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Jockey Abel Cedillo
A day after being unseated in a freak mishap, jockey Abel Cedillo won three times Friday at Los Alamitos in Cypress, Calif.
Released from Long Beach Memorial Hospital late Thursday afternoon after an MRI and X-rays showed no injury after he was dumped when Governance, his third race mount, apparently jumped a shadow midway around the far turn in the one-mile contest, Cedillo moved into a tie for the top spot in the rider standings with his hat trick.
The last of Cedillo s Friday wins – and his sixth through the first five days of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter meet – came aboard 2-1 favorite Acting Out in the $55,260 feature.
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.