Antonio Fresu, Phil D'Amato top Santa Anita Hollywood Meet standings

Antonio Fresu, Phil D’Amato and Reddam Racing turned the 2026 Hollywood Meet into a familiar California power chart, again placing Santa Anita’s most valuable daily opportunities in the hands of a small group of established connections. The 29-day stand ended June 17 with Fresu on top of the rider standings, D’Amato clinching the training title by June 14, and Reddam Racing leading the owners’ race.

Fresu’s numbers tell the story of efficiency as much as dominance. The Sardinian-born rider finished with 33 wins from 183 mounts, an 18 percent strike rate and $2,092,580 in purse earnings, edging Armando Ayuso, who finished second with 31 wins. Santa Anita’s stable notes showed how tight the race was late, with Ayuso sitting on 27 wins from 144 mounts and five days remaining, but Fresu held off the charge and defended his place as the meet’s top jockey for the second straight year.

That repeat matters because it shows how quickly Fresu has become a fixture at the top of the Southern California colony. He did not begin riding in the United States until December 2023, yet he has already backed up his 2025 breakthrough, when he won his first Santa Anita riding title with 34 wins, $1,794,786 in earnings and five stakes victories. The back-to-back titles suggest a rider getting the best stock in the room and delivering on it, not just riding a hot streak.

D’Amato’s championship was equally revealing. He secured his ninth training title at Santa Anita and led all trainers in wins and purse earnings, finishing with 27 victories and $1,573,678. His barn also piled up five stakes wins, tying Bob Baffert for the most at the stand, while the June 14 stable notes said D’Amato had six stakes wins and was already locked into the title. After leading the 2025 Hollywood Meet with 27 wins, $1,573,678 and five stakes wins, D’Amato again showed that his operation remains one of the most reliable engines in the circuit.

The owner standings completed the same picture of continuity. Reddam Racing finished atop the owners’ list, echoing the kind of concentration Santa Anita has seen meet after meet. In 2025, Nick Alexander led the owners, and the top-line names shifted again in 2026, but the broader pattern did not: the most lucrative days at Santa Anita continue to flow through a compact network of trainers, riders and stables that know how to control the meet.