Futurity, Starlet top Los Alamitos winter stakes schedule

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

The six-day season is scheduled to begin Friday, Dec. 9, and continue through Sunday, Dec. 18. Post time will be 3:30 p.m. EST, with racing conducted Friday through Sunday (Dec. 9-11 and Dec. 16-18) both weeks.

The $300,000-guaranteed Starlet, a Grade 1 for 2-year-old fillies, will be renewed for the ninth time at Los Alamitos on Dec. 10, one week before the Grade 2, $200,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Futurity. The Starlet and the Futurity will be run at 1 1/16 miles.

Nominees to the Starlet include And Tell Me Nolies, winner of the Del Mar Debutante (G1) and Chandelier (G2); Home Cooking, runner-up in the Del Mar Debutante; and Los Alamitos maiden winner Carla. Los Alamitos Futurity nominees include two-time Grade 1 winner Cave Rock, Gandolfini and Capote Stakes winner Hard to Figure.

The other two stakes for juveniles will be run at one mile and are ungraded. The $100,000 Soviet Problem, for fillies, will be offered on Dec. 11 while the $100,000 King Glorious will be run on Dec. 18. Both are for horses bred or sired in California.