Media Guide RACING ASSOCIATION Thoroughbred Racing at Los Alamitos Race Course
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RACING ASSOCIATION Thoroughbred Racing at Los Alamitos Race Course Los Alamitos Summer Thoroughbred Meet June 26th through July 5th 2020 Media Guide RACING ASSOCIATION Thoroughbred Racing at Los Alamitos Race Course 2020 Facts and Figures Location: 4961 Katella Avenue, Los Alamitos, Calif. 90720 Los Alamitos Race Course is located on Katella Ave., 1.5 miles east of the 605 Fwy. in the city of Cypress. Phone: 714-820-2800 Summer Thoroughbred Festival Dates: Friday, June 26 through Sunday, July 5. Racing Thursday-Sunday (July 2-5). Special Holiday Racing Thursday, July 4. Post Time: 1 p.m. Gates open 9:30 a.m. Admission Prices: $3 grandstand, $5 Clubhouse and $10 Vessels Club Parking: Free general parking, $5 preferred Wagering Menu: 50 Cent Players’ Pick 5 (14% takeout) on Races 1-5; $1 Pick 4 (Races 2-5 and final four); $2 Pick Six on final six races; $2 Rolling Daily Doubles starting on Race 1; $1 Rolling Pick 3’s starting on Race 1; $1 exacta on every race; 10 cent superfecta on every race with at least 6 entrants; $1 trifecta on every race with at least 6 entrants; $1 Super High Five on final race. Group Sales Information: 714-820-2675 RACING ASSOCIATION Thoroughbred Racing at Los Alamitos Race Course 2020 Los Alamitos Summer Thoroughbred Meet Stakes Schedule Date Race Distance Purse Sat., June 27 Soi Phet Stakes One Mile $100,000-guaranteed 3-Year-Olds & Up (California bred or sired) Sat., July 4 Great Lady M. Stakes 6 and one half furlongs $200,000-guaranteed (Grade II) 3-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares Sat., July 4 Los Alamitos Derby One and one eighth miles $150,000-guaranteed (Grade III) (3-Year-Olds) All stakes purses for Los Alamitos Summer Thoroughbred Meet are guaranteed. Marley’s Freedom won the 2019 Great Lady M Stakes. RACING ASSOCIATION Thoroughbred Racing at Los Alamitos Race Course Los Alamitos Fastest Times (2014-19) Five Furlongs: 56.42, Faith Proof (2nd race, 12/6/14) Five & One Half Furlongs: 1:01.95, Sweet Marini (3rd race, 12/11/14) Six Furlongs: 1:07.79, Toews On Ice (7th race, 9/11/16) Six & One Half Furlongs: 1:14.60, Patriots Rule (7th race, 9/5/14) Seven Furlongs: 1:21.54, Fighter Squadron (6th race, 12/13/14) One Mile: 1:33.95, Soi Phet (8th race, 9/6/14) One Mile & One Sixteenth: 1:40.03, California Chrome (9th race, 12/17/16) One Mile & One Eighth: 1:47.01, Shared Belief (8th race, 7/5/14) One Mile & One Quarter: 2:03.57, Wings of Mojave (4th race, 9/13/15) Mutuel Payoff Highs & Lows; Top Pick 4, Pick 5 & Pick 6 Pools (2014-19) Highest $2 Win: $185.80, Devils Triangle (4th race, 12/11/16) Highest $2 Win, Stakes Race: $162.60, Shades of Victory, E.B. Johnston Stakes (6th race, 9/8/18) Highest $2 Place: $66.80, Devils Triangle (4th race, 12/11/16) Highest $2 Show: $27.40, Bert’s Baby (3rd race, 12/5/14) Lowest $2 Win: $2.40, Entebbe (1st race, 4/15/16), Razorbill (1st race, 12/10/15), Sacred Ovation (2nd race, 12/12/15) Lowest $2 Win, Stakes Race: $2.10, California Chrome, Winter Challenge (9th race, 12/17/16) Highest $1 Exacta: $1,071.30, (5th race, 9/13/15) Lowest $1 Exacta: $2.30 (1st race, 12/11/15) Highest $1 Trifecta: $10,184.10 (4th race, 5/1/16) Lowest $1 Trifecta: $4.10 (1st race, 12/17/15) Highest $1 Superfecta: $47,036.70 (4th race, 5/1/16) Lowest $1 Superfecta: $5.40 (1st race, 12/4/2015) Highest $2 Daily Double: $5,223.60 (Races 6-7, 9/8/18) Lowest $2 Daily Double: $3.40 (Races 1-2, 12/10/15) Highest $2 Pick Six: $110,732.80, 12/7/14 Lowest $2 Pick Six: $393.40, 12/11/14 Highest $1 Pick 3: $12,751.10 (Races 2-4, 12/11/16) Lowest $1 Pick 3: $2.50 (Races 1-3, 12/10/15) Highest $1 Pick 4: $148,006.60 (Races 2-5, 12/11/16) Lowest $1 Pick 4: $14.90 (Races 2-5, 12/10/15) Highest 50 cent Players’ Pick 5: $265,806.10, 12/11/16 Lowest 50-cent Players’ Pick 5: $13.05, 12/10/15 Highest $1 Super High 5: $42,082.20 (9th race, 9/12/15) Lowest $1 Super High 5: $221.70, (9th race, 7/12/15) Highest Early Pick 4 Pool: $166,416 (Races 2-5, 12/17/16) Highest Late Pick 4 Pool: $597,105 (Races 6-9, 12/17/16) Highest Players’ Pick 5 Pool: $410,783, 12/17/16 Highest Pick 6 Pool (With Carryover): $1,558,329 (Races 3-8, 12/17/16) Highest Pick 6 Pool (Without Carryover): $131,511 (Races 4-9, 12/21/14) RACING ASSOCIATION Thoroughbred Racing at Los Alamitos Race Course 2020 Los Alamitos Summer Thoroughbred Meet Los Alamitos Meet Leaders – Jockeys Los Alamitos Meet Leaders – Trainers Year Meet Leader (Wins) Year Meet Leader (Wins) 2019 Winter Jorge Velez (9) 2019 Winter Bob Baffert (7) 2019 LACF Jorge Velez (10) 2019 LACF Bob Baffert (7) 2019 Summer Jorge Velez (9) 2019 Summer Peter Miller (5) 2018 Winter H. Figueroa & T. Baze (8) 2018 Winter B. Baffert , D. O’Neill & H. Palma (4) 2018 LACF Heriberto Figueroa (15) 2018 LACF B. Baffert & P. Miller (6) 2018 Summer A. Espinoza & H. Figueroa (12) 2018 Summer Bob Baffert (5) 2017 Winter Evin Roman (18) 2017 Winter Bob Baffert (6) 2017 LACF Evin Roman (17) 2017 LACF Doug O’Neill (6) 2017 Summer Evin Roman (13) 2017 Summer Doug O’Neill (6) 2016 Winter Joe Talamo (7) 2016 Winter B. Baffert, P. Miller & 2016 LACF Stewart Elliott (12) M. Puype (4) 2016 Spring Kent Desormeaux (10) 2016 LACF Bob Baffert, Doug O’Neill (5) 2015 Winter Santiago Gonzalez (14) 2016 Spring Mark Glatt, Doug O’Neill (6) 2015 LACF Fernando Perez (15) 2015 Winter Doug O’Neill (8) 2015 Summer S. Gonzalez, M. Gutierrez, 2015 LACF Bob Baffert (6) E. Maldonado & F. Perez (6) 2015 Summer Doug O’Neill (5) 2014 Winter Rafael Bejarano (12) 2014 Winter Bob Baffert (8) 2014 LACF* Drayden Van Dyke (11) 2014 LACF * Doug O’ Neill & 2014 Summer Drayden Van Dyke (12) Mike Puype (6) *Los Angeles County Fair 2014 Summer Peter Miller (3) *Los Angeles County Fair RACING ASSOCIATION Thoroughbred Racing at Los Alamitos Race Course 2020 Los Alamitos Summer Thoroughbred Meet Great Lady M. FACTS Most Wins: Jockey, 7, Gary Stevens Most Wins, Trainer: 5, Bob Baffert Most Wins, Owner: 3, Louis B. Mayer and John Sikura (includes partnerships) Most Wins, Horse: 2, Linita, (1961, 1963), Somethinaboutlaura (2007, 2008) and Marley’s Freedom (2018-2019) Longest Win Margin: 4 ½ lengths, A.P. Assay (1998) Shortest Win Margin: nose, Nascania (1962), Forest Fealty (1992), Somethinaboutlaura (2007) and Irish Gypsy (2011) Largest Win Payoff: $127.70, Jerry Lee (1945) Smallest Win Payoff: $3.20, Bug Brush (1959) and Marley’s Freedom (2019) Highest-Weighted Winner: 128, Bug Brush (1959) Lowest-Weighted Winner: 110, Painted Veil (1941), Jerry Lee (1945) Winning Favorites: 19 of 65 (29%) Oldest Winner: 7, Survive (1991) Youngest Winner: 3, Painted Veil (1941), Honeymoon (1946), Evita Argentina (2009) Previously run as the Sequoia Handicap (1941-1978) and A Gleam Handicap (1979-2013) at Hollywood Park. Doinghardtimeagin won the inaugural running at Los Alamitos in 2014 for the Hall of Fame combination of jockey Mike Smith and trainer Jerry Hollendorfer. Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, who won two of the final three runnings of the A Gleam in Inglewood with Book Review (2013) and Irish Gypsy (2011), scored with Fantastic Style in 2015 and again with favored Marley’s Freedom in 2018 and 2019. Marley’s Freedom is one of three females to have won the race twice joining Linita (1961-1963) and Somethinaboutlaura (2007-2008). Finest City scored in 2016 prior to her victory in the Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Sprint later in the year that clinched her Eclipse Award as the champion female sprinter. The talented California bred Skye Diamonds, a bargain claim for $32,000, clicked in 2017 for a partnership that includes Tom Acker and Bloom Racing and trainer Bill Spawr. RACING ASSOCIATION Thoroughbred Racing at Los Alamitos Race Course 2020 Los Alamitos Summer Thoroughbred Meet Los Alamitos Derby FACTS Most Wins, Jockey: 5, Chris McCarron Most Wins, Trainer: 9, Bob Baffert Most Wins, Owner: 3, Trudy McCaffery and John Toffan Largest Win Payoff: $43, Majestic Light (1976) Smallest Win Payoff: $2.10, Game Winner (2019) Largest Win Margin: 12 lengths, Old Trieste (1998) Smallest Win Margin: nose, Padua (1985) Highest-Weighted Winner: 126, Thunder Gulch (1995) Lowest-Weighted Winner: 112, Dreamy Kid (2011) Winning Favorites: 22 of 44 (50%) The 2020 Los Alamitos Derby will be the seventh run at Los Alamitos. It was known as the Swaps Stakes (1974-2013) when offered at Hollywood Park. Due to the postponement of the Kentucky Derby from May 2 to September 5, the Los Alamitos Derby will be part of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby’’ this year. The winner of the LA Derby will receive 20 points towards earning a berth in the starting gate two months later at Churchill Downs. The runner-up will collect eight points, the third place finisher four and two points will go to the fourth place finisher. The talented Game Winner became the shortest priced winner in race history with his score in 2019. He paid $2.10 while tallying by five lengths for owners Gary and May West and Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert.