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Los Alamitos Futurity Stakes Race Facts
- Location: Los Alamitos – Los Alamitos, CA
- Inaugural Race: 1981 (at Hollywood Park)
- Distance: 1 1/16 miles (8.5 furlongs)
- Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Two-year-olds
- 2022 Purse: $200,000
- 2022 Race Date: Saturday, December 17th
The Los Alamitos Futurity is the sole Road to the Kentucky Derby prep-race for Los Alamitos racetrack. The 10-4-3-2-1 point allotment will help contenders at the California track to grow hopes of a start on the First Saturday in May during the December contest.
2022 Los Alamitos Futurity Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY / TRAINER | WIN / PLACE |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Practical Move | Ramon A. Vazquez / Tim Yakteen | $23.20 / $11.80 |
| 2 | Carmel Road | Juan J. Hernandez / Bob Baffert | $9.00 |
| 3 | Fort Bragg | Flavien Prat / Bob Baffert | |
| 1 | Tall Boy | Umberto Rispoli / Leandro Mora | |
| 5 | Arabian Lion | John R. Velazquez / Bob Baffert |
Exotic Payouts:
- $1 Exacta (4-2) Paid: $61.40
- $1 Trifecta (4-2-3) Paid: $208.40
Watch the 2022 Los Alamitos Futurity
The History of the Los Alamitos Futurity
The Los Alamitos Futurity is a 1 1/16 mile Grade II race (8.5 furlongs) for 2-year-olds run annually in December. Beginning in 2014 it has been run at Los Alamitos Race Course in California following the closure of Hollywood Park. The race originated in 1981 and the current purse is $200,000.
The Los Alamitos Futurity is part of the ‘Road to the Kentucky Derby’, and the race awards Derby qualifying points to the top-5 finishers (10-4-3-2-1).
Six Futurity starters have gone on to win the Kentucky Derby: Gato Del Sol (1982), Ferdinand (1986), Alysheba (1987), Thunder Gulch (1995), Real Quiet (1998), and Giacomo (2005). Preakness winners include Snow Chief (1986), Real Quiet (1998) and Lookin at Lucky (2010), and Belmont Stakes winner A.P. Indy (1992). Point Given (2001) won the Preakness and Belmont after winning the Futurity as well.
The fastest time in the 1 1/16 mile Futurity is 1:40.74 by Afternoon Deelites (1994) with Kent Desormeaux aboard. The year before in 1993, Laffit Pincay, Jr. rode Valiant Nature to victory in 1:40.78.
Trainer Bob Baffert has been an absolutely dominant fixture in the Futurity, winning the race a record 13 times including seven in a row from 2014 to 2020. Jockey’s Alex Solis and Laffit Pincay, Jr. won the race a record 4 times each.
It’s a race that can also decide the Eclipse Award for Champion 2-Year-Old Male. The eight Eclipse Award winners since 1984 that didn’t take out the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile included three winners of this race: Declan’s Moon (2004), Lookin At Lucky (2009), and Shared Belief (2013). Other notable winners of the race include Best Pal, Captain Steve, Brother Derek, and Pioneerof The Nile.
All-Time Results for Los Alamitos Futurity
| Year | Winner | Jockey / Trainer | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Practical Move | Ramon A. Vazquez / Tim Yakteen | 1:41.6 |
| 2021 | Slow Down Andy | Mario Gutierrez / Doug F. O'Neill | 01:42.3 |
| 2020 | Spielberg | Flavien Prat / Bob Baffert | 01:43.6 |
| 2019 | Thousand Words | Flavien Prat / Bob Baffert | 01:43.2 |
| 2018 | Improbable | Drayden Van Dyke / Bob Baffert | 01:41.2 |
| 2017 | McKinzie | Mike E. Smith / Bob Baffert | 01:42.6 |
| 2016 | Mastery | Mike E. Smith / Bob Baffert | 01:41.6 |
| 2015 | Mor Spirit | Gary Stevens / Bob Baffert | 01:43.5 |
| 2014 | Dortmund | Martin Garcia / Bob Baffert | 01:40.9 |
| 2013 | Shared Belief | Corey Nakatani / Jerry Hollendorfer | 01:42.2 |
| 2012 | Violence | Javier Castellano / Todd Pletcher | 01:43.5 |
| 2011 | Liaison | Rafael Bejarano / Bob Baffert | 01:42.9 |
| 2010 | Comma to the Top | Corey Nakatani / Peter Miller | 01:44.7 |
| 2009 | Lookin at Lucky | Garrett Gomez / Bob Baffert | 01:43.3 |
| 2008 | Pioneerof the Nile | Garrett Gomez / Bob Baffert | 01:42.0 |
| 2007 | Into Mischief | Victor Espinoza / Richard Mandella | 01:40.8 |
| 2006 | Stormello | Kent Desormeaux / William L. Currin | 01:42.2 |
| 2005 | Brother Derek | Alex Solis / Dan Hendricks | 01:42.0 |
| 2004 | Declan's Moon | Victor Espinoza / Ronald W. Ellis | 01:41.6 |
| 2003 | Lion Heart | Mike E. Smith / Patrick Biancone | 01:42.8 |
| 2002 | Toccet | Jorge Chavez / John F. Scanlan | 01:41.3 |
| 2001 | Siphonic | Jerry D. Bailey / David Hofmans | 01:42.1 |
| 2000 | Point Given | Gary Stevens / Bob Baffert | 01:42.2 |
| 1999 | Captain Steve | Robby Albarado / Bob Baffert | 01:43.3 |
| 1998 | Tactical Cat | Laffit Pincay Jr. / D. Wayne Lukas | 01:42.6 |
| 1997 | Real Quiet | Kent Desormeaux / Bob Baffert | 01:41.3 |
| 1996 | Swiss Yodeler | Alex Solis / Mike Harrington | 01:42.7 |
| 1995 | Matty G | Alex Solis / Ron McAnally | 01:41.7 |
| 1994 | Afternoon Deelites | Kent Desormeaux / Richard Mandella | 01:40.7 |
| 1993 | Valiant Nature | Laffit Pincay Jr. / Ron McAnally | 01:40.8 |
| 1992 | River Special | Laffit Pincay Jr. / Robert B. Hess Jr. | 01:43.3 |
| 1991 | A.P. Indy | Ed Delahoussaye / Neil D. Drysdale | 01:42.9 |
| 1990 | Best Pal | Jose A. Santos / Gary F. Jones | 01:35.4 |
| 1989 | Grand Canyon | Angel Cordero Jr. / D. Wayne Lukas | 01:33.0 |
| 1988 | King Glorious | Chris McCarron / Jerry Hollendorfer | 01:35.6 |
| 1987 | Tejano | Laffit Pincay Jr. / D. Wayne Lukas | 01:34.6 |
| 1986 | Temperate Sil | Bill Shoemaker / Charles Whittingham | 01:36.1 |
| 1985 | Snow Chief | Alex Solis / Melvin F. Stute | 01:34.2 |
| 1984 | Stephans Odyssey | Eddie Maple / Woody Stephens | 01:43.4 |
| 1983 | Fali Time | Sandy Hawley / Gary F. Jones | 01:41.6 |
| 1982 | Roving Boy | Ed Delahoussaye / Joseph Manzi | 01:41.8 |
| 1981 | Stalwart | Chris McCarron / D. Wayne Lukas | 01:47.8 |