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For the sixth time in the first seven days of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos, there will be a Pick Six carryover when racing resumes Thursday. The carryover will be a hefty $145,797 as no tickets were able to isolate six winners for the fourth consecutive racing day. Three upsets in a row by Next Flight ($26.80) in the sixth, Synthesis ($24.40) and Loud Loud Music ($19.80) in the eighth triggered another carryover. The Pick Six will begin in Thursday’s fourth race. Post time is 12:30 p.m. and scheduled post time for the fourth is 1:58 p.m. The pool coul...

Sponsored by: Jockey Abel Cedillo A day after being unseated in a freak mishap, jockey Abel Cedillo won three times Friday at Los Alamitos in Cypress, Calif. Released from Long Beach Memorial Hospital late Thursday afternoon after an MRI and X-rays showed no injury after he was dumped when Governance, his third race mount, apparently jumped a shadow midway around the far turn in the one-mile contest, Cedillo moved into a tie for the top spot in the rider standings with his hat trick. The last of Cedillo's Friday wins – and his sixth through the first five days of the Los Angeles ...

Full fields have led to some large exotic payoffs through the first four days of the Los Angeles County Fair Winter meet at Los Alamitos. Buoyed by the influx of horses from Northern California due to the current stoppage of racing at Golden Gate Fields, the average field size for the first 34 races of the meet is nine starters per contest. Through Dec. 10, the average payoff for the Players’ Pick 5 – which has a 14% takeout rate and is a 50-cent minimum bet – is $15,120. The highest return came Thursday when it paid $54,431. The record Players’ Pick 5 payoff since daytime thoroughbre...

Winless in his six previous starts in 2020, Self Taught rallied along the rail to post a 12-1 surprise in the $27,000 feature Thursday at Los Alamitos. Trained by Steve Knapp for owners Michael Macy and Scott Plumer, the 3-year-old Shanghai Bobby gelding collared 5-1 shot Italiano in the closing strides to win by a neck in the starter allowance contest that attracted five others. Out of the Medaglia d’Oro mare Homeschooling, Self Taught completed the six furlongs in 1:09.81 and won for the third time in 11 starts. The victory was his first since he defeated optional claimers Nov. 9, 2019 at...

A gate-to-wire winner of the Pike Place Dancer Oct. 31 over the turf at Golden Gate Fields, I’m So Anna returns to the scene of her maiden victory in the $100,000 Soviet Problem Stakes Saturday at Los Alamitos. Restricted to 2-year-old fillies bred or sired in California, the Soviet Problem attracted 11 entrants, but only 10 will be allowed to start. The also eligible is Eddie’s New Dream. The race, which is part of the Golden State Series, is the eighth of nine Saturday. Post time is 12:30 p.m. Scheduled post time for the one-mile Soviet Problem is 3:58 p.m. Owned by breeder KMN Racing L...