Los Al Winter Stakes Schedule Announced

Dortmund, with Martin Garcia up, wins the G1 Santa Anita Derby for trainer Bob Baffert, Santa Anita Park, CA 4.4.2015.

Four stakes for 2-year-olds–including a pair of Grade I races– highlight the upcoming Winter meet at Los Alamitos. The 12-day season will begin Thursday, Dec. 3 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 20. Scheduled for 1 1/16 miles, the $350,000 Los Alamitos Futurity is the richest event of the three-week meet. The Futurity, which will be contested Saturday, Dec. 19, was won a year ago by Dortmund (Big Brown). One week before the Futurity, 2-year-old fillies will compete in the $300,000 Starlet. Champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway), the upset winner of the 2014 GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies, clinched the Eclipse Award with a win in last year’s Starlet. Click here for the compelte stakes schedule.