10-Day Los Al Fall Meet Opens Sept. 10
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Los Alamitos Race Course's 10-day fall meet begins Thursday, Sept. 10,. and runs through Friday, Sept. 25.
A newly created Starter Showdown Series—with purses totaling $175,000—will be offered during the upcoming season. The series, which will be run Sept. 25, consists of five races-varying in distance from 5 1/2 furlongs to one mile, for horses eligible for $8,000, $16,000, and $25,000 starter allowance contests.
The richest of those races is the $45,000 Seal Beach Stakes for 3-year-olds and up going six furlongs.
There has been one adjustment to the stakes schedule, with the inaugural Contender Stakes, scheduled for Sept. 13, shortened from a mile to six furlongs and the purse is $75,000 rather than $100,000.
The Contender is one of three stakes during the meet for 2-year-olds, joining the $100,000 Barretts Debutante for fillies going 6 1/2 furlongs Sept. 19, and the $100,000 Barretts Juvenile at 6 1/2 furlongs Sept. 20.
Remaining stakes races on the calendar are the $75,000 E. B. Johnston Stakes at a mile for 3-year-olds and up, either bred or sired in California, Sept. 12, and the $75,000 Beverly J. Lewis for 3-year-old fillies at 6 1/2 furlongs. The Lewis is the main event on opening day, Sept. 10.
Racing will be conducted on a Thursday-Sunday basis the first two weeks before concluding with action Thursday, Sept. 24 and Friday, Sept. 25. First post time is 2 p.m. PDT
Track gates, including the clubhouse and Vessels Club, will open at 9:30 a.m.