Lochangel at Kempton Park Racecourse on 7 September 1996. Three weeks later she was ridden by Frankie Dettori and started 5/4 joint favourite for the Blue Seal Stakes (for fillies with no more than one previous start) at Ascot Racecourse. She led from the start and won by three-quarters of a length from the Henry Cecil-trained Corsini. Her win was significant as it was the sixth of Dettori's "Magnificent Seven": the 25-year-old Italian jockey won all seven races on the card including the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes on Mark of Esteem, driving several bookmakers to near financial ruin. Lochangel began her
Ryan Moore (jockey) stable jockey from November 2011. Moore had already won in big races for O'Brien while retained by Stoute, including at the Breeders' Cup and Royal Ascot. Stoute's stable had seen a downturn in fortunes, while O'Brien had provided Moore with big winners. O'Brien also had the ante-post favourites for the next season's Classics. Moore was keen on the job, but reluctant to move his family from Newmarket to County Tipperary. They negotiated a compromise that allowed Moore to live in England, while riding for O'Brien in Ireland at the major meetings. Instead, O'Brien's son Joseph became the main rider for