For the sixth time since December Thoroughbred racing on the Southern California circuit has been staged at Los Alamitos Race Course in Orange County, juveniles trained by Bob Baffert swept the winter meet's featured events–the GII Starlet Stakes and GII Los Alamitos Futurity Stakes.
One week after Juddmonte homebred Consequent (Into Mischief) took out the fillies' event, earning 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks, favored Litmus Test (Nyquist) followed suit in the Dec. 14 Futurity and picked up 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby.
Baffert's first sweep came in 2017 courtesy of Dream Tree and McKinzie.
Despite those successes, Baffert was forced to settle for second in the trainer's standings, as Doug O'Neill sent out six winners to Baffert's four. With a closing-day double, Kazushi Kimura created a three-way tie for leading jockey with Armando Ayuso and Juan Hernandez. Each rode six winners.
Daytime Thoroughbred racing returns to Los Alamitos in 2026 with the LA County Fair Meet scheduled to begin June 19 and run through July 5.
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