Los Alamitos Derby
- Location: Los Alamitos Race Course - Cypress, CA
- Inaugural Race: 1964
- Distance: 1 & 1/8 miles (9 furlongs)
- Track Type: Left-handed, Dirt
- Age Qualifications: Three-year-olds
- 2020 Purse: $150,000
- 2020 Race Date: Saturday, July 4th
The Los Alamitos Derby is one of the most recent additions to the Road to the Kentucky Derby as part of the extended series for 2020. Held each year at the Los Alamitos Race Course, winners of the contest will be awarded 20-8-4-2 points.
2020 Los Alamitos Derby Entries and Results
| POST | HORSE | JOCKEY | TRAINER | WIN | PLACE | SHOW |
|---|
4 | Uncle Chuck | Luis Saez | Bob Baffert | $2.80 | ||
3 | Thousand Words | Flavien Prat | Bob Baffert | |||
1 | Cosmo | Abel Cedillo | Neil D. Drysdale | |||
2 | Great Power | Drayden Van Dyke | Simon Callaghan |
Exotic Payouts
- $2 Exacta (4-3) Paid: $4.20
- $2 Trifecta (4-3-1) Paid: $19.40
Watch the 2020 Los Alamitos Derby
The History of the Los Alamitos Derby
The Los Alamitos Derby is a Grade III race run annually at the Los Alamitos Race Course since 1964.
Initially run as the Swaps Stakes in honors of the 1955 Kentucky Derby Winner, the race was hosted at the now defunct Hollywood Park Racetrack up until its closure in 2013.
Past notable winners of the Los Alamitos Derby include American Champions West Coast (2017), Accelerate (2016), and Shared Belief (2014).