Los Alamitos picks today focus on pace advantage, class positioning, projected performance, and wagering value across the June 21 card. Several races feature favorable speed profiles, while others offer attractive opportunities to oppose vulnerable public choices and uncover overlays. The strongest betting opportunities come where pace flow, current form, and class relief align to create […]
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The June 20 card at Los Alamitos offers a mix of lightly raced juveniles, vulnerable favorites, pace-driven dirt sprints, and several races where wagering value appears stronger than raw predictability. As always, the focus is on projected performance under today’s conditions, pace flow, race shape, class translation, and identifying where the betting edge exists rather […]
The June 19 Los Alamitos card offers a mix of straightforward favorites, several class-droppers landing in ideal spots, and a handful of races where pace flow creates legitimate wagering opportunities. Using Today’s Racing Digest methodology, the focus is on projected performance under today’s conditions, race structure, class translation, and betting value rather than simply selecting […]
By Jarrod Horak This handicapping article and video features analysis of the $100,000 King Glorious Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course using Today’s Racing Digest past performances. King Glorious field: 1 – Mo Holland Drive (8-1), 2 – Smoovin Saturday (5-1), 3 – Can’t Help Myself (2-1), 4 – Fionello (6-1), 5 – Tommy Norris […]
I don’t know if it was the soft turf course or the addition of blinkers, but this son of American Pharoah really woke up in a huge way on Sunday in a maiden special weight event at six and a half on the turf for older runners. Off at 12/1 in a field of 10 […]
Two year old filly for Eric Kruljac made her debut in Friday’s opener, a 5/8 turf sprint for maiden special weights. Off at 25/1 in a 9 horse field, she broke OK under Ricky Gonzalez and relaxed nicely on the fence down the back side, five lengths from the leaders. The jock kept her on […]
By Jarrod Horak. The Los Alamitos Futurity is a Kentucky Derby 2026 points race and it runs as Race 8 at Los Alamitos Race Course on Saturday, December 13, 2025. It’s a Grade 2 for two-year-olds, $200,000 purse, one mile and a sixteenth on the main track, with a scheduled 7:00 p.m. Eastern post time. The […]
By Jarrod Horak In this horse racing handicapping video, I analyze the Grade 2, $200,000 Starlet Stakes at Los Alamitos Race Course using Today’s Racing Digest past performances. Starlet field: 1 – Himika (5-2), 2 – Cashed (8-1), 3 – Consequent (3-1), 4 – Cosmic Heat (8-1), 5 – Jewlz (20-1), 6 – Nimah (6-5). […]
By Jarrod Horak The 2023 Los Alamitos Derby at 1 1/8 miles on July 8 looks like a match race on paper between Grade 3 Sham hero Reincarnate and Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby show finisher Skinner. The former has the tactical edge and the latter has the most upside. Last week, I covered […]