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
A Day at the Races (album) on the album. May described it as "a never-ending staircase", otherwise commonly known, musically, as a Shepard tone. The album garnered positive reviews from critics, with "The Washington Post" describing "A Day at the Races" as "a judicious blend of heavy metal rockers and classically influenced, almost operatic, torch songs." The "Winnipeg Free Press" was also appreciative, writing, ""Races" is a reconfirmation of Queen's position as the best of the third wave of English rock groups." "Circus" gave the album a mixed review, writing, "With "A Day at the Races", they've deserted art-rock entirely. They're silly now. And wondrously shameless."