Los Alamitos first-week handle increases

CYPRESS, Calif. – Los Alamitos showed growth in all-sources handle in the first week of the track’s summer meeting.

From July 2 through Sunday, all-sources handle, including simulcasting and account-wagering venues, grew 5.4 percent, from $24,783,656 in 2014 to $26,209,149 this year, according to track officials. The all-sources handle of $8,022,511 last Saturday was the highest since daytime Thoroughbred racing resumed at the track in July 2014.

The track ran three brief meetings in July, September, and December last year, replacing dates run in previous years at Hollywood Park and the Los Angeles County Fair at Fairplex Park. A similar calendar is planned this year. The summer meeting continues through Sunday before Del Mar opens its summer meeting July 16.