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Rebel’s Romance gets his summer campaign underway in the G2 Princess Of Wales’s Stakes at Newmarket on Thursday, 9 July, with Del Maro and Inner City Blues also tackling Group contests on day one of the July Festival. The winner of 21 races worldwide for Charlie Appleby, including nine at G1 level, Rebel’s Romance returns to the track after taking the G2 Dubai City Of Gold Sponsored By emirates.com at Meydan in February.

Cualificar produced another strong effort in G1 company as he finished second to world champion Calandagan in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on Sunday, 5 July. Runner-up in last season's G1 Prix du Jockey Club, Cualificar lined up for Andre & Lavinia Fabre on the back of third-place finishes in the G2 Prix d'Harcourt and G2 Grand Prix de Chantilly.

Fortuna Diamond performed with credit on her Pattern-race debut as she finished second in the G3 Hamburger Stuten Meile in Germany on Sunday, 5 July. The Night Of Thunder filly was previously unbeaten for Henri-Alex Pantall, winning twice in the French provinces before a taking success in the Listed Prix Volterra at Longchamp last month.

Unbeaten filly Fortuna Diamond steps up to Pattern company for the G3 Hamburger Stuten Meile in Germany on Sunday, 5 July. The daughter of Night Of Thunder has thrived for Henri-Alex Pantall this season, readily taking two minor races in the French provinces before a decisive win in the Listed Prix Volterra at Longchamp in June.

Cualificar hopes to secure a breakthrough G1 success as he takes on middle-distance star Calandagan in the Grand Prix de Saint-Cloud on Sunday, 5 July. The Lope de Vega colt returns to Saint-Cloud for Andrea & Lavinia Fabre having won a maiden at the course in May, 2025, a success that was followed up with G3 wins in the Prix La Force and Prix de Guiche, before a half-length second in the Prix du Jockey-Club.

Abu Qir Bay aims to go two places better when she tackles the G3 Kitakyushu Kinen for a second successive year on Sunday, July 5. The Fine Needle filly lined up in the Kokura sprint 12 months ago on the back of victory the G3 Aoi Stakes at Kyoto and flashed home to finish a close third behind Yamanin Al Rihla and Yoshino Easter, who both reoppose the Godolphin homebred.

Maycocks Bay bids to follow up an impressive first Graded Stakes win when he returns to turf for the G3 Kelso Stakes at Saratoga, USA, on Sunday, 5 July. The Michael Stidham-trained five-year-old produced a relentless front-running display to post a dominant win in the G2 Eclipse Stakes on the Tapeta of Woodbine at the end of May. Maycocks Bay had campaigned on dirt prior to this season, notably finishing third in last year’s G3 Mineshaft Stakes.

Words Of Truth bids for back-to-back victories over Sandown Park’s straight five-furlong course in the G3 Coral Charge on Saturday, 4 July. The Charlie Appleby-trained sprinter faces older opposition for the first time after taking last month’s Listed Scurry Stakes, in which he quickened powerfully for a length success despite jumping a path across the track.

Pacific Avenue and Abashiri bid to convert strong Irish Classic performances into G1 success in North America when they tackle the Belmont Derby and Belmont Oaks at Saratoga on Saturday, 4 July. Both Charlie Appleby-trained three-year-olds step up to nine furlongs after finishing third at the Curragh’s Irish Guineas weekend, with Pacific Avenue heading into the Belmont Derby having stayed on well to chase home Gstaad and Distant Storm in the G1 Irish 2,000 Guineas.

Champion sire Night Of Thunder and his brilliant son Ombudsman both enjoyed a sensational Royal Ascot, with performances that underlined their reputations as the best in the world. An exceptional winner of the Prince Of Wales’s Stakes in 2025, Ombudsman became the first horse in 31 years to win back-to-back renewals of the middle-distance highlight with another superb display.