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Fridays To Now Feature An Earlier 5 PM Post Time; Big Weekend On Tap at Los Alamitos
Graded Los Alamitos Winter Derby and Brad McKinzie Los Alamitos Winter Championship trials will head Saturday and Sunday cards at Los Alamitos Race Course.

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Fridays To Now Feature An Earlier 5 PM Post Time; Big Weekend On Tap at Los Alamitos

LOS ALAMITOS, CA—JANUARY 13, 2020—Los Alamitos Race Course will feature a new earlier post time on Fridays effective immediately. First post on Friday, January 17 will be at 5 p.m.

The first race on Fridays will now be held approximately 30 minutes after the final daytime California Thoroughbred race. The Early Pick Four will get started with the opening race of the card at 5 p.m. The Late Pick Four sequence will consist of the final four races on the card.

Los Alamitos kicked off its 70th year of live racing at the Cypress oval with an earlier Friday post time on December 26. The results were positive, as it resulted in the highest handle for a Friday card this season. As usual, TVG will provide live coverage of the entire Los Alamitos racing program.

Big Stakes Weekend In Store At Los Alamitos

It’s also a big weekend of racing at Los Alamitos, as Saturday’s card will feature trials to the Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby and Sunday’s card will feature trials to the Grade 1 Brad McKinzie Los Alamitos Winter Championship. Here’s a list of possible starters for this weekend’s trials:

LOS ALAMITOS WINTER DERBY TRIALS
POSSIBLE NOTABLE STARTERS

Grade 1 – 400 Yards – Final to be held on Saturday, February 8

  • Cartel Jess Rockin – Winner of Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity
  • Circle City – 2nd in Grade 1 Golden State Million Futurity
  • Javelina Cantina – Finalist Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity
  • Jess Tellin Tales – Winner 2019 Rocky Mountain Spring Classic Futurity and three time-winner at Los Alamitos
  • JR Prissys Blood – Corona Chick Handicap winner
  • Just Be Real – Autumn Handicap winner
  • Mental Error – 2nd in Grade 2 Robert Adair Kindergarten Futurity and finalist to both Ed Burke Million Futurity and PCQHRA Breeders Futurity
  • Old School Icon – 2nd in Corona Chick Handicap
  • Runforyourlife – winner of Grade 1 Golden State Million Futurity, 2nd in Governor’s Cup Futurity and finalist to Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity
  • Sass Go Blue – winner of Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity
  • Sacred Nation – 2nd in Grade 2 Hobbs America Futurity and finalist to Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity
  • Tell Cartel – 2nd in Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity
  • Up And Coming – Finalist to Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity and Grade 2 PCQHRA Breeders Futurity

BRAD McKINZIE LOS ALAMITOS WINTER CHAMPIONSHIP TRIAL
POSSIBLE STARTERS

Grade 1 – 400 Yards – Final to be held on Sunday, February 9

  • Bail Czech – 2019 Vandy’s Flash Handicap winner
  • Bos Times Machine – 2019 Sgt Pepper Feature Handicap winner
  • Call Me Cole – 3rd in 2017 Grade 1 Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity
  • Corona Jumpin MRL – 2018 South American Champion
  • Eagles Fly Higher – 2nd in 2018 Grade 1 Texas Classic Futurity
  • Favorite Motion – 3rd in 2019 Grade 2 Golden State Derby and 4th in 2018 Grade 1 Golden State Million Futurity
  • He Looks Hot – 2019 Grade 1 Champion of Champions winner
  • Hotstepper – 2018 AQHA champion 3-year-old and 3rd in 2019 Champion of Champions
  • Jess Macho Corona – 2nd in 2019 Grade 1 All American Derby
  • Jess My Kiss – 2018 Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby winner and 3rd in 2019 Grade 1 Bank of America Challenge Championship winner
  • Katies Easy Moves – 2019 Grade 1 Vessels Maturity winner
  • Powerful Favorite – 2019 Grade 1 Los Alamitos Winter Derby winner, Grade 3 El Primero Del Ano Derby winner, Governor’s Cup Derby winner and 2nd in Grade 1 Los Alamitos Super Derby
  • Twisted Sifter – 2018 Sgt Pepper Feature Handicap winner

Entries will be drawn on Wednesday for Saturday and on Thursday for Sunday.

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Courtesy of www.losalamitos.com.