Flood Of Northern California Horses Swells Fields, Boosts Wagering During Los Alamitos Meet Sponsored by:
Varda gave Bob Baffert his fourth consecutive Starlet Stakes victory at Los Alamitos
Large fields, a record Pick 6 pool and payoff, and a fourth consecutive sweep of the Grade 1 Starlet and Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert were among the highlights of the 11-day Los Angeles County Fair Winter Thoroughbred meet, which concluded Sunday at Los Alamitos in Cypress, Calif.
Buoyed by an influx of more than 200 horses from Northern California – due to the current suspension of racing at Golden Gate Fields – the average field size for the season was nearly nine runners per race, compared to 6.97 for the 2019 Winter meet. There were 854 participants in 98 races during the season.
Play Chicken All Heart In King Glorious Stakes At Los Alamitos Sponsored by:
Play Chicken winning the King Glorious Stakes under Mario Gutierrez
Play Chicken, a 13-1 outsider, held off Moving Fast, another longshot at 16-1, to win the $100,000 King Glorious Stakes Sunday, the final day of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter meet at Los Alamitos in Cypress, Calif.
Under jockey Mario Gutierrez, the son of Square Eddie and the Distorted Humor mare Smoove was reserved just off the pace, gained the advantage with an eighth of a mile to run and held sway by a neck in the race for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California.
Sponsored by:
Good With People after his victory in the Golden State Juvenile
A prompt favorite in the Golden State Juvenile Nov. 7 at Del Mar, Good With People will try two turns for the first time in the $100,000 King Glorious Sunday at Los Alamitos
Named in honor of the winner of the 1988 Hollywood Futurity and 1989 Haskell, the King Glorious is restricted to 2-year-olds bred or sired in California. The race at one mile is the feature attraction on the final day of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter Thoroughbred meet.
The King Glorious attracted a dozen entrants, but only 10 will be allowed to start.
For the sixth time in the first seven days of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos, there will be a Pick Six carryover when racing resumes Thursday.
The carryover will be a hefty $145,797 as no tickets were able to isolate six winners for the fourth consecutive racing day.
Three upsets in a row by Next Flight ($26.80) in the sixth, Synthesis ($24.40) and Loud Loud Music ($19.80) in the eighth triggered another carryover.
The Pick Six will begin in Thursday’s fourth race. Post time is 12:30 p.m. and scheduled post time for the fourth is 1:58 p.m. The pool could reach $500,000.
The best tv experience is the best tv value. xfinity x1. simple. easy. awesome. xfinity. the future of awesome. martha: what if we were told that you i do shutdown your family business and lose your livelihood in order to save this. there are 500,000 of them left in america. there used to be a lot more. by one estimate our country stands to lose 31,000 jobs and $5.06 and economic activity if this rough play chicken sized bird that roams the western u.s.