Trio of Stakes On Tap For L.A. County Fair Meeting

Wednesday, April 23, 2025 | 11:37 am

Wynstock and jockey Kyle Frey, right, outleg Cornell (Edwin Maldonado), left, to win the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby, Saturday, June 29, 2024 at Los Alamitos Race Course, Cypress CA. © BENOIT PHOTO

Three stakes races worth a combined $400,000 will be staged during the Los Angeles County Fair meeting at Los Alamitos Racecourse. Nine days of live racing are scheduled from Friday, June 20 through Sunday, July 6 on a Friday-Sunday schedule.

The most valuable of the three stakes is the GII Great Lady M. Stakes, which carries purse money of $200,000. The 6 1/2-furlong test for fillies and mares is set to be run Saturday, July 5.

The $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby is scheduled for Saturday, June 28. Trainer Bob Baffert has won the race eight years in a row and nine times since the contest–run as the Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park–was moved to the Orange County oval in 2014.

The other stakes on the calendar is the $100,000 Bertrando Stakes for California-bred 3-year-olds and up to be run over a mile on Saturday, June 21.