Los Alamitos cuts backs on their live racing schedules
Two California racetracks have announced cutbacks in their live racing schedules effective the week of Jan. 25.
Los Alamitos, which offers Quarter Horse, Thoroughbred, and Arabian racing, said in a release it is dropping Thursday night racing “temporarily” through April, when 2-year-old racing begins. Racing will be held on a Friday-Saturday schedule for at least the next two months.
horse racing “has fallen victim to a national trend” evident around the country.
“With the cancellation of Thursdays by Los Alamitos, our current (purse) overpayment, and the concern of fewer available racehorses which lowers our per race average field size, we regrettably had to reduce the weekly schedule earlier than anticipated,” Cal Expo director of racing Dave Elliott said in a statement. “We remain hopeful that our field size average and hence the interest and handle in our program will turn around during these difficult economic times.”
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