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D'Angelo leads new trainers
D’Angelo is back at Del Mar this summer with a small stable for the track’s current meeting, which began on Friday.
Steve AndersenJul 17, 2026
D’Angelo is back at Del Mar this summer with a small stable for the track’s current meeting, which began on Friday.
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Piper’s Factor, fresh off lowering the 7 1/2-furlong inner-turf course record in a conditioned allowance, will negotiate that course and distance again against tougher company in the Grade 2, $200,000 Connaught Cup on Sunday.
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King of Gosford closed from seventh to finish third by 1 1/2 lengths in the 2026 Shoemaker Mile on May 25. The effort gives trainer Phil D'Amato confidence the 5-year-old can win his sixth stakes in Sunday's $100,000 Wickerr Stakes at a mile on turf.
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The speedy sprinter Highwaytothemoon will take them as far as he can when stretching out to 1 1/8 miles in Sunday's $200,000 Plate Trial Stakes, a prep for next month's King's Plate.
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Internationally successful stallion War Front, a classic sire who also has been one of the most commercially popular horses of his era, has been pensioned from stallion duty at Claiborne Farm following the just-completed 2026 season.
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Trainer Mike Puhich claimed Executive Chef for $40,000, and now aggressively starts the 7-year-old in Sunday's 6 1/2-furlong Governor's Stakes, one of six $50,000 stakes on an 11-race card.
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Luster has been shining leading up to Sunday's $750,000 Woodbine Oaks and should be favored in the 71st running of the historic 1 1/8-mile Tapeta event, which has been won by the likes of Dance Smarty, Gal In a Ruckus, and Moira.
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Ryan Moore’s World Pool blog: Irish Oaks Stakes Day.
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Crowned by a string of record-breaking highs and global accolades, a spectacular 2025/26 Hong Kong racing season drew to a close at Happy Valley on Wednesday (15 July).
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Reef Runner, arguably the top older male turf sprinter in the country, will be sidelined the remainder of the year with a soft-tissue injury, trainer David Fawkes said Friday.