As the only horse in the December 13 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) field with graded stakes experience, Litmus test performed exactly as expected. His victory by 1 1/4 lengths was also not surprising, as his trainer, Bob Baffert, had already won the Futurity fourteen times – six of them at the race’s original home of […]
Once upon a time (oh no, there it goes again) there was a race called the Hollywood Futurity. As the name suggests, it was intended as a glitzy foretaste of things to come – hopefully good things – designed for talented young thoroughbreds whose enthusiasm for hunting was still imaginative and fresh. Since the Futurity […]
Since the $200,000 Los Alamitos Futurity (G2) moved from Hollywood Park to its current home in Los Alamitos Race Trackthe 1 1/16-mile Road to the Kentucky Derby qualifier was unkind to pacers. That could come as a surprise, as the Los Alamitos Futurity usually draws a small field, which should be conducive to gate-to-wire winners. […]