From Los Alamitos Publicity
CYPRESS, Calif. Sept. 4, 2024) – The $75,000- guaranteed E.B. Johnston for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California is one of two stakes scheduled for the 2024 Los Alamitos September meet.
The one-mile race will be run Saturday, Sept. 14.
The six-day season will begin Friday, Sept. 13 and continue through Sunday, Sept. 22. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday (Sept. 13-15 and 20-22) both weeks. Post time will be 1 p.m.
The more lucrative of the stakes is the $125,000 Dark Mirage. The race at one mile for fillies and mares – 3-year-olds & up – will be offered Saturday, Sept. 21.
Grandstand admission is $3 and $2 for seniors 62 and older. Admission to Burgart’s and Vessels Club is $10. Tickets can also be purchased online at LosAlamitos.com.
Los Alamitos offers free general parking. Preferred parking is $5.
The wagering menu includes a pair of $1 Pick 4’s on races 2-5 and the final four races along with a $2 Pick Six as well as the Players’ Pick 5 – a 50-cent minimum bet with a reduced takeout rate of 14% rate – on the first five races.
The Pick Six will have the standard 70-30 split with 70% of the pool going to those tickets with six winners with the remaining 30% going to tickets with five of six winners.
The Los Alamitos Racing Association will seed the Pick Six with $10,000 Saturday, Saturday, Sept. 14 and Saturday, Sept. 21 provided there is no carryover.
There will also be a handicapping contest Saturday, September 21 and the LARA will offer a cash prize and a pair of berths in the 2025 National Thoroughbred Racing Association Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.
Cost to enter is $500. Of that amount, $100 will be placed in the contest prize pool with the remaining $400 going towards a live money wagering card.
Tournament races will include the entire card at Los Alamitos with permitted wagers including win, place, show, exactas, trifectas and daily double. Full contest information will be available here.
Entries for opening day of the September meet will be taken Tuesday, Sept. 10.