New Meet, New Dates, New Track.

Expansion at Los Alamitos Race Course

The 2013-2014 Quarter Horse & Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos begins tonight with an 8-race program that features runners such as Sparky E Boy and Chivalry Sr in the fourth race.

In addition to the traditional meet, Los Al will feature five weeks of top level Thoroughbred racing in 2014. The race track is going through the expansion project and is expected to be completed by late January. The five weeks will be divided into two meets, one in July (two weeks) and one in December (three weeks).

Time to begin the new meet on a winning note, let's take a look at tonight's card.

Selections:

Race 1:  4-1-2
Race 2:  7-3-5
Race 3:  3-4-2
Race 4:  3-7-4
Race 5:  1-5-6
Race 6:  3-5-2
Race 7:  1-6-5
Race 8:  3-5-2

Plays:

Race 1 - $10 Pick Four:  4 / 7 / 3 / 3,7 = $20

Race 5 - $1  Pick Four:  1,3,5,6 / 3 / 1 / All = $20

Good Luck!

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Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity

The view from the Vessels Club at Los Alamitos

Last night we saw a spectacular performance by Last To Fire when winning the GI $750,000 Champion of Champions in dominating fashion over a spectacular field of older quarter horses. That performance might have locked in the award for 2013 World Champion Quarter Horse.

Tonight the spotlight will shift over to the ten 2-year-olds that will compete in the running of the Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity. Trainer Trey Wood qualified the top three fastest qualifiers and trainer Jose De La Torre (won the Champion of Champions last night, and won the Los Al Two Million last year) qualified a total of four runners for tonight's big race. It's a competitive field from top to bottom.

The folks AQHA invited me to post my analysis for the Los Al Two Million on their tip sheet. You can find my analysis along with Jen Perkins' here: http://www.aqha.com/Racing/Content-Pages/Racing-and-Wagering/Q-Racing-Aces-and-Handicapping-Information.aspx#.UqvDbWRDssx

In addition to the Los Al Two Million, some of the runners that did not qualify for the rich final, will run in the Los Al Invitation which goes as race 4 on the card. Great way to end the early pick four.

Let's tackle tonight's card.

Selections:

Race 1:  4-2-3
Race 2:  3-5-6
Race 3:  1-2-3
Race 4:  4-8-7
Race 5:  2-1-5
Race 6:  5-6-1
Race 7:  6-1-2
Race 8:  5-6-2
Race 9:  5-10-3-2

Race 1 - $1 Pick Four: 2,4 / 3 / 1,2 / All = $40

Race 2 - $1 Pick Four: All / 6 / 2,3,5,6 / 5,10 = $48

Good Luck!

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Biggest Weekend of the Year

 Trophies:
Champion of Champions (Left)
Los Al Two Million Futurity (Right)

A big weekend of racing at Los Alamitos Race Course is upon us. The running of the GI $750,000 Champion of Champions, featuring the sports' leading earner Ochoa, takes place tomorrow night and the GI Los Alamitos $2 Million Futurity will be run on Sunday night.

I will be providing my entire-card selections all weekend long here on my blog and also on twitter. In addition, the folks at AQHA invited me to be a guest handicapper on their tip-sheet for the Los Al Two Million Futurity. My analysis and selections are up. Check out the Dec 14-15 sheet: http://www.aqha.com/Racing/Content-Pages/Racing-and-Wagering/Q-Racing-Aces-and-Handicapping-Information.aspx#.UqvDbWRDssx


Before we get into the big Saturday and Sunday, let's tackle tonight's 9-race card:

Selections:

Race 1:  4-1-5
Race 2:  2-3-4
Race 3:  6-4-3
Race 4:  4-7-1
Race 5:  3-5-6
Race 6:  1-3-5
Race 7:  3-4-1
Race 8:  4-5-1
Race 9:  3-5-4

Plays:

Race 1 - $1 Pick Four: 1,2,4,5 / 2,3 / 6 / 4,7 = $16 (corrected play on 4th leg, used 7, not 6)

Race 6 - $1 Pick Four: 1,3 / 3,4 / 1,4,5,6 / 3 = $16

Good Luck!


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