CashCall Futurity, Starlet highlight 2018 winter meet at Los Alamitos

Four stakes for 2-year-olds – including a pair of Grade 1 races – highlight the upcoming Winter Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos.

The eight-day season will begin Thursday, Dec. 6, and continue through Sunday, Dec. 16.

The $300,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos CashCall Futurity and the $300,000-guaranteed Starlet – for fillies – will be renewed on Saturday, Dec. 8. Won a year ago via disqualification by the Bob Baffert-trained McKinzie, the Futurity – like the Starlet – will be contested at 1 1/16 miles.

Among the nominees to the Futurity, are double Grade 1 winner Game Winner; King of Speed, a two-time stakes winner on turf for trainer Jeff Bonde; and first out Los Alamitos winner Mucho Gusto.

Nominees for the Starlet, which was won a year ago by the Baffert-trained Dream Tree, include Del Mar Debutante and Chandelier winner Bellafina; Chasing Yesterday, who won the Anoakia Stakes Oct. 14; and Barretts Debutante heroine Kim K.

The other two stakes will be run at one mile and are ungraded. The $100,000 Soviet Problem – for fillies - will be offered Saturday, Dec. 15 while the $100,000 King Glorious will be run Sunday, Dec. 16. Both are for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California.