From Los Alamitos Publicity
CYPRESS, Calif. (Sept. 27, 2021) — Two stakes restricted to Golden State Series-eligible 2-year-olds are included in the schedule for the upcoming Winter Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos.
The season is scheduled to begin Friday, Dec. 3 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 12.
The $100,000 Soviet Problem – for fillies – will be offered Saturday, Dec. 11 while the $100,000 King Glorious will be run Sunday, Dec. 12. Both are for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California and will be run at one mile.
Also for 2-year-olds, the schedule includes the $300,000-guaranteed Starlet, a Grade I for 2-year-old fillies, renewed for the eighth time at Los Alamitos Saturday, Dec. 4, one week before the $200,000 Grade II Los Alamitos Futurity. Won a year ago by the Bob Baffert-trained Varda, the Starlet – like the Futurity – will be contested at 1 1/16 miles.
Among the nominees to the Starlet are impressive Del Mar Debutante winner Grace Adler, Dance to the Music, Elm Drive and Eda.
Nominees for the Futurity, which was won a year ago by Spielberg, giving Baffert his seventh consecutive win in the race, include Del Mar Futurity winner Pinehurst, Enbarr, winner of the local Capote Stakes, Pappacap and Rhetoric.
Completing the stakes schedule is the Grade III, $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes for fillies & mares (3-year-olds & up) at 1 1/16 miles. The Bayakoa will be run Sunday, Dec. 5.