch of the slows. Nicky Henderson’s GOBLET OF FIRE looked better for a wind operation when winning over the trip on quick ground at Newmarket. Flat racing appears much more his thing than jumping and he could provide Saffie Osborne, who is having a terrific season, with her first, overdue, winner at the Royal meeting. 

Ahead of the biggest horse racing flat meeting in the UK, many fans will be wondering if King Charles III has any Royal Ascot runners in 2026?

As King Charles will be looking to add to his sole Royal Ascot winner, which came in 2023.

But the King is still some way off the impressive haul of 24 winner his mum Queen Elizabeth II racked-up during her love of the sport of kings.

King Charles Royal Ascot Runners 2026

The final declarations are still to be confirmed ahead of the five-day 2026 Royal Ascot meeting, which will run from Tuesday 16th to Saturday 20th June.

However, the early entries are showcasing several possible Royal Ascot runners for King Charles II.

Tuesday 16th June 2026

• Ascot Stakes: REACHING HIGH
• Wolferton Stakes: WARRANT HOLDER
• Copper Horse Stakes: REACHING HIGH

Wednesday 17th June 2026

• Queen’s Vase: POINT OF LAW
• Windsor Castle Stakes: KING’S PRIZE

Willie Mullins is more famed for having winners at the Cheltenham Festival, but is actually no stranger to the odd success at Royal Ascot.

With the Closutton handler having fired in 11 Royal Ascot winners over the years – his most recent Breeders’ Cup hero Ethical Diamond, who won the Duke Of Edinburgh Stakes in 2025.

Mullins could add to that tally in 2026 too as he trains REACHING HIGH for King Charles III.

This gelded son of former Derby winner Sea The Stars is entered in both the Ascot Stakes and Copper Horse Stakes on day one (Tuesday).

Reaching High was last seen running 9th as a beaten favourite in the Ascot Stakes 12 months ago – and this ex-Sir Michael Stoute horse is still hunting his first success on the turf from eight runs.

Has King Charles III Had Any Royal Ascot Winners Yet?

Yes, King Charles III has enjoyed one Royal Ascot winner since becoming monarch.

That memorable success came on Thursday, 22 June 2023, when Desert Hero, a three-year-old colt bred by the late Queen Elizabeth II, stormed to victory in the King George V Stakes at odds of 18/1.

With the race named after King Charles III’s great grandad King George V.

Trained by William Haggas and ridden by Tom Marquand, Desert Hero provided a landmark moment for the King and Queen Camilla in front of a packed Ascot crowd and shown live on the ITV Racing schedule.

The victory carried extra significance given the horse’s royal lineage.

Desert Hero had been bred by Queen Elizabeth II and inherited by King Charles following her death, making the success an emotional continuation of the late Queen’s extraordinary racing legacy, which included 24 Royal Ascot winners during her lifetime.

Since then, a second Royal Ascot victory has proved elusive. In 2024, the King and Queen fielded several runners but were unable to add to their tally during the week.

The same was true in 2025, when a number of fancied contenders were sent into battle, including Ascot Stakes favourite Reaching High, but the royal colours were again denied a return to the winners’ enclosure.

WATCH: Desert Hero Winning The King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot

Queen Elizabeth II’s Royal Ascot Winners

Few owners in racing history enjoyed a closer association with Royal Ascot than Queen Elizabeth II.

Across her 70-year reign, Her Majesty celebrated 24 winners at the Royal Meeting, a remarkable achievement that reflected her lifelong passion for breeding and racing thoroughbreds.

Her first Royal Ascot winner arrived just weeks after her coronation in 1953 when Choir Boy landed the Royal Hunt Cup, beginning a royal success story that would span seven decades.

The Queen’s final Royal Ascot winner came in 2020 when Tactical captured the Windsor Castle Stakes, two years before her death in September 2022.

Among her most famous victories was Estimate’s historic Gold Cup triumph in 2013, which made Queen Elizabeth II the first reigning monarch to win Royal Ascot’s most prestigious race (watch below).

It remains one of the defining moments in the meeting’s modern history and one of the most memorable scenes ever witnessed in the winner’s enclosure.

Queen Elizabeth II’s Royal Ascot Winners

• Choir Boy (1953) – Royal Hunt Cup
• Landau (1953) – Rous Memorial Stakes
• Aureole (1954) – Hardwicke Stakes
• Choir Boy (1954) – Royal Hunt Cup
• Darius (1954) – Coventry Stakes
• Pall Mall (1957) – New Stakes (now Norfolk Stakes)
• Aiming High (1961) – Coronation Stakes
• Hopeful Venture (1968) – Hardwicke Stakes
• Magna Carta (1970) – Ascot Stakes
• Expansive (1979) – Ribblesdale Stakes
• Buttress (1979) – Queen’s Vase
• Colour Sergeant (1992) – Royal Hunt Cup
• Phantom Gold (1995) – Ribblesdale Stakes
• Blueprint (1999) – Duke of Edinburgh Stakes
• Free Agent (2008) – Chesham Stakes
• Forgotten Voice (2009) – Wolferton Handicap
• Memory (2010) – Albany Stakes
• Estimate (2012) – Queen’s Vase
• Dartmouth (2016) – Hardwicke Stakes
• Persuasive (2017) – Duke of Cambridge Stakes
• Call To Mind (2018) – Ascot Stakes
• First Receiver (2018) – Buckingham Palace Handicap
• Magnetic Charm (2019) – Sandringham Stakes
• Tactical (2020) – Windsor Castle Stakes

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• Outfielder Leads Wesley Ward’s Seven-Strong Royal Ascot Return
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This isn’t a bad day’s sport. It is, of course, the start of the World Cup 2026 on Thursday, and the racing is also attractive. There’s a Group 3 contest at Leopardstown at 7pm, but it’s the decent little card at Newbury – and two races in particular from there – that is the focus of my attention for the racing tips.

Horse racing tips – Thursday

Odds provided by Sky Bet and correct at the time of publication

2.55 Newbury – Class 5 Handicap (1m)

This race is for three-year-olds, so a few of these relatively young horses probably still have improvement in them, and it’s likely that Ed Walker’s Storm Point (nap) is one such runner.

He’s a big horse who made a winning handicap debut over 7f at Kempton on his reappearance in April, and the second and third from that race have won since.

Storm Point was only sixth at Lingfield next time, but that track was sharper than ideal for him and he met traffic. He would probably have finished second with a clear run.

The selection now steps up in trip, which should help him. His five starts have come on the all-weather, so the big unknown is how he will cope with turf, which will be on the slow side. But he’s a brother to a useful winner on the grass at up to 1m ½f. 

Main danger

As mentioned, a few of these ought still to be progressive and the one I’m most concerned about is Ralph Beckett’s The Stone Power, who was placed in three starts on the all-weather over the winter. He has since been gelded and now makes his handicap debut, and he has a smart pedigree.

Selection: 2.55pm Newbury – Storm Point (NAP) ⭐⭐⭐

3.30 Newbury – Class 3 Handicap (7f)

I’m taking two goes at this big-field handicap, with Consecrated and Nostrum. The first-named is a filly trained by William Haggas who was tried over 1m 6f  in a Listed race at Bath on her final start of 2025, finishing in midfield.

On her reappearance, Consecrated was well beaten in a 1m 2½f Listed race at Haydock. She can be headstrong, however she drops to 7f for the first time since a clear win in a maiden over this track and trip on her debut last April.

Her dam, Sacre Caroline, won over much further in France but her best progeny is a Haggas runner called Sacred, who won Group races over 7f.

This should be a good enough test at the trip, anyway, with the ground on the slow side, and it might be just what Consecrated needs.

The case for Nostrum

This horse’s last win came in a Listed race for Sir Michael Stoute three years ago. He looked like making a top miler at one stage, but clearly he has become disappointing.

However, he’s had only two starts for his current trainer, Michael Appleby, and shaped encouragingly both times. On the first occasion he was best of those who raced on an unfavoured part of the track in the Victoria Cup at Ascot, and most recently he was second in a Class 3 handicap over 1m at Sandown, just being found out by the stiff track.

He now steps down in trip. He may not want the ground too soft, but he’s going the right way again now and could still prove better than this level.

Selection: 3.30 Newbury – Consecrated ⭐⭐
Selection: 3.30 Newbury – Nostrum ⭐⭐

Thursday June 11 – UK and Irish racing fixtures

Flat

• Yarmouth (2.10-5.35, Sky Sports Racing)
• Newbury (2.20-5.15, Sky Sports Racing)
• Nottingham (2.35-5.22, Racing TV)
• Leopardstown (5.30-8.30, Racing TV)
• Catterick (6.22-8.59, Racing TV)

Jumps

• Worcester (5.08-8.53, Sky Sports Racing)

Star ratings – and alert – explained

Stars denote strength of selection (maximum five). The odds are provided by Sky Bet and correct at the time of writing – and you can find out where they rank in our table of the best betting sites in the UK.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Confident selection
⭐⭐⭐⭐ Strong fancy
⭐⭐⭐ Fair claims
⭐⭐ Tentative choice
⭐ Minimum confidence
🚨= G1 race

Speedster Outfielder is set to spearhead Wesley Ward’s return to Royal Ascot, with the American trainer sending a seven-runner team after missing the meeting in 2025.

Outfielder leads Wesley Ward’s seven-strong Royal Ascot return

Wesley Ward is back in the Royal Ascot picture with numbers and intent, as Outfielder heads a seven-runner team for the American trainer’s latest raid on the meeting.

Ward has sent seven horses to Britain as he tries to add to a Royal Ascot record already standing at 12 winners.

With his first Royal Ascot win coming in 2009 with Strike The Tiger (Windsor Castle) and Jealous Again (Queen Mary) – and his last success at the meeting in 2021 with Campanelle (Commonwealth Cup).

Assistant trainer Blake Heap saying the horses had shipped well and looked a strong group.

“Everything has been good and they have shipped well. It seems like we have got a pretty good team. I think we will do pretty good. Every one of them is as important as each other and I like them all. Right from the get go we thought we had a pretty good bunch.” Said Heap

Outfielder gets second Ascot chance

Outfielder is the headline Wesley Ward Royal Ascot runner. The Speightstown colt is being pointed at the Commonwealth Cup, a Group 1 over six furlongs on Friday, 19 June.

A race Ward won in 2021 with the Frankie Dettori-ridden Campanelle (watch below).

Outfielder is an imposing Commonwealth Cup contender, who finished fourth in last season’s Prix Morny before winning black-type races at Turfway Park and Churchill Downs this year.

He had been intended for Royal Ascot last year before missing the big horse racing meeting, then made his European debut at Deauville.

Heap said Outfielder had missed Ascot in 2025 because of a shin issue, but that the timing had worked much better this year.

He also added the colt was good-minded enough to handle the occasion, an important detail for any American runner coming into the atmosphere and demands of Royal Ascot.

Outfielder is around 20/1 for the Commonwealth Cup with the best horse racing betting sites. With Venetian Sun topping the market for trainer Karl Burke at 7/4.

Juvenile squad gives Ward depth

Ward’s team is not only about Outfielder.

Ez Tina, a Golden Pal filly, is being aimed at the Norfolk Stakes and worked with Outfielder on Newmarket’s July Course on Tuesday. Heap said she had a small leg scratch being monitored, but that it had not appeared to bother her work.

The Queen Mary picture is also busy. With Shining Moment, Ruiva, Through The Years and Fanshell Beach as possible two-year-old fillies for Ward, with Fanshell Beach also in contention for the Windsor Castle Stakes.

Ward could also have a strong hand in the Queen Mary, while identifying Ez Tina as one of the yard’s more interesting juvenile chances.

Bacio, a recent Churchill Downs winner, is another name in the party and is entered for the Palace Of Holyroodhouse Stakes.

Wesley Ward Royal Ascot Winners Listed

2009
Strike The Tiger – Windsor Castle Stakes
Jealous Again – Queen Mary Stakes

2013
No Nay Never – Norfolk Stakes

2014
Hootenanny – Windsor Castle Stakes

2015
Acapulco – Queen Mary Stakes
Undrafted – Diamond Jubilee Stakes

2016
Lady Aurelia – Queen Mary Stakes

2017
Lady Aurelia – King’s Stand Stakes
Con Te Partiro – Sandringham Handicap

2018
Shang Shang Shang – Norfolk Stakes

2020
Campanelle – Queen Mary Stakes

2021
Campanelle – Commonwealth Cup

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The Lion In Winter has been euthanised after suffering a fracture on the Ballydoyle gallops, removing Aidan O’Brien’s former Derby favourite from next week’s Queen Anne Stakes picture at Royal Ascot.

Former Derby Favorite The Lion In Winter Dies After Ballydoyle Training Injury

The Lion In Winter has died after sustaining a fatal training injury at Ballydoyle, in a major welfare and Royal Ascot development less than a week before the Queen Anne Stakes.

The Aidan O’Brien-trained four-year-old, who was the son of former Epsom Derby winner Sea The Stars, was sadly euthanised after suffering a fracture on the gallops.

With the accident happening when The Lion In Winter was preparing to run in Tuesday’s Group 1 Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot.

O’Brien told the publication that The Lion In Winter had suffered a fracture on the gallops and had to be put down.

Aidan O’Brien said: “He got a fracture and, unfortunately, we just weren’t able to save him. He was obviously a very good two-year-old and it’s a pity he never really got to fulfil that early potential. On his day he was very talented.’’

It is a sad end to the career of a horse who had carried high expectations from his juvenile season and was still being aimed at one of the most important mile races of the British summer.

The Lion In Winter Career In Numbers

• Age: 4
• Runs: 12
• Wins: 3
• Group Wins: 1 (Acomb Stakes G3)
• Prize Money: £648,745

Did you know? The Lion In Winter was named after a 1968 film about England’s King Henry II, starring Anthony Hopkins

WATCH: The Lion In Winter Winning The Acomb Stakes at York

Queen Anne field changes shape

The immediate racing impact is clear. The Queen Anne Stakes opens Royal Ascot on Tuesday, 16 June, and had already been taking shape as a deep older-mile contest.

On Wednesday, 10 horses were confirmed for the race.

These included Charlie Appleby’s Notable Speech – last season’s Breeders’ Cup Mile winner and Opera Ballo. Who are also both owned by Godolphin and a prize they’ve won a record eight times.

Defending champion Docklands is back for more. Plus Lockinge Stakes runner-up More Thunder, Zeus Olympios, Damysus, Cicero’s Gift, Ten Bob Tony, First Conquest and Expanded.

The death of The Lion In Winter leaves Expanded as Ballydoyle’s sole remaining Queen Anne runner for the Group 1 over a mile for older horses.

A career of high points and near misses

The Lion In Winter built his reputation quickly. He was unbeaten in two juvenile starts and won the Group 3 Acomb Stakes at York. A performance that pushed him towards the front of the following year’s Derby conversation.

His three-year-old season did not deliver the Classic result once imagined, but it still contained high-class mile form.

He also finished third in the Prix Jean Prat, third in the Prix du Moulin, second in the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes. Plus, third in the 2025 Breeders’ Cup Mile (watch below).

This year, he returned with a Listed win at Leopardstown in the Heritage Stakes in mid-April. Before finishing fifth in the Group One Lockinge Stakes at Newbury – again behind Notable Speech.

WATCH: The Lion In Winter Running Third In The Breeders’ Cup Mile 2025

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The 5-year-old gelded son of Mo Town broke with his usual speed to be on the lead, but took back to third under jockey Jaime Torres as they entered the turn. Doncho and Torres found a gap in the stretch to defeat Joe Sheisty by three-quarters of a length. The time for the five furlongs on the firm turf was :55.01. 

“He did it so nicely,” trainer Michelle Lovell said. “Kind of legitimized his world record he took at Ellis [Park] last summer.” Doncho blazed through 5 ½ furlongs on firm turf in :59.75 in an allowance at Ellis Park last August.

Doncho, however, is not the only Mighty Beau Stakes winner in Lovell’s barn. He may have gotten a few tips on how to win the race from millionaire and 2021/2022 Mighty Beau winner Just Might, who is now adjusting to a slower-paced life as Lovell’s stable pony.

The 10-year-old gelded son of Justin Phillip was retired in late 2024 after winning 13 of 55 starts. Across his seven seasons of racing, Just Might won 10 stakes on either dirt or turf (and was stakes placed on synthetic), was twice Grade 2-placed, and competed in the 2020 Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint. 

“I feel like it's one of my best things that I've done as a trainer,” Lovell reflected. “I got to call the shots, and you know, not every single one of them was right, but it kept him in a long campaign sound and happy, and earned a lot of money.”

“He was good for us for a really long time,” Lovell explained. “He put a lot of money in the bank that helped keep my business afloat through some tough times.”

Lovell co-bred Just Might in Kentucky with her client, Dr. Robert Griffon of Griffon Farms. Lovell shared ownership with Griffon during his racing career, and still owns 50 percent of the flashy chestnut. 

When Lovell and Griffon decided it was time to end Just Might’s racing career, they sent him to Churchill Downs’ outrider Shane Hoodenpyle’s farm to be educated in western-style riding, the first step in transitioning the speedster from racehorse to track pony. 

“When he was a racehorse, as fast as he was, he would go out and stand and watch horses train for 10 or 15 [minutes],” Lovell said. “As long as you would stand there and let him, and he'd close his eyes in the sunshine and take it all in. But once he got moving, he was a lot of horse to hang on to.”

At Hoodenpyle’s farm, Just Might learned how to “not be in competition” when under saddle around other horses – and how to work cattle.

“[Hoodenpyle] would send me short little clips of him moving some cattle around on the farm,” Lovell said. “He really enjoyed it.”

Just Might returned to Lovell’s barn at Churchill Downs’ training center in May, with his primary job being standing on the track during training while Lovell films her runners from his back. Despite his new occupation, Just Might still has his racehorse moments. 

“He's learning how to walk behind us instead of dragging when walking in the shadow like a racehorse does,” Lovell said. “But he's doing it really well. … It's crazy to watch my million-dollar horse stand out tied to the wall like a pony horse. It's amazing, really.”

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Top Contenders and analysis:
Point Dume has the best shot to beat the favorite, Bishops Bay, because the Into Mischief gelding is the only other horse to have won a Grade 2 stakes, aside from Bishops Boy. Point Dume won the Carter Stakes in April and earned a 102 Equibase Speed Figure (ESF), compared to Bishops Bay, who won the Cigar Stakes last December and earned a 115. Before that, Point Dume had two straight wins, including the General George Stakes, when he earned a career-best 111 ESF. Point Dume and Bishops Bay have had similar results in their last four best races, with Point Dume averaging 107 compared to 108 for Bishops Bay. Point Dume has a record of 2-3-0 in one-mile races (including a win at one mile and 70 yards), while Bishops Boy has 4-1-0 in one-mile races. In his last race, Point Dume finished 10th against tougher company in the G1 Churchill Downs Stakes, where he raced eighth early and never showed up. I will draw a line over that race. Since Point Dume is likely to be in front early, as he was in his last five wins, when he led from start to finish, he can get his 12th career win. 

Bishops Bay likes to win, with nine victories in 15 career starts, except when he finished worse than second twice, in the G1 Forego Stakes last summer and in the G1 Saudi Cup in February. His fourth-place finish in the Saudi Cup was behind possibly the best handicap horse in the world, Forever Young, who also won the Breeders’ Cup Classic last November. In May of 2025, Bishops Bay won the G3 Westchester Stakes with a 111 ESF, then won the Salvator Stakes with a 110. He then won the G3 Forty Niner last November before winning the Cigar Mile. In his second start of 2026, Bishops Bay finished second in the Westchester, where he earned a 103 ESF, which was seven points lower than his win in last year’s Salvator Mile, but in his third race of the year, he should improve and could win or finish second.

Otter Mischief finished first or second in eight of his nine recent races. His best ESFs were 107 and 109, and his career-best effort came in his most recent race. At just four years old, Otter Mischief has room to improve and should have high odds, given that he has run in a stakes race only once when he finished second in the City of Laurel Stakes. However, I absolutely think this horse can be part of the exacta. 

I was thinking about Offaly Cool, who has a 3-3-1 record in his seven races in 2025. He earned his best figures of 107 and 114 in his last year, and he previously earned a 113 ESF. However, it is difficult for a horse to come off a 10-month layoff and run that well again, especially among some of the best horses in this year's Salvator Mile. I can’t use him as a win bet, but some others may decide to use him. 

The rest of the field, with their best Equibase Speed Figures in similar races, is East Avenue (104), Giocoso (107), Grande (103), Grand Mo the First (99), and Sea Streak (104).

Win Contenders in preference/probability order:
Point Dume
Bishops Bay
Otter Mischief

Grade 3, $150,000 Salvator Mile Stakes
Saturday, June 13 – Monmouth Park
Race 9 - Post Time 5:01 p.m. ET
One Mile - 3-Year-Olds and Upward

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In her return to the oval for the OBS June 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age Sale, the daughter of Uncle Mo did herself one better as she readies for another turn inside the public auction arena.

Consigned by Tom McCrocklin as Hip 220, Global Leader put forth another strong showing during Day 2 of the OBS June under-tack show, breezing a quarter in :20 2/5 to record the fastest time on the day at the distance.

Out of the winning, stakes-placed First Samurai mare Corey, a half-sister to graded stakes winner and OBS graduate Happy Farm, Global Leader was entered in the OBS April Sale where she worked in :20 3/5. After failing to meet her reserve when the bidding stalled at $285,000, the bay filly is back in McCrocklin’s consignment where she continues to impress.

“She worked 20 and 3 (in April) and for whatever reason that I’ve had yet to figure out we didn’t get her sold,” McCrocklin said. “We had enough confidence in her that we wanted to bring her back to June and let her show that she’s a really fast filly.”

Development and maturity can happen overnight with 2-year-olds, and McCrocklin says he has seen clear signs the filly has benefited from the added time.

“She has grown. She’s never been the biggest filly, but she has grown,” he said. “She’s beautifully balanced, she looks like a runner. She looks like an Uncle Mo and I feel like she’ll be appreciated.”

The second fastest quarter-mile on the day went to Hip 273, a dark bay or brown filly by Jack Christopher who breezed in :20 3/5 amidst the clear, warm conditions. Consigned by Doble J Equine Sales, the filly is out of the Pioneerof the Nile mare Dreaming of You, a half sister to multiple graded stakes winner and multiple graded stakes producer Justwhistledixie.

A total of seven horses tied for the fastest eighth on the day, breezing in :9 4/5:

· Hip 237, Kova, a bay filly by Army Mule consigned by Marcial Galan. The filly is out of the winning Fiber Sonde mare Cuttin Edge Tech.

· Hip 239, a chestnut filly by Practical Joke consigned by Caliente Thoroughbreds. The filly is out of the winning Munnings mare Danceformunny, a daughter of stakes winner Royal Song Dancer.

· Hip 314, a dark bay or brown colt by Jackie’s Warrior consigned by Top Line Sales LLC. The colt is out of the winning Put It Back mare Ashley’s Babe and is a half brother to multiple graded stakes winner and OBS graduate Havnameltdown.

· Hip 322, a dark bay or brown colt by Lotsa Mischief consigned by Kings Equine. The colt is out of the winning Scat Daddy mare Daddy's Melody and is from the female family of Canadian champion Embur’s Song and Preakness Stakes winner Exaggerator.

· Hip 363, a bay colt by Maximus Mischief consigned by Randy Miles. The colt is out of the mare Field of Flowers, who is by OBS graduate City Zip and is a full-sister to stakes winner Little Miss Zip.

· Hip 367, a bay colt by Silver State consigned by Goldencents Thoroughbreds. The colt is out of the Quality Road mare Finest Quality, a daughter of graded stakes winner Jenny’s So Great.

· Hip 383, a bay filly by Maximus Mischief consigned by Marco Hernandez Stables. The filly is out of the winning Tizway mare Fox Alert, a daughter of graded stakes winner Savorthetime.

A total of five horses worked in :20 4/5:

· Hip 225, a bay colt by Adios Charlie consigned by Hoppel LLC. The colt is out of the Prospective mare Country Queen.

· Hip 227, Justice for All, a dark bay or brown filly by Jackie’s Warrior consigned by Tom McCrocklin. The filly is out of the Speightstown mare Court Dress, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Well Armed. The filly is a half sister to graded stakes placed winner Runnin’ Ray and multiple stakes placed winners Sounds Like a Plan and Estilo Femenino, the latter of whom is an OBS graduate.

· Hip 297, a bay filly by Girvin consigned by McKathan Bros. Sales. The filly is out of the Curlin mare Evening Wind and is from the female family of Breeders’ Cup winner More Than Looks.

· Hip 393, a gray or roan filly by Volatile consigned by Navas Equine. The filly is out of the West Coast mare Fuel Surcharge.

· Hip 401, a bay colt by Mind Control consigned by Blue Sapphire Stables. The colt is out of the U S Ranger mare Gather Round, a half sister to graded stakes winner Drum Major and Broodmare of the Year Drumette, the dam of champion Monomoy Girl.

The under-tack show continues June 11 at 7:30 a.m. ET with Hips 417 - 612 set to work. The OBS June Sale takes place from June 16-18 with sessions beginning at 10:30 a.m. each day.

For full results of the under-tack show, visit obssales.com.

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Celtic Dispute earned an automatic entry into one of six stakes for 2-year-olds during the Royal Ascot meeting by beating the boys in the five-furlong Royal Palm Juvenile May 9 at Gulfstream Park, but her trainer has opted to keep her with the girls in next Wednesday’s five-furlong Queen Mary.

“At the moment, she’s going through the [English] Channel,” Biancone said by phone from Newmarket, England. “So far, so good. The news I’ve had from the traveling lad is that she’s doing good.”

Biancone ventured to Ascot last year with Lennilu, who finished third in the Queen Mary after winning the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies at Gulfstream.

“I know European racing, but last year was my first runner in years. Things changed a little bit. Everything was good and we were beginning to discover things last year. This year we’ll take advantage of everything we learned last year,” Biancone said. “We did quite good last year. We’ll try to do better this year.”

Like Lennilu, Celtic Dispute is a Florida-bred daughter of Leinster, but they are two very different fillies, Biancone said.

“Lennilu was more precocious. Speed. This one is less precocious, but she’s a big strong filly,” he said. “She looks like a little rocket ship.”

Biancone is confident that Celtic Dispute will be ready for the Queen Mary, rain or shine, thanks to Gulfstream management’s special accommodation that allowed him to breeze his filly over the turf course at Palm Meadows Training Center following a rainfall to simulate the soft turf she may encounter at Ascot Racecourse.

“Last year, it was hot and dry. This year it’s raining. Typical English weather,” Biancone said. “She worked on soft ground at Palm Meadows. Palm Meadows was kind enough to let her work on soft ground. We have no concern about the weather. She likes the firm; she likes the soft ground.”

Since its inception three years ago, the Royal Palm series has been extremely well represented during the Royal Ascot meeting. George Weaver-trained Crimson Advocate won the 2023 Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies and Queen Mary. In 2024, Jose D’Angelo-trained Gabaldon finished second in the Windsor Castle after capturing the Royal Palm Juvenile. Last year, Weaver-trained Sandal’s Song finished third in the Norfolk (G2) after capturing the Royal Palm Juvenile, while Biancone-trained Lennilu checked in third in the Queen Mary.

Meanwhile, trainer Nick Palmer reported Wednesday that this year’s Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies winner Liberty Rings will not ship for the Royal Ascot meeting. The juvenile daughter of Awesome Slew, who is owned by his parents Teresa and David Palmer, will be pointed to the Debutante June 28 at Churchill Downs.

“I had a family member pass away in the interim and I didn't want to miss her service, and it takes a lot out of your horses to go over there. The purses aren't really anything spectacular,” Palmer said. “Although, for me personally, for my career, it would have been awesome to go and to network and to be able to have a horse in the race, but I anticipate being able to have another chance to do that in the future.”

Liberty Rings, who finished third in her April 10 debut in a 4 ½-furlong maiden special weight race on Gulfstream’s main track, registered a front-running 1 ¼-length victory under Miguel Vasquez in the Royal Palm Juvenile Fillies.

“I didn't know how she was going to take to the turf, because I'd never breezed her on the grass and she's not bred for the grass,” Palmer said. “My thinking and Miguel's thinking was: ‘Let's just get to the lead and try to make them catch us.’ So that's what we did.”

The six-furlong Debutante will be contested over the main track at Churchill.

“I'm feeling very confident. All the works she's been doing the past couple of weeks have just been routine maintenance works, because there's such a stretch of time between her last race and the Debutante. So I kind of let her come down a little bit and now I'm bringing her back up. She's going to work in company with another horse of mine, Serac, and they're both going to Kentucky. Serac is going to go in the [June 27] American Derby and Liberty Rings is going in the Debutante.”

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The nine-day season will begin Friday, June 19 and continue through Sunday, July 5. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday (June 19-21, June 26-28 and July 3-5) all three weeks. Post time will be 1 p.m.

The richest of the stakes races is the Grade 2, $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M. Stakes. The contest at 6 ½ furlongs for fillies and mares – 3-year-olds & up – will be offered Saturday, July 4.

The initial stakes race of the season is the $100,000 Bertrando for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California. The one-mile race will be run Saturday, June 20.

The other stakes is the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. The Derby will be run Saturday, June 27.

Grandstand admission is $3 and $2 for seniors 62 and older. Admission to Burgart’s and Vessels Club is $10. Tickets can also be purchased online at http://losalamitos.com/. Los Alamitos offers free general parking. Preferred parking is $5.

The wagering menu includes a pair of $1 Pick 4’s on races 2-5 and the final four races along with a $2 Pick Six as well as the Players’ Pick 5 – a 50-cent minimum bet with a reduced takeout rate of 14 percent rate – on the first five races.

The Pick Six will have the standard 70-30 split with 70 percent of the pool going to those tickets with six winners with the remaining 30 percent going to tickets with five of six winners.

There will also be a handicapping contest Saturday, June 27 and the Los Alamitos Racing Association will offer a cash prize and a pair of berths to the 2027 National Thoroughbred Racing Association Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.

Cost to enter is $500. Of that amount, $100 will be placed in the contest prize pool with the remaining $400 going towards a live money wagering card.

Tournament races will include the entire card at Los Alamitos with permitted wagers including win, place, show, exactas, trifectas and daily doubles. Full contest information will be available at http://losalamitos.com/. 

Entries for opening day of the LACF meet will be taken Tuesday, June 16.

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The network reported a highwater mark of 4.7 million viewers during the race portion of the telecast, with the combined audience on FOX and FS1 averaging 3.73 million throughout the telecast, according to data compiled by Nielsen Media Research.

The number of viewers is down slightly from the average of 3.83 million in 2025, but up from 3.66 million in 2024 and 3.52 million in 2023. The 2023 television audience, the first year the Belmont Stakes was broadcast by FOX, was the smallest for the Triple Crown's final leg in 30 years, according to Sports Business Journal. 

The 2022 Belmont Stakes, the final year it was televised by NBC, averaged 4.72 million viewers. NBC has a long-term contract to televise the Kentucky Derby through 2032, while its contract for the Preakness expired after this year’s renewal. The NYRA-FOX agreement runs through 2030.

The last time a 3-year-old Thoroughbred made a bid for the Triple Crown was in 2018, when Justify added to his Kentucky Derby and Preakness victories with a wire-to-wire triumph in the Belmont. That year’s telecast attracted an average viewership of 12.7 million. down from American Pharoah’s Triple Crown sweep in 2015, when there were an average 18.6 million viewers and a peak of 22 million. The all-time record for the Belmont came with a failed Triple Crown bid by Smarty Jones in 2004, when the NBC telecast averaged 21.9 million viewers.

The Belmont Stakes viewership was the lowest of the three Triple Crown races in 2026. The Kentucky Derby had its biggest audience ever, with 24.4 million tuning in to watch the race itself and the NBC show averaging 19.6 million. The Preakness, held at Laurel Park in 2026 while Pimlico is under construction, had neither Kentucky Derby winner Golden Tempo or runner-up Renegade in the lineup but still managed to attract an average 5.5 million viewers and 7.1 million during the race. This year’s Preakness audience was up from 2025, when the telecast averaged 4.6 million viewers and also was without the Kentucky Derby winner, Sovereignty.

From a betting standpoint, the five-day Belmont Stakes Festival at Saratoga generated $199,913,502 in pari-mutuel handle, up by just over $2 million from 2025 when $197,784,560 was bet over the five days. In 2024, the first year the Belmont Stakes Festival was transferred to Saratoga while a new Belmont Park grandstand is being built, four days of racing generated almost as much handle as in 2025, $197,463,150.

Computer-assisted wagering operators reduced their handle by 44.7 percent from 2025, dropping from $39,989,964 over the five days of the Belmont Stakes Festival to $22,109,626. The CAWs accounted for just 11.1 percent of handle in 2026 compared with 20.2 percent in 2025.

The drop in CAW was not unexpected. Earlier this year, NYRA became the first and only North American track to prevent CAW operators from generating batched, computer-driven wagers in the final seconds by cutting them off at one minute to post. NYRA previously installed a two-minute cutoff on win bets from CAW players in an effort to prevent dramatic swings in the odds during the final wagering cycle.

Non-CAW handle increased by 12.7 percent at this year’s five-day meet, from $157,794,596 in 2025 to $177,803,877 this year.

The 2027 Belmont Stakes will return to a newly built Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y. 

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Breeders’ Cup Limited and The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) have revealed the official logo for the 2027 Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which will take place at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on October 29-30.

Belmont Park Last Staged The Breeders’ Cup in 2005

The event will mark the first time the Breeders’ Cup – one of Thoroughbred racing’s most prestigious showcases – has been staged at the newly redeveloped Belmont Park.

With their headline race – the Belmont Stakes – having been held at Saratoga for the last three years.

It also represents a long-awaited return to New York, with the World Championships last held at the famous venue in 2005.

Racing Returns To Belmont Park In September

The transformed Belmont Park is set to reopen for live racing on September 18, 2026, following a multi-year redevelopment designed to create a world-class horse racing and entertainment destination. The Belmont Stakes (G1) will return to its Long Island home in 2027.

At the heart of the redevelopment is a modern grandstand featuring a wide range of fan amenities and hospitality options. Belmont Park will also boast four newly built racing surfaces, including the main dirt track, two turf courses and a one-mile synthetic oval.

Beyond the grandstand, expanded paddock area and upgraded racing and training facilities, NYRA has opened up the Belmont Park infield, creating more accessible green space for racegoers and the local community than ever before.

“The 2027 official logo incorporates the iconic New York City skyline, celebrating both a new era at Belmont Park and the enduring legacy of New York racing,” said Justin McDonald, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Breeders’ Cup Limited.

“We are pleased to introduce the 2027 logo to fans, participants and partners around the globe as we prepare for an epic return of the World Championships to the Empire State.”

2027 Breeders’ Cup The Sixth Time Held at Belmont Park

The 2027 running will be the sixth Breeders’ Cup held in New York, following previous editions in 1985, 1990, 1995, 2001 and 2005.

Fans looking to learn more about the 2027 Breeders’ Cup World Championships or register for ticket updates can visit BreedersCup.com/2027.

A special range of limited-edition merchandise featuring the new logo is also available now through the Breeders’ Cup online store, with all royalties supporting Breeders’ Cup Charities.

Before then, attention turns to this year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships, which will be staged at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Kentucky, on October 30-31.

Tickets are available now, while racing fans can watch the action live across NBC, Peacock, USA Network and FanDuel TV.

Breeders’ Cup: Racing’s World Championships

The Breeders’ Cup is widely regarded as Thoroughbred racing’s year-end championship event, bringing together many of the best horses from North America, Europe, Asia and beyond for two days of elite competition.

First staged at Hollywood Park in California in 1984, the meeting was created by breeder and owner John R. Gaines as a way of crowning divisional champions and providing the sport with a true championship showcase. What began as a one-day event has since grown into an international spectacle worth more than $30 million in prize money.

Today, the Breeders’ Cup features a series of Grade 1 races across both dirt and turf, with championship contests for sprinters, milers, middle-distance performers, stayers and juvenile stars.

The most prestigious race of all is the Breeders’ Cup Classic, often used to determine Horse of the Year honours and won by greats like Flightline, Arrogate and American Pharoah in recent years.

Other flagship events include the Breeders’ Cup Turf, Breeders’ Cup Mile, Breeders’ Cup Distaff, Breeders’ Cup Sprint and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, which regularly showcases future Kentucky Derby contenders.

WATCH: Forever Young Winning The Breeders’ Cup Classic

Over the years, the meeting has produced some of racing’s most memorable moments. Legends such as Cigar, Zenyatta, American Pharoah, Flightline and Enable have all enhanced their reputations on the Breeders’ Cup stage, while the event has become a major target for top trainers from both sides of the Atlantic.

The Breeders’ Cup Classic, in particular, is often viewed as one of the most important races in the global racing calendar.

Next Three Breeders’ Cup Host Tracks

• 2025 Del Mar Thoroughbred Club Del Mar, California
• 2026 Keeneland Race Course Lexington, Kentucky
• 2027 Belmont Park Elmont, New York

The 2026 Breeders’ Cup will be held at Keeneland on October 30-31, while the World Championships will make a much-anticipated return to the newly redeveloped Belmont Park on October 29-30, 2027.

The 2025 running took place at Del Mar in California.

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Point Dume, a 5-year-old gelding claimed for $40,000 last July 5, carries Kreiser’s latest graded stakes hopes in Saturday’s Grade 3 $150,000 Salvator Mile, one of four stakes races on Monmouth Park’s Haskell Preview Day card.

The 10-race Haskell Preview Day card also includes the $125,000 NYRA Bets Pegasus Stakes, the final local prep for the G1 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes on July 18; the $125,000 Monmouth Stakes at 1 ⅛ miles on the grass, and the G3, $150,000 Eatontown Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on the turf for fillies and mares, 3 and up.

Of the nine runners entered in the Salvator Mile, five are graded stakes winners. One of them is Point Dume, who won the G2 Carter Stakes on April 4 at Aqueduct, holding on by a neck to beat champion male sprinter Book’em Danno.

“Obviously, it was a heck of a day,” said the 62-year-old Kreiser, who is based at Penn National. “The horse we beat we all know who he is. That made it a little extra special.

“It’s something you always hope someday will happen for you if you get a horse that is good enough. I don’t get those kind of horses much. It was one of those claims that worked out.”

The Salvator Mile field features G3 winner Grande, trained by Todd Pletcher; G2 winner Giocoso; multiple graded stakes winner Bishops Bay, trained by Brad Cox, and G1 winner East Avenue, trained by Brendan Walsh.

Then there’s Kreiser and Point Dume.

“I like the race for (Point Dume),” said Kreiser, who owns nine Penn National training titles and has 2,374 career wins. “If we get a good break we have a good post (3) for a flat mile. He has plenty of speed. I kind of like this spot for him.”

Point Dume is already the second-highest earning horse Kreiser has ever had, banking $485,110 since being claimed. Only Power of Snunner ($552,185) has earned more for the 62-year-old conditioner, who started his career in 1993.

Point Dume has won five of 10 starts for Kreiser and has 11 wins and seven seconds from 32 career starts, with overall earnings of $726,300.

Prior to the Carter, it was Power of Snunner, Kreiser said, who had the best shot at being a graded stakes winner for him, with the mare finishing fourth in the G3 Molly Pitcher at Monmouth Park in 2017. She also had a pair of seconds in two other graded stakes.

“If she goes wide that day at Monmouth she beats them all. I thought that was my best shot at a graded stakes,” said Kreiser.

Owned by Bush Racing Stable (David Bushy), Point Dume has also given Kreiser another memory he cherishes. The Kentucky-bred son of Into Mischief raced in the G1 Churchill Downs Stakes on May 2 but never fired, finishing 10th. That marked Kreiser’s first time at the Kentucky Derby.

“That was an experience I wanted to have and I got it,” he said. “It was a great day except for my race.”

Kreiser said an infection that had spread in the barn that Point Dume was in may have affected his horse that day.

“He just wasn’t himself,” he said. “He was flushed and didn’t have a temperature and he ate but you could tell he wasn’t himself that day. He was a little edgy in the gate and when they opened the gate he was caught flat-footed and that was it. It was a headache.”

The top two finishers in the Salvator Mile receive free entry and start fees to the G3 Monmouth Cup on the July 18 NYRA Bets Haskell Stakes undercard.

The field for the 1 1/16-mile Pegasus Stakes consists of National Charter, Tricky Business, Star Sweeper, Schoolyardsuperman, Ponder and Dream and Baby Vino.

All six runners are seeking their first career stakes win, with the top two finishers in the Pegasus Stakes receiving free entry and start fees to the $1 million Haskell Stakes.

The Eatontown Stakes attracted a field of eight, including Whiskey Decision, who won last year’s edition for trainer Chad Brown. Gimme A Nother, Creative Stuff, Strutsherstuff, Don’t Jinx It, Pink Ruby, Grayosh, and Rhee Wall round out the field.

The top two finishers in the Eatontown Stakes receive free entry and start fees to the G3 WinStar Matchmaker Stakes on the Haskell undercard.

The Monmouth Stakes drew a field of eight: Sand Pipes, Ridari, Eldest Son, Program Trading, Multitask, Belouni, Naptown, and Nebras.

The top two finishers in the Monmouth Stakes receive free entry and start fees to the G2 United Nations on the Haskell undercard.

First race post time is 12:50 p.m.

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An 8-year-old gelding with 32 starts and $2,377,087 in earnings, Gold Phoenix is now in his fifth season based at Santa Anita with trainer Phil D’Amato. This will be is first time testing the marathon San Juan Capistrano. 

Gold Phoenix in March collected his ninth graded stakes win when winning the G3 San Luis Rey at 1 ½ miles on turf at Santa Anita. Subsequently shipped to Churchill Downs, the Irish-bred son of Belardo tried the G1 Turf Classic on the Kentucky Derby undercard and was never a factor when finishing seventh on May 2. 

Gold Phoenix is owned by Agave Racing Stable, Little Red Feather Racing, Sterling Stables and Marsha Naify. D’Amato is seeking his fourth win in the San Juan Capistrano after winning three straight from 2019 to 2021. Jockey Hector Berrios rode Gold Phoenix in his two most recent starts and again has the call. 

American Hope steps up to the stakes ranks for trainer Brian Koriner following second-level allowance win going 1 1/8 miles on turf on May 1 at Santa Anita. It was his second start at Santa Anita after previously being based with trainer Brad Cox in the Midwest. A 5-year-old horse by American Pharoah, American Hope is owned by Ferro Family Trust, Bruno DeBerdt and Evan Trommer. Jockey Armando Ayuso, who is tied for leading rider at the Hollywood Meet, will ride American Hope. 

Living Life comes in for trainer Ron Ellis off a dominant 2 ¼-length allowance win going 1 ¼ miles on May 22 at Santa Anita. A 6-year-old ridgling by Flatter, Living Life made his stakes debut in the San Luis Rey won by Gold Phoenix. His chances were compromised that day after being bothered by a rival leaving the gate and then getting caught in traffic in the stretch.  Living Life, who is owned by Albert and Kathleen Mattivi, will be ridden by Hall of Famer Joel Rosario for the first time. 

THE G3 SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO STAKES WITH JOCKEYS & WEIGHTS IN POST POSITION ORDER

Race 9 of 12  Approximate post time 5 p.m. PT

1. Grogu—Cesar Belmont—122
2. Factor Analysis—Tiago Pereira—122
3. Amplitude—Kazushi Kimura—122
4. American Hope—Armando Ayuso—122
5. Living Life—Joel Rosario—122
6. Gold Phoenix—Hector Berrios—126
7. Rimprotector—Kyle Frey—124
8. Smooth Salute—Victor Espinoza—122
9. Goldeneye—Edwin Maldonado—122
10. Poor Connection—Emisael Jaramillo—122

First post Sunday is at 1 p.m. PT.

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The Oklahoma Derby, set for Sunday, Sept. 27, the only Sunday of racing during the season is likely to include some 3-year-olds that were on the Kentucky Derby trail this spring. Trainer Brad Cox has won the Oklahoma Derby an unprecedented four times and will likely be trying for his fifth win this fall. Among the prominent 3-year-olds in Cox’s barn this year are Commandment (7th, Kentucky Derby and 2nd in the Belmont Stakes) and Further Ado (11th, Kentucky Derby as the 5-1 favorite and winner of Grade 3 Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill on June 7). 

Cox had previously been tied with Oklahoma Horse Racing Hall of Fame trainer Donnie Von Hemel, who has three Oklahoma Derby winners in his career. Cox broke out of that tie in 2024 when Most Wanted won the Oklahoma Derby. His other winners were Warrant (2021), Shared Sense (2020) and Owendale (2019).

Von Hemel’s winners were Clever Trevor (1989 when it was the Remington Park Derby), Queens Gray Bee (1992), and Going Ballistic (2007). He would be looking to regain that tie with Cox if he were to enter a horse in 2026. Von Hemel has 3-year-old Crupper who ran in the Preakness Stakes on May 16. Crupper earned his way to the Preakness off a stakes win at Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Ark., on April 18 in the Bathhouse Row, winning by a half-length at 6-1 odds over Chad Allan, another horse that could come to Remington Park for the Oklahoma Derby. Chad Allan is trained by Robert Young, who has had a longtime stable at Remington Park in the fall.

Another possibility for the Oklahoma Derby might be Royalamerican as he should return to Oklahoma City and his home track with owner-trainer-breeder C.R. Trout of Edmond, Okla. Royalamerican won the $76,000 Oklahoma Classics Juvenile Stakes last year at Remington Park, making him one of the top Oklahoma-breds among the 3-year-old crop this year.

The 2025 edition of the Oklahoma Derby, the 37th running, saw history made as Victoria Oliver became the first female trainer to win the race when she conditioned winner Bracket Buster. 

Express Kid, last year’s winner of the Springboard Mile at Remington Park, a race that includes Kentucky Derby points to the top five finishers, received his invitation of free entry into the Oklahoma Derby on virtue of his Springboard victory. The horse has changed hands since winning that race. He has only raced once this year, in the Sunland Park Derby in New Mexico, finishing second to Pavlovian by a nose on Feb. 15. Express Kid was sold this winter in an Fasig-Tipton online auction for $800,000. He is now trained by Justin Evans.

The Springboard Mile is a key race for 2-year-olds looking for points in the race for the gate in the 2027 Kentucky Derby and has been scheduled for the season’s final night on Saturday, Dec. 19.

Two stakes races on the 2026 schedule have been renamed – the Bob Barry Memorial Stakes is now called the Shawn Bergquist Stakes and the E.L. Gaylord Memorial Stakes has changed to the Scissortail Stakes. Bergquist was a longtime jockey agent for local Hall of Famer Cliff Berry and also served in the racing department for more than 10 years, primarily as stall superintendent. He lost a hard-fought battle with cancer near the end of 2025.

Overall, the 30 stakes races are worth an estimated $3.7 million. The entire stakes schedule for the Remington Park season follows. If the race is for Oklahoma-breds, it will be denoted with (OK).

Aug. 28 – $50,000 OK Stallion Colts & Geldings Handicap, 3-year-olds, 7 furlongs (restricted)

Aug. 28 – $50,000 OK Stallion Fillies Handicap, 3-year-old fillies, 7 furlongs (restricted)

Sept. 11 - $50,000 Red Earth Handicap, 3-year-olds-and-up, 7-1/2 furlongs, turf (OK)

Sept. 11 – $50,000 Cliff Berry Turf Sprint Handicap, 3-year-olds-and-up, 5 furlongs, turf (OK)

Sept. 11 - $50,000 Shawn Bergquist Memorial, 3-year-olds-and-up, fillies & mares, 7-1/2 furlongs, turf (OK)

OKLAHOMA DERBY DAY

Sept. 27 - $200,000 Remington Park Oaks, 3-year-old fillies, 1-1/16th miles

Sept. 27 - $100,000 David M. Vance, 3-year-olds-and-up, 6 furlongs

Sept. 27 – Grade 3, $400,000 Oklahoma Derby, 3-year-olds, 1-1/8th miles

Sept. 27 - $150,000 Clever Trevor, 2-year-olds, 6-1/2 furlongs

Sept. 27 - $50,000 Scissortail Stakes, 2-year-old fillies, 6-1/2 furlongs

Sept. 27 - $75,000 Ricks Memorial, 3-year-olds-and-up, fillies & mares, 1-1/16th miles, turf

Sept. 27 - $75,000 Remington Green, 3-year-olds-and-up, 1-1/8th miles, turf

Sept. 27 – $250,000 Great West Turf Sprint, 3-year-olds-and-up, 5 furlongs, turf

OKLAHOMA CLASSICS NIGHT - All Oklahoma-breds (all purses estimated)

Oct. 16 - $145,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Handicap, 3-year-olds-and-up, fillies & mares, 1 mile-70 yards

Oct. 16 - $175,000 Oklahoma Classics Cup Handicap, 3-year-olds-and-up, 1-1/16th miles

Oct. 16 - $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Sprint Handicap, 3-year-olds-and-up, fillies & mares, 6 furlongs

Oct. 16 - $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Sprint, 3-year-olds-and-up, 6 furlongs

Oct. 16 - $100,000 Oklahoma Classics Juvenile, 2-year-old colts & geldings, 6 furlongs

Oct. 16 - $100,000 Oklahoma Classics Lassie, 2-year-old fillies, 6 furlongs

Oct. 16 - $130,000 Oklahoma City Turf Classic Handicap, 3-year-olds-and-up, 1-1/16th miles, turf

Oct. 16 - $130,000 Oklahoma Classics Distaff Turf, 3-year-olds-and-up, fillies & mares, 1-1/16th miles, turf

Nov. 6 - $50,000 Slide Show Handicap, 2-year-old fillies, One mile (OK)

Nov. 6 - $50,000 Silver Goblin Handicap, 3-year-olds-and-up, 6-1/2 furlongs (OK)

Nov. 6 - $50,000 Don C. McNeill, 2-year-olds, One mile (OK)

SPRINGBOARD MILE NIGHT

Dec. 19 - $75,000 She’s All In Handicap, 3-year-olds-and-up, fillies & mares, 1 mile-70 yards

Dec. 19 - $50,000 Jim Thorpe Handicap, 3-year-olds, One mile (OK)

Dec. 19 - $300,000 Springboard Mile, 2-year-olds, One mile

Dec. 19 - $75,000 Toby Keith, 2-year-old fillies, One mile

Dec. 19 - $75,000 Jeffrey A. Hawk Memorial, 3-year-olds-and-up, 1 mile-70 yards

Dec. 19 - $50,000 Useeit, 3-year-old fillies, One mile (OK)

Remington Park has provided more than $414 Million to the State of Oklahoma general education fund since the opening of the casino in 2005. Located at the junction of Interstates 35 & 44, in the heart of the Oklahoma City Adventure District. The 2026 Thoroughbred Season at Remington Park will begin on August 21. Remington Park presents year-round simulcast racing and casino gaming. Guests must be 18 or older to wager on horse racing or to enter the casino gaming floor. Visit remingtonpark.com for more information.

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Greenwell Thoroughbreds’ Greenwell is entered in Friday’s fifth race, a five-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-olds. The colt drew post No. 6 in the field of 10 and will be ridden by Jose Ortiz for trainer Mark Casse. Post time is 2:45 p.m. (all times Eastern).

On Saturday, Flying Dutchmen’s House Boat Party is entered in Race 6, a five-furlong maiden special weight for 2-year-old fillies. Trained by Brian Lynch, House Boat Party will break from post No. 8 under Florent Geroux in a field of 10. Post time is 3:19 p.m.

Flightline enters 2026 as one of the sport’s most closely watched freshman sires following an unbeaten six-race career that culminated with Horse of the Year honors in 2022. The son of Tapit out of the Indian Charlie mare Feathered did not debut until age 3 but immediately established himself among racing’s elite with a victory in the Malibu Stakes (G1) at Santa Anita.

As a 4-year-old, Flightline delivered a series of dominant performances, winning the Metropolitan Handicap (G1) at Belmont Park, Pacific Classic (G1) at Del Mar and Breeders’ Cup Classic (G1) at Keeneland.

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As an official Kentucky Derby qualifying race, the 50 points earned by American Promise earned him a spot in the starting gate for the Kentucky Derby, presented by Woodford Reserve. It would be the first Derby mount for Juarez and though American Promise ran 16th, it was a memorable day nevertheless as he picked up a win on the undercard for Lukas.

“I started off the day (in the second race) aboard Lemon Muffin. She won (rallying) from last to first. That was a special feeling to win something on Derby Day. It was just a really special day to be a part of D. Wayne Lukas and his team. I had friends visiting from Maryland and it was cool to be able to have that moment with family and friends,” Juarez said.

A winner of more than 1,000 races in his 14-year career, Juarez has had the most success riding the mid-Atlantic racetracks. He won his first race with his first mount, Love Heart, for owner-trainer Calvin Barth at Laurel Park on Dec. 14, 2013.

“I grew up in the Mid-Atlantic,” Juarez said. “I started out at Laurel in Maryland and I am a 3rd generation horseman. My dad rode races in the Mid-Atlantic and on my mom's side of the family my grandfather was a longtime outrider for the Maryland Jockey Club.”

Juarez has reunited with agent Jay Rushing for the upcoming season which starts on June 25 and runs through Sept. 7.

“We started together 11 years ago (in) August of 2015 at Monmouth Park. Then I followed a horse (I had been riding)named Valid down to Gulfstream Park. We've always had success and, I feel like it's a fresh start (for me) at Colonial Downs and with a push from (trainer) Saffie Joseph, Jr. it's even a better opportunity.”

One other advantage to returning to Mid-Atlantic is that Juarez will be able to visit Valid who is stabled at his mother’s farm. Juarez, who won a pair of graded stakes races aboard the son of Medaglia d’Oro, purchased the horse from his then-owner Tom Thurman in 2017 who bought the horse at Keeneland in the fall of 2016.

“I reached out to Mr. Thurman and I spoke with him a few times at length. He said that if there ever came a time that he was done with his racing career (that) he would give me a call. About nine months later, I got the call from Tom Thurman. He was in Colorado. I was in New Jersey. He said, ‘Can you get a van out of here (Colorado) to come get him?’ (Trainer) Kelly Breen helped me organize that in New Jersey and we got a van to go pick up Valid

“We wanted to try to make him into a (stable) pony but he had too much racehorse in him and was still very competitive. After that, I ended up putting him out to my mother's farm in Maryland. My mom still takes him out fox hunting  and a lot of fun things for him to stay occupied. He's still out there today so it would be cool to get up there to Virginia to be a bit closer to him.”

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According to the commission's summary suspension order: "All horses owned, trained, or under the care of Eric Valenzuela are ineligible to be entered or start in any race in this jurisdiction."

Yet, less than a week later, a New Mexico District Court intervened. On May 28, Judge Victor S. Lopez granted a temporary restraining order allowing 16 horses previously under Valenzuela's care to be transferred to trainer Omar Vargas and remain eligible to compete while the underlying dispute is litigated.

In his order, Judge Lopez determined that the owners of the affected horses faced "immediate, irreparable harm" because many of the horses were already nominated and entered for lucrative futurity and juvenile stakes races at the Downs at Albuquerque.

The transferred horses quickly made their presence felt on the racetrack. Fifteen of the 16 runners competed in trial races for upcoming stakes on May 29 and 30, producing six victories. Three horses secured berths in the $350,000 Mountain Top New Mexico Bred Quarter Horse Futurity (G2), while three others qualified for the $50,000 Mountain Top New Mexico Bred Quarter Horse Juvenile Stakes. Both finals are scheduled for June 14.

The temporary restraining order does not resolve the allegations that led to Valenzuela's suspension. Rather, it preserved the horses' eligibility to race while the court considers whether the commission acted appropriately in barring them from competition solely because they were under Valenzuela's care.

New Mexico, like nearly every other state racing jurisdiction, prohibits possession of hypodermic needles by anyone other than a licensed veterinarian or technician. In arguing against the order, the NMRC's in-house counsel Richard Bustamente wrote: "Given the scourge of drugging racehorses, Petitioner Valenzuela’s Rule violation regarding contraband renders him an immediate danger to the industry and the public’s health, safety, and welfare."

Yet the owners who sought judicial relief argued that they were not accused of wrongdoing and would suffer significant financial losses if their horses were unable to compete in races for which they had already paid nomination and entry fees. Judge Lopez agreed that the potential loss of racing opportunities and purse earnings constituted sufficient grounds for emergency relief while the legal challenge proceeds.

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The reimagined Belmont Park will open for live racing on Sept. 18, 2026, following a multi-year redevelopment project to create a world-class racing and entertainment destination, with the Belmont Stakes (G1) returning to its Long Island home in 2027. Centered around a modern grandstand featuring an array of fan amenities and hospitality offerings, Belmont Park will offer four newly constructed racing surfaces including the main dirt track, two turf courses and a one-mile synthetic oval.

Beyond the new grandstand, expanded paddock area and modernized racing and training infrastructure, NYRA has unlocked the Belmont Park infield to provide fans and the surrounding community with more generally accessible green space than ever before.

“The 2027 official logo incorporates the iconic New York City skyline, celebrating both a new era at Belmont Park and the enduring legacy of New York racing,” said Justin McDonald, Executive Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer for Breeders’ Cup Limited. “We are pleased to introduce the 2027 logo to fans, participants, and partners around the globe as we prepare for an epic return of the World Championships to the Empire State.”

This marks the sixth time the World Championships will be held in New York, joining 1985, 1990, 1995, 2001, and 2005. To learn more about the 2027 Breeders’ Cup World Championships and to sign up for ticket information, fans can visit BreedersCup.com/2027. A special limited merchandise selection featuring the 2027 logo is available now at breederscupshop.com, with all royalties benefitting Breeders Cup Charities.

This year’s Breeders’ Cup World Championships will be held on Oct. 30-31 at Keeneland Race Course in Lexington, Ky. Tickets are available at BreedersCup.com/tickets. The World Championships will be broadcast live across NBC, Peacock, USA Network, and FanDuel TV.

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Owned by Curtis and Beth Harrell, Reverie Farm marks a permanent brick-and-mortar footprint for the Harrells, who have been active at the highest levels of the Thoroughbred industry for over 15 years through their successful stables, Alto Racing and Harrell Ventures. Notable top-class runners campaigned by the family include Grade 1 Florida Derby winner Materiality, G1 Fourstardave Handicap winner Halladay, and G2 Saratoga Special winner and sire Showcase.

Situated at the historic intersection of Pisgah and Old Frankfort Pikes, Reverie Farm spans 370 acres of world-class, limestone-rich land previously known as Bonne Chance Farm. The property will house the Harrell family’s personal broodmare band alongside a carefully curated group of outside clients.

The operation is under the daily management of industry veteran John Durr, who resides on-site. Durr has managed this specific acreage since 2013 and brings more than 30 years of elite breeding and farm management experience to the role, including prior tenures at
WinStar Farm and Gainsborough Farm.

"When we acquired this property, we were struck not only by its premier location and facilities, but by the exceptional stewardship of the land," said Curtis Harrell. "It has been cared for the right way for generations, and that is exactly the standard we intend to maintain. Our goal is not to fill every stall; it is to partner with like-minded clients, provide world-class care, and build a lasting legacy our family can be proud of."

The proven quality of the farm's soil is reflected in its recent graduates, which include spectacular Grade 1 winners King of Steel, Arabian Lion, and Cambier Parc.

"I've been on this property for over a decade, and our philosophy remains unchanged: the horse comes first, before convenience, before anything else," said Farm Manager John Durr. "The land here is truly exceptional. It has never been overgrazed or overworked, and you can see that in the caliber of horses that come off it. Good land produces sound, athletic horses. It's that simple."

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Oisin Murphy Rode Five Royal Ascot Winners Last Year

Ryan Moore heads into Royal Ascot 2026 as the clear odds-on favourite to finish the meeting as top jockey.

However, after riding five winners across the five-day festival last year, Oisin Murphy could represent value at 7/1 to the top rider this year.

The 30-year-old has ridden 20 Royal Ascot winners during his career, a figure that still trails some way behind Moore’s remarkable tally of 92 heading into this year’s meeting.

Even so, Murphy looks certain to add to his total with a strong book of rides and is relishing another crack at one of Flat racing’s biggest weeks.

“It’s the most important week of the year, but I relish it and I’ve found I can get in a good zone there.” Murphy told the Press Association.

“You are always thinking about the meeting, even in the winter. I never really have horses to look forward to in the Oaks and the Derby and for me it always seems to ramp up straight after the Guineas. That is when I’m really starting to focus on Ascot.

“There is always a lot of pressure and in some races you have horses to choose from and you are always thinking about it.

“I’m always under a lot of pressure to get a winner in the first couple of days and once you get one it just eases you in. But I’m also under the realisation that it’s possible to draw a blank no matter how good your book of rides and chances.”

Oisin Murphy Highlights Standout Royal Ascot Ride

All five of Murphy’s Royal Ascot winners last year came in handicap races.

This time around, though, the ride he is most excited about comes in one of the meeting’s showpiece contests – the Ascot Gold Cup on Thursday and Ladies’ Day.

Murphy believes his mount, CABALLO DE MAR, has a major chance of landing the prestigious Group One prize for trainer George Scott.

The five-year-old has taken a significant step forward this season.

He first finished a close second to established stayer Sweet William in the Sagaro Stakes at Ascot before going one better in the Group One Prix Vicomtesse Vigier at Longchamp towards the end of May.

“The standout ride for me would be Caballo De Mar in the Gold Cup,” said Murphy.

“It’s been his target since Dubai and he ran a great race at Ascot in the Sagaro and did it really well in France.

“He’s won over the distance before and it really shows him to good effect. He’s improved so much in the last 12 months, he’s not bred to go those distances yet he gets them very well so his team need a lot of credit.

“I remember Yeats winning the Gold Cup so many times and in more recent years Stradivarius, and it’s a race, of course, I would love to win.”

The Ascot Gold Cup will once again be shown live as part of the ITV Racing schedule at Royal Ascot.

Meanwhile, Aidan O’Brien’s Scandinavia heads the betting as he bids to give the Ballydoyle trainer a ninth victory in the race.

Oisin Murphy Best Royal Ascot Ride: CABALLO DE MAR

WATCH: Caballo De Mar Winning The Prix Vicomtesse Vigier at Longchamp

When Is The Ascot Gold Cup?

• Date: Thursday 18th June 2026
• Time: 4:15pm (British, GMT)
• Racecourse: Ascot
• Distance: 2m 4f
• Winner’s Prize: £396,970
• TV: Sky Sports Racing / ITV Racing

Can Scandinavia Give Aidan O’Brien Another Staying Crown?

The Ascot Gold Cup is one of the most prestigious races of the entire Flat season and, once again, it looks set to be one of the highlights of Royal Ascot 2026.

Run over a demanding two miles and four furlongs, the Group One contest often produces the very best stayers in training.

This year’s renewal has attracted a fascinating mix of proven performers and emerging stars, headed by the Aidan O’Brien-trained Scandinavia, who currently tops the betting at 6/4.

The Ballydoyle colt has enjoyed a superb campaign so far and is being strongly backed to follow in the footsteps of some of the race’s greatest winners.

Behind the favourite, Rahiebb (5/1) represents Roger Varian and brings solid staying credentials to the table, while last year’s winner Trawlerman (5/1) will be looking to defend his crown for John and Thady Gosden – but isn’t a certain runner.

Further down the market, Caballo De Mar (8/1) has attracted plenty of support after winning the Group One Prix Vicomtesse Vigier in France, while last year’s fourth Sweet William (10/1) remains a major player after another consistent season in the staying division.

2026 Ascot Gold Cup Betting

• Scandinavia (Aidan O’Brien) – 6/4
• Rahiebb (Roger Varian) – 5/1
• Trawlerman (John & Thady Gosden) – 5/1
• Caballo De Mar (George Scott) – 8/1
• Sweet William (John & Thady Gosden) – 10/1

Note: Ascot Gold Cup odds are subject to change

Aidan O’Brien’s Remarkable Gold Cup Record

Few trainers have dominated the Ascot Gold Cup quite like Aidan O’Brien, who has won the race an incredible eight times.

His first success came with Yeats in 2006, before the legendary stayer went on to make history by winning the Gold Cup four years in a row between 2006 and 2009 – a feat that remains unmatched.

O’Brien added further victories with Fame And Glory (2011), Order Of St George (2016), Kyprios (2022, 2024 and 2025), taking his tally to eight wins and cementing his place among the most successful trainers in the race’s history.

With Scandinavia heading the market this year, O’Brien has a golden opportunity to make it nine Ascot Gold Cup victories.

If the favourite can deliver, it would extend Ballydoyle’s remarkable record in one of Royal Ascot’s most iconic races to NINE.

What Else Can Oisin Murphy Look Forward To At Royal Ascot 2026?

Oisin Murphy heads into Royal Ascot 2026 with a strong book of rides and, based on recent performances, several of his mounts look capable of playing leading roles during the five-day meeting.

Having already enjoyed success on a number of key contenders this season, Murphy could be set for another productive week at Ascot.

Oxagon (St James’s Palace Stakes)

Murphy has also spoken positively about Oxagon, a colt he partnered to victory in the Craven Stakes earlier this season.

The rider remains confident the progressive three-year-old belongs at the highest level and has suggested he could be capable of making his presence felt in some of the major mile contests at Royal Ascot.

Following his strong spring campaign, Oxagon could easily emerge as one of Murphy’s leading Classic generation hopes.

Qatar Racing Team

As retained rider for Qatar Racing, Murphy is expected to have several competitive rides throughout the week.

Many of his Royal Ascot winners in recent years have come for the operation, and history suggests he is rarely short of opportunities in the big handicaps and Group races alike.

Handicap Contenders

Murphy’s five Royal Ascot winners in 2025 all came in handicaps, highlighting just how dangerous he can be when teaming up with leading trainers in the fiercely competitive cavalry charges.

Even when not aboard the market leaders, he is often a jockey punters look for in races where tactics, positioning and timing are crucial.

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The race for Nysos on Saturday was the G1 Metropolitan Handicap, which he won. And just as it was with his victory in the Breeders’ Cup Mile last fall, coverage of the horse’s excellent performance was minimized by the reporting on the classic.

That is quite unfortunate because Nysos is one of the best horses in the country. Some think he is the best horse – bar none – in the U.S., and some of even stronger conviction hold that he is the best horse in the world. That’s taking in some territory.

A strikingly handsome son of champion 2-year-old Nyquist, himself a son of champion juvenile Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie), Nysos has been a significant racehorse since his debut at Santa Anita in October 2023, when he raced six furlongs in 1:08.97. After winning that debut by 10 ½ lengths, the colt showed bags of talent when returning to win the G3 Bob Hope Stakes at two, then the G3 Bob Lewis Stakes at 3, both by significant margins.

Then the unbeaten colt was injured and missed the rest of his 3-year-old season. That has set a pattern for the immensely talented racer, now five. He always had seemed to turn his head when the right moment approached and miss out on his proper acclaim.

In fact, the Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile last November was the first time Nysos had won a G1 stakes. In his return from 15 months on the sidelines, Nysos had dead-heated for second in a four-horse blanket finish in the G1 Churchill Downs Handicap on the 2025 Kentucky Derby undercard.

Nysos bounced right back to win all the rest of his starts in 2025, including the BC Dirt Mile over juvenile champion Citizen Bull (Into Mischief). It was arguably the most impressive race of the day.

For his 2026 debut, Nysos was taken abroad and raced for the G1 Saudi Cup on Feb. 13. Raced over 1800 meters at King Abdulaziz racetrack in Riyadh, Nysos pressed the pace alongside Forever Young (Real Steel) for most of the race, then those two moved away from their competition, with Nysos never getting back on even terms with Forever Young (Real Steel), who won by a length. Nysos was 3 ¾ lengths clear of third.

Less than two weeks later, Coolmore announced that the international breeding and racing conglomerate had bought a significant share of Nysos and that he would go to stud at Coolmore’s Kentucky operation, Ashford Stud, for the 2027 breeding season.

The Metropolitan Handicap was the first start for Nysos since the Saudi Cup. Racing the mile at Saratoga in 1:34.85 and winning by four lengths over Knightsbridge, Nysos won for the eighth time in 10 starts, with two seconds, and he now has earnings of $5.2 million.

As the winner of the two most important mile races on dirt here in the States, Nysos will be a strong stallion prospect when he retires to Ashford later this year. The only thing that could notably improve his stallion prospects would be a victory in a major 10-furlong race, and trainer Bob Baffert has mentioned both the G1 Pacific Classic and the Breeders’ Cup Classic as likely targets for the future.

Coolmore’s acquisition of Nysos as a stallion prospect earlier this year is one part of its campaign to capture as much American breeding talent as possible.

Two years prior, Coolmore had purchased Zetta Z (Bernardini), the dam of Nysos, for $2 million at the 2024 Fasig-Tipton February sale. In foal to Cyberknife (Gun Runner), Zetta Z, was the top-priced lot at that sale.

Out of a daughter of champion Bernardini (A.P. Indy), Nysos is bred on a pedigree pattern duplicated in the colt he defeated in the Metropolitan, Knightsbridge, also a son of Nyquist out of a Bernardini mare.

One of the country’s leading sires and an influence for classic quality and surprising speed, Bernardini has proven to be an even better broodmare sire. He is the broodmare sire of last year’s Horse of the Year and champion 3-year-old Sovereignty (Into Mischief), and Bernardini also figures in that same pedigree position for Golden Tempo (Curlin), winner of the 2026 Kentucky Derby and the Belmont Stakes later on the Metropolitan program.

The dam of Golden Tempo was a graded stakes winner; the dams of Sovereignty and Nysos were unraced. The quality of the latter pair of dams has come through in their foals, even though chance kept them from showing their natural ability on the racetrack.

The pedigree of Nysos is matched or even exceeded by the excellence of his racing performances. If plans to race him for the Pacific Classic and BC Classic work out, we have the prospect of seeing how he will fare in races at 10 furlongs against the best colts of the 2026 crop, as well as last year's Horse of the Year Sovereignty and previous BC Classic winner White Abarrio.

This story was originally published by Paulick Report on Jun 10, 2026, where it first appeared in the Features section. Add Paulick Report as a Preferred Source by clicking here.