Two-time Grade II winner As Time Goes By will have six rivals in her return to Los Alamitos in the $100,000-guaranteed Bayakoa Stakes Sunday. A Grade III for fillies and mares (3-year-olds & up) at 1 1/16 miles, the Bayakoa will be run for the fifth time at Los Alamitos. …continue reading
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert will have three opportunities to win the Grade I, $300,000 Starlet – the final Grade I of 2021 for 2-year-old fillies – for a fifth consecutive year Saturday at Los Alamitos. The race at 1 1/16 miles is being offered locally for the eighth …continue reading
The Winter thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos will begin Friday, Dec. 3. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday (Dec. 3-5) this week and Thursday-Sunday (Dec. 9-12) next week. Weekday post time will be 1 p.m. while post time for weekends will be 12:30 p.m. The Winter meet will be highlighted by …continue reading
Double Grade II winner As Time Goes By and the talented California bred Warren’s Showtime are among 13 nominees to the Grade III, $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes. The race for fillies and mares (3-year-olds & up) at 1 1/16 miles will be run Sunday, December 5, the third day of the …continue reading
Five stakes races – three of which are graded – highlight the 2021 Winter meet at Los Alamitos. The seven-day season will begin Friday, Dec. 3 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 12. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday the first week (Dec. 3-5) and Thursday-Sunday the final week (Dec. 9-12). Post …continue reading
Jockey Abel Cedillo capped a four victory Saturday with a gate-to-wire score aboard favored Risk and Reward in the $54,116 feature at Los Alamitos. The quadruple by Cedillo, 32, clinched his second local riding title. The Gautemalan-born jockey, who led the 2020 Los Angeles County Fair Winter meet, has 15 …continue reading
Livingmybestlife, the 19-10 second choice, won for the third time in five starts since being claimed for $50,000 out of her April 8 debut, leading throughout to capture the $75,000 Lucky Spell Stakes Friday at Los Alamitos. Trained by John Sadler for Hronis Racing LLC, the 3-year-old daughter of The …continue reading
Manhattan Up, an $80,000 claim Aug. 22 at Del Mar, paid immediate dividends for KAM Racing Stable and trainer Jonathan Wong Sunday at Los Alamitos. Adding blinkers for his new connections, the 5-year-old Street Boss gelding responded with a 1 ½ length victory over 14-1 shot Sash and four others …continue reading
Fast Draw Munnings emulated his father and mother with his debut victory in Friday’s fifth race at Los Alamitos, a $47,000 maiden event for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California. A bay colt bred by Glenn Porter, owned by Red Barons Barn LLC and Rancho Temescal LLC and trained by …continue reading
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who won the inaugural Los Alamitos Special with Dabster in 2018, will send out a pair of veterans when the $100,000 race is renewed for the third time Sunday. Run at 1 ¼ miles in 2018 and 2019, the Special will be conducted at …continue reading
Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert entered a trio in the $75,000 Capote Stakes Saturday at Los Alamitos. Scheduled for 6 ½ furlongs and restricted to 2-year-olds, the Capote is the eighth of nine races. Post time Saturday is 1 p.m. Scheduled post time for the Capote is 4:28 p.m. …continue reading
Making his first start since June 12 and the longest shot in the field of six at 10-1, Loud Mouth captured the $75,000 E.B. Johnston Stakes via disqualification Sunday at Los Alamitos. At the finish, the 5-year-old son of Boisterous was a half-length behind 7-1 shot Peaceful Transfer, but was …continue reading
A return to Los Alamitos was what Swift Nonni needed to return to the winner’s circle for the second time in her career. A 9-1 shot who had graduated in her debut when 15-1 here last Dec. 17, the 3-year-old Run Brother Run filly outran Super Game and six others …continue reading