Los Alamitos announces stakes, wagering menu for Sept. meet
Two stakes worth a combined $175,000 highlight the 2025 September meet at Los Alamitos.
The six-day season will begin Sept. 12 and continue through Sept. 21. Racing will be conducted Friday through Sunday both weeks. First post time will be 4 p.m. EDT.
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The first of the stakes races is the $75,000 E.B. Johnston for 3-year-olds and up bred or sired in California. The one-mile race will be run Sept. 13.
One week later, on Sept. 20, fillies and mares aged 3 and up will contest the $100,000 Dark Mirage at one mile.
The wagering menu includes a pair of $1 Pick 4 wagers on races 2-5 and the final four races along with a $2 Pick 6. There is also the players’ Pick 5, with a 50-cent minimum bet and reduced takeout rate of 14%, on the first five races.
The Pick 6 will have the standard 70-30 split with 70% of the pool going to those tickets with six winners with the remaining 30% going to tickets with five of six winners.
There will also be a handicapping contest Sept. 20. The Los Alamitos Racing Association will offer a cash prize and a pair of berths in the 2026 National Horseplayers Championship in Las Vegas.
Cost to enter is $500. Of that amount, $100 will be placed in the contest prize pool with the remaining $400 going towards a live-money wagering card.
Tournament races will include the entire card at Los Alamitos with permitted wagers including win, place, show, exactas, trifectas and daily doubles. Each entry must bet at least $50 on a minimum of four races that day, but there is no wagering limit.
The player with the highest bankroll at the end of the day will be declared the winner and the player with the second highest bankroll will be the runner-up.
The winner will receive 50% of the prize pool. 20% will be paid to the second-place finisher, 15% to third place, 7.5% to fourth and 7.5% to the player who wagered the most money during the course of the tournament.
Entries for opening day of the September meet will be taken Sept. 9.