From Los Alamitos Publicity
CYPRESS, Calif. (June 15, 2024) —The Chosen Vron, one of the most accomplished California breds in history, is among 11 nominees to the $100,000-guaranteed Bertrando Stakes.
The one-mile race for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in the state will be run Saturday, June 22, opening day of the Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos. The eight-day LACF season will continue through Sunday, July 7.
Owned by Sondereker Racing LLC, Richard Thornburgh, Eric Fetkin and trainer J. Eric Kruljac, the 6-year-old Vronsky gelding has won 18 of 23 and banked $1,419,678. He has won 13 of his last 14 with the lone defeat coming when he was fifth in the Grade I Breeders’ Cup Sprint last Nov. 4.
Out of the Tiz Wonderful mare Tiz Molly, The Chosen Vron is 1-for-1 at Los Alamitos, having won the E.B. Johnston Stakes – at the Bertrando distance – Sept. 17, 2022.
Owner-breeder Nick Alexander and trainer Steve Miyadi, who teamed to win the Bertrando with Desmond Doss in 2021 and 2022, nominated Lovesick Blues and Tom Horn.
Both Lovesick Blues, a 6-year-old gelded son of Grazen, and Tom Horn, a 4-year-old colt by the same sire, are proven over the Los Alamitos surface.
Lovesick Blues has a win in five starts and has never been worse than third locally while Tom Horn easily broke his maiden against $50,000 claimers during the 2023 LACF meet.
The other nominees, in alphabetical order, are Barely Funtional, Coalinga Road, Dick Best, Disko Tribute, Dont Fight the Fed, Man O Rose, Red Cross Knight and Spiritual Advisor.
Entries for the Bertrando and the rest of the opening day card will be taken Tuesday, June 18.