LOS ALAMITOS, CA—APRIL 5, 2019—A full field of 10 sophomores will be in action in the $20,000 James Smith Memorial Handicap, a 350-yard dash named in memory of this track's general manager in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

The field will be headed by the multiple stakes winning filly Striver, who has been a dream come true for owner Juan Carlos Chavez. He purchased the Foose filly for $17,000 at the Los Alamitos Equine Sale in October of 2017. Striver has since become a multiple stakes winner and was the runner-up in the prestigious Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity held last year.

"She's truly been a dream that has become a reality," said Chavez, who is the assistant of trainer Scott Willoughby. "Striver has helped me out a lot and the dream continues in 2019 because she helped me buy another horse last year."

Singles Cruise, who raced in the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby, Callender, who finished third in the Dreaming Sweet, and Cavuto, the runner-up in the $100,000 Los Alamitos Maiden Stakes, are among the other top contenders in the James Smith.

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Courtesy of www.losalamitos.com.