Full fields have led to some large exotic payoffs through the first four days of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter meet at Los Alamitos.
Buoyed by the influx of horses from Northern California due to the current stoppage of racing at Golden Gate Fields, the average field size for the first 34 races of the meet is nine starters per contest.
Through Dec. 10, the average payoff for the Players’ Pick 5 – which has a 14% takeout rate and is a 50-cent minimum bet – is $15,120. The highest return came Thursday when it paid $54,431. The record Players’ Pick 5 payoff since daytime thoroughbred racing returned to Los Alamitos in 2014 was $265,806 on Dec. 11, 2016.