September, 2023 | Horse Racing Free Tips

Futurity, Starlet Top Los Alamitos Winter Stakes Schedule

Four stakes for 2-year-olds – including a pair of graded races – highlight the upcoming Winter Thoroughbred meet at Los Alamitos.

The six-day season is scheduled to begin Friday, Dec. 8 and continue through Sunday, Dec. 17. Racing will be conducted on a Friday-Sunday basis (Dec. 8-10 and 15-17) both weeks. Post time will be 12:30 p.m.

The $300,000-guaranteed Starlet, a Grade 2 for 2-year-old fillies, will be renewed for the 10th time at Los Alamitos Saturday, Dec. 9 one week before the Grade 2, $200,000-guaranteed Los Alamitos Futurity, which was captured by Practical Move in 2022.

Won a year ago by Faiza, the Starlet – like the Futurity – will be contested at 1 1/16 miles.

The other two stakes for juveniles will be run at one mile. The $100,000 Soviet Problem – for fillies – will be offered Sunday, Dec. 10 while the $100,000 King Glorious will be run Sunday, Dec. 17. Both are for 2-year-olds bred or sired in California.

Completing the stakes schedule is the Grade 3, $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes for fillies & mares (3-year-olds & up) at 1 1/16 miles. The Bayakoa will be contested Friday, Dec. 15.

The complete Winter Thoroughbred Stakes schedule:

Saturday, Dec. 9 The Starlet (Grade 2) 2-Year-Old Fillies One & One Sixteenth Miles $300,000-guaranteed

Sunday, Dec. 10 Soviet Problem Stakes One Mile $100,000-guaranteed 2-Year-Old Fillies, Bred or Sired in California

Friday, Dec. 15 Bayakoa Stakes (Grade 3) 3-Year-Olds & Up, Fillies & Mares One & One Sixteenth Miles $100,000-guaranteed

Saturday, Dec. 16 Los Alamitos Futurity (Grade 2 ) One & One Sixteenth Miles $200,000-guaranteed 2-Year-Olds

Sunday, Dec. 17 King Glorious Stakes One Mile $100,000-guaranteed 2-Year-Olds, Bred or Sired in California

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Upcoming Foal Crop Projected At 18,000

The Jockey Club projects a 2024 North American foal crop of 18,000, some 500 fewer foals than the 2023 foal-crop estimate of 18,500.

The projection of the foal crop is made using the Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to date by The Jockey Club for the 2023 breeding season. RMBs are due no later than Aug. 1 of each breeding season.

Stallion owners who have yet to return their RMBs for the 2023 breeding season are encouraged to do so by The Jockey Club as soon as possible. Interactive Registration, which enables registered users to perform virtually all registration-related activities over the Internet, is the most efficient means of submitting RMBs and is available at registry.jockeyclub.com.

The annual registered foal crop has increased just once in the last 17 years and is down from a peak of roughly 44,000 in 1990. As recently as 2008, the number of registered foals exceeded 35,000.

Additional foal crop information is available in The Jockey Club's online fact book at jockeyclub.com/factbook.asp and in the online state fact books.

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Blooming Marvellous Al Basti Equiworld Initiative

The winning connections on the second day of Newmarket's Cambridgeshire Meeting this Friday will be presented with a sustainable memento courtesy of the day's sponsor, Al Basti Equiworld Dubai.

On top of the £440,000 of prize-money on offer across seven races, owners and trainers will be presented with a three-metre tree of their choice supplied by locally-based nursery, Barchams, who will have a range of trees on display at the course.

“Trees are such an important contributor to the health and beauty of our planet,' said owner and breeder Malih Al Basti, founder of Al Basti Equiworld Dubai, which is the UAE's leading distributor of horse feeds and supplements.

“Whenever I travel I try to make time to take an interest in the natural surroundings, and in the UK I am always staggered by the variety of trees.

“As a racehorse owner for many years I appreciate the significance of race trophies. With Al Basti Equiworld Dubai-sponsored races we try to be innovative and to source locally. This initiative offers us the opportunity to fulfil both these ambitions.”

Another unusual twist to the day's racing comes in the form of the cover of the day's race cards which will be made from 'seed paper'. Once removed and planted, the biodegradable cover will release its seeds to create a wildflower bloom.

To mark the occasion a tree will be planted by Al Basti in the pre-parade ring on the Rowley Mile. The Crataegus laevigata, otherwise known as 'Paul's Scarlet', is a British native species and has been chosen because it traditionally flowers in early May, in time for the QIPCO Guineas Festival.

“Newmarket is one of my favourite racecourses in the world,” he said. “I am delighted that the racecourse executive has accepted this gift as a token of my affection and recognition of the work they do to support horsemen and the wider racing community.”

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The Jockey Club Projects 2024 Foal Crop Of 18,000

The Jockey Club is projecting a North American registered Thoroughbred foal crop of 18,000 in 2024. This represents 500 fewer foals than the 2023 foal crop estimate of 18,500.

The foal crop projection is computed by using Reports of Mares Bred (RMBs) received to date for the 2023 breeding season. RMBs are to be filed by August 1 of each breeding season.

Additional foal crop information is available in The Jockey Club's online fact book at jockeyclub.com/factbook.asp and in the online state fact books.

Stallion owners who have not returned their RMBs for the 2023 breeding season are encouraged to do so as soon as possible. Interactive Registration, which enables registered users to perform virtually all registration-related activities over the Internet, is the most efficient means of submitting RMBs and is available at registry.jockeyclub.com.

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