From Los Alamitos Publicity
CYPRESS, Calif. —Three stakes – including the $100,000-guaranteed Bertrando for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California — highlight the Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos.
The nine-day season is scheduled to begin Friday, June 23 and continue through Sunday, July 9.
Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday opening week (June 23-25), Saturday-Tuesday (July 1-4) the middle week and Saturday-Sunday (July 8-9) the final weekend. Post time will be 1 p.m.
The richest event is the Grade II, $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M. Stakes for fillies & mares at 6 ½ furlongs. Captured by Nick Alexander’s Cal-bred Becca Taylor in 2022, the Great Lady M. will be offered Tuesday, July 4.
Besides Becca Taylor, the seven other winners of the Great Lady M. at Los Alamitos are Doinghardtimeagain (2014), Fantastic Style (2015), Eclipse Award winner Finest City (2016), Skye Diamonds (2017), Marley’s Freedom (2018-2019), Sneaking Out (2020) and Gamine (2021).
The $125,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Derby, which was won a year ago by High Connection, providing Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert with his sixth consecutive victory in the race, will be run Saturday, July 8.
Before High Connection, the Derby was won by Shared Belief (2014), Gimme Da Lute (2015), Accelerate (2016), eventual 3-year-old champion West Coast (2017), Once On Whiskey (2018), Game Winner (2019), Uncle Chuck (2020) and Classier (2021).
The other stake on the schedule is the one-mile Bertrando, which honors the champion older male of 1993 and top California stallion – which will be run Saturday, June 24.