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Los Alamitos Asks CHRB To Investigate Former Clerk Of Scales
Los Alamitos Race Course has asked the California Horse Racing Board to investigate the job performance of the track's former clerk of scales.

Los Alamitos Asks CHRB To Investigate Former Clerk Of Scales

CYPRESS, CA—JULY 21, 2017—According to an article published on PaulickReport.com Los Alamitos Race Course has asked the California Horse Racing Board to investigate the job performance of the Orange County, California, track's former clerk of scales.

Racetrack "clerk of scales" are responsible for reporting the correct weight of jockeys before and after a race. That weight is reported in the official results chart of the race and in a horse's past performances.

Los Alamitos Marketing Director Orlando Gutierrez, would not identify the former Orange County track's "clerk of scales" believed to be under investigation at the track's request.

Los Alamitos based jockeys Carlos M. Huerta and Armando Cervantes were taken off their mounts July 14 after stewards said “neither could come close to the seven-pound overweight” rule. Huerta and Cervantes were scheduled to ride horses that night at 124 pounds. Each was fined $100 by CHRB stewards.

Huerta had been meeting 126-pound weight assignments as recently as July 14. On July 8, when he rode three horses for Los Alamitos track owner Edward C. Allred and trainer Scott Willoughby, the official chart also listed Huerta at 126 pounds. He has not ridden since July 16.

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Courtesy PaulickReport.com.