Three stakes worth a combined $400,000 highlight the 2026 Los Angeles County Fair meet at Los Alamitos.
The nine-day season will begin Friday, June 19 and continue through Sunday, July 5. Racing will be conducted Friday-Sunday (June 19-21, June 26-28 and July 3-5) all three weeks. Post time will be 1 p.m.
The richest of the stakes races is the Grade II, $200,000-guaranteed Great Lady M. Stakes. The contest at 6 1/2 furlongs for fillies and mares - 3-year-olds & up - will be offered Saturday, July 4.
The initial stakes race of the season is the $100,000 Bertrando for 3-year-olds & up bred or sired in California. The one-mile race will be run Saturday, June 20.
The other stakes is the $100,000 Los Alamitos Derby for 3-year-olds at 1 1/8 miles. The Derby will be run Saturday, June 27.
Grandstand admission is $3 and $2 for seniors 62 and older. Admission to Burgart's and Vessels Club is $10. Tickets can also be purchased online at http://losalamitos.com/. Los Alamitos offers free general parking. Preferred parking is $5.
The wagering menu includes a pair of $1 Pick 4's on races 2-5 and the final four races along with a $2 Pick Six as well as the Players' Pick 5 - a 50-cent minimum bet with a reduced takeout rate of 14% rate - on the first five races.
The Pick Six will have the standard 70-30 split with 70% of the pool going to those tickets with six winners with the remaining 30% going to tickets with five of six winners.
There will also be a handicapping contest Saturday, June 27 and the Los Alamitos Racing Association will offer a cash prize and a pair of berths to the 2027 National Thoroughbred Racing Association Handicapping Championship in Las Vegas.
Cost to enter is $500. Of that amount, $100 will be placed in the contest prize pool with the remaining $400 going towards a live money wagering card.
Tournament races will include the entire card at Los Alamitos with permitted wagers including win, place, show, exactas, trifectas and daily doubles. Full contest information will be available at http://losalamitos.com/.
Entries for opening day of the LACF meet will be taken Tuesday, June 16.
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