The nine-day Los Angeles County Fair Meet concluded Sunday with increased field sizes for a second consecutive year and with Kazushi Kimura claiming his first local riding title, the track announced.
Several metrics improved for the 2025 season in addition to the field size–a bump up to 7.6 starters per race from slightly less than seven over the corresponding season a year ago. The total Players' Pick 5 pool of $974,636 eclipsed the previous high of $410,783 from 2016 when two-time Horse of the Year California Chrome had been the meet marquee attraction.
While Kimura claimed sole ownership of the riding title with 10 victories–one more than Diego Herrera in second–for the LACF season, trainers Steve Knapp and Peter Miller tied for the top spot in the trainer standings with six victories apiece. Knapp led the 2024 Winter Meet, and Miller has led outright or shared the title on eight occasions since daytime racing returned to Los Alamitos in 2014.
The second daytime meet of 2025 will begin Friday, Sept. 12 with six scheduled racing days through Sunday, Sept. 21 on a Friday-Sunday time frame both weeks (Sept. 13-15 and Sept. 20-22). Post time will be 1:00 p.m.
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