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Luster Leads Dominant Weekend for the Ladies, Soars Up Equibase Leaderboard

There were 44 stakes races run across North America last week, including a memorable King’s Plate card at Woodbine and key graded stakes action at Saratoga and Del Mar, which led to significant changes in every division on the North American leaderboard.

Counting Stars, Alabama Stakes, Saratoga Race Course, horse racing, America's Best Racing, ABR

2026 Alabama Stakes Cheat Sheet

The Alabama Stakes Presented by Keeneland Sales has cemented a place in Thoroughbred racing history as one of the most important stakes for 3-year-old fillies in North America. The race was first held in 1872, it has been held at the classic distance of 1 ¼ miles since 1917, and the Alabama has long been a fixture on the Saratoga Race Course calendar.

Del Mar Mile, Del Mar, Cabo Spirit, Glance, Seal Team, Artislas, Freedom’s Not Free, Detain, Sinsel, Almendares, Astronomer, King of Gosford, Flyover, Twirling Point, El Potente, jockey, trainer, Mandella, D’Amato, horse racing, ABR

2026 Del Mar Mile Stakes at a Glance

On Del Mar’s biggest day of the year, the undercard of Saturday’s Pacific Classic Stakes program will give turf milers a chance to shine. A field of 12 is expected to square off in the Grade 2 Del Mar Mile Stakes, a race that could produce a candidate or two for the Oct.

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2026 Pacific Classic Cheat Sheet

California’s signature summer race, the $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes Saturday at Del Mar, drew a competitive and large field of horses ages 3 and older vying for a fees-paid berth to the $7 million Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic Oct.

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Heavily Favored Filly Luster Dominates King's Plate to Win First Leg of Canadian Triple Crown

Last year, Canadian Hall of Famer trainer Josie Carroll told co-owner Andrew Rosen she believed their promising 2-year-old filly Luster would take the connections into the winner's circle in 2026 with a victory in the 167th King's Plate Stakes, the historic first leg of the Canadian Triple Crown.

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