Bayakoa Stakes back on Los Alamitos winter schedule

Los Alamitos has scheduled five stakes for its two-week winter meeting, which runs from Dec. 5-15, including the Grade 3 Bayakoa Stakes for fillies and mares, which was not run in 2018.

The highlights of the meeting are the Grade 1 Starlet Stakes for 2-year-old fillies and the Grade 2 Los Alamitos Futurity for 2-year-olds, both on Dec. 7. Both races are run at 1 1/16 miles. The Starlet has a purse of $300,000, while the Los Alamitos Futurity is worth $200,000.

The Los Alamitos Futurity was downgraded from a Grade 1 and had its purse reduced by $100,000 for the 2019 running.

The $100,000 Bayakoa Stakes is run at 1 1/16 miles on Dec. 8.

The final weekend includes two $100,000 stakes for 2-year-old statebreds at a mile – the Soviet Problem Stakes for fillies on Dec. 14 and the King Glorious Stakes on Dec. 15.