From Los Alamitos Publicity
CYPRESS, Calif. (June 11, 2024) – Three stakes worth a combined $400,000 highlight the 2024 Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos.
The eight-day season will begin Saturday, June 22 and continue through Sunday, July 7. Racing will be conducted Saturday-Sunday (June 22-23 and 29-30) the first two weeks and Thursday-Sunday (July 4-7). the final week. Post time will be 1 p.m.
The initial stakes of the season is the $100,000 Bertrando for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California. The one-mile race will be run Saturday, June 22.
The richest of the stakes races is the Grade II, $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M. Stakes. The race at 6 ½ furlongs for fillies and mares – 3-year-olds & up – will be offered Saturday, July 6.
The other stakes event is the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. The Derby will be run Saturday, June 29.
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 http://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, June 29 and Saturday, July 6 provided there is no carryover.
There will also be a handicapping contest Saturday, July 6 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 at http://losalamitos.com/.
Entries for opening day of the LACF meet will be taken Tuesday, June 18.