Six-day winter thoroughbred meeting at Los Alamitos will start on December 9.
The race will be conducted from Friday to Sunday in both weeks (November 9 and December 16-18). Posting time will be 12:30 p.m. Pacific Time.
The Winter Encounter will be marked by a pair of classified events for 2-year-olds—Starlet for 1st graders, guaranteed $300,000 on December 10, and Los Alamitos Futurity for 2nd graders, guaranteed $200,000 by December 17.
Starlet is one of several races on “Road to the Kentucky Oaks,” with the winner receiving 10 points to a stop in Kentucky Oaks on May 5, 2023, at Churchill Downs.
The top candidate for Starlet is Faiza , the winner of an impressive debut last month for owner Michael Lund Petersen and Hall of Fame coach Bob Baffert. Daughter of girvin will be added to Starlet for $10,000.
The Futurity is one of the “Road to the Kentucky Derby” events. Winners earn 10 points for a spot in the Kentucky Derby on May 6, 2023.
Among the nominees for Future are the Baffert .-trained trio Arabian lion , Fort Bragg and graduated from Los Alamitos gandolfini .
Baffert has won seven of Futurity’s eight renewals since the race was moved to Los Alamitos from Hollywood Park.
Both Futurity and Starlet will run at 1 1/16 miles.
Completing the stakes program was a pair of one-mile races for 2-year-olds bred or bred in California—$100,000 guaranteed Soviet problem for the chubby and the King Glorious prize. $100,000 guarantee.
The Soviet issue will be broadcast on December 11, while King Glorious will be syndicated on December 18.
Track gates—including the Vessels Club and Burgart’s—will open at 9:30 a.m. Public parking is free with $3 and $2 tickets for seniors 62 and older.
The bet menu includes a $6 Pick, a pair of $1 Pick 4—races 2-5 and the last four—as well as Player’s Pick 5—a minimum bet of 50 cents at odds. The odds are 14%—on the first five races.
The Pick Six will have a standard split of 70-30, with 70% of the funds going to tickets with six winners and the remaining 30% going to tickets with five out of six.
There will be a handicap competition on December 17 and the Los Alamitos Racing Association will award cash prizes and a pair of berths to the Purebred Racing Association Paralympic Championship in 2023 in Las Vegas.
The cost to enter is $500. Of that amount, $100 will be included in the total prize pool of the contest, the remaining $400 will be transferred to a live money bet card.
Tournament races will include all cards at Los Alamitos. Allowed bets include win, place, show, exact, triples and daily doubles. Each entry must bet at least $50 on a minimum of five races that day, but there is no bet limit.
The player with the highest bankroll at the end of the day will be declared the winner and the second highest bankroll will be the runner-up.
The winner will receive 50% of the total prize. Remaining bonus: 20% (second); 15% (ranked third); 7.5%; (fourth place) and 7.5% (maximum bet amount).
This press release has been edited by BloodHorse Staff for content and style.
