Los Alamitos analysis: $10,860 Pick 6 carryover, $50 tournament
Kings River Knight wins the E.B. Johnson S. at Los Alamitos. (Photo by Benoit Photo)
June 21st, 2025
The Los Alamitos Thoroughbred meet kicked off on Friday. No one solved the $2 Pick 6 on opening day, which means Saturday’s card features a $10,860 Pick 6 carryover.
The carryover isn’t the only reason to play the second day of the Los Alamitos meet. There’s also the $50 Los Alamitos TB Challenge tournament on TwinSpires.com. Bet your $35 bankroll across at least five races at Los Alamitos to climb the leaderboard and compete for cash prizes in a $500 seeded prize pool. If there are 25 entries, the winner will receive $656.25 and the runner-up $218.75.
🎩 🏆 ROYAL ASCOT TOURNAMENT SERIES 🏆 🎩
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The Royal @Ascot Tournament Series concludes tomorrow morning with a $500 live bankroll cash tournament!
Every 60 entries will trigger a seat to the $3,000 Stephen Foster Betting Challenge and the rest will be cash prizes!
Race To… pic.twitter.com/w5K0byh4Yi
The Pick 6 gets underway in Race 4 (post time 5:36 p.m. ET), and the feature event on the card is Race 8, the $100,000 Bertrando S. for California-breds who are eligible for the Golden State Series. The one-mile dirt race has drawn seven entries, and #7 Kings River Knight (2-5) is an overwhelming favorite on the morning line.
Kings River Knight is a win machine who has prevailed in eight of his last 10 starts, including seven stakes for California-breds. Many of his victories have come on turf, but the seven-year-old gelding also boasts a 3-2-1-0 tally on dirt. That includes a 2-for-2 record at Los Alamitos, where he won the 2023 Bertrando S. and 2023 E.B. Johnson S. racing one mile.
The 10th running of the $100,000 Bertrando goes to the Acclamation gelding Kings River Knight with Juan Hernandez up. pic.twitter.com/5Nigif76d9
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Can anyone upend Kings River Knight? It looks unlikely. He exits a decisive gate-to-wire win in the Crystal Water S. at Santa Anita and brings a strong streak of Brisnet Speed ratings (mostly in the 91-99 range) into the Bertrando. None of his rivals have posted a number higher than 90 in their last three starts apiece.
If you’re betting the Pick 6, we suggest singling Kings River Knight at a short price. If you’re playing the $50 Los Alamitos TB Challenge, considering keying Kings River Knight on top of a cold exacta using #6 Mr. Disrespectful (4-1) for second place. Mr. Disrespectful has won two of his last three starts, including a $50,000 starter optional claimer racing one mile over the Santa Anita dirt, and with his early speed he has every chance to work out a clean trip and stay on for second place.
- Race 8: $10 Exacta: 7 with 6
Good luck!
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