Los Alamitos Derby

Los Alamitos Derby
Grade III race
Location Los Alamitos Race Course
Los Alamitos, California, United States
Inaugurated 1964
Race type Thoroughbred - Flat racing
Race information
Distance ​1 1⁄8 miles (9 furlongs)
Surface Dirt
Track Left-handed
Qualification Three-year-olds
Weight Assigned
Purse $200,000 (2017)

The Los Alamitos Derby (formerly the Swaps Stakes) is a race for Thoroughbred horses run annually at Los Alamitos Race Course in Los Alamitos, California. The race is open to three-year-old horses willing to race one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. A Grade III event, it currently carries a purse of $200,000.

Before 2014, the race was called the Swaps Stakes and was run at Hollywood Park Racetrack, before its closure in 2013.

Run in mid-July, this race was named for the notable California-bred 1955 Kentucky Derby winner, Swaps, before moving to Los Alamitos.

In 1977, U.S. Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew suffered the first loss of his career when he ran fourth to winner J O Tobin.

From the race's inauguration in 1976 as the Swaps Stakes until 1988, the race was run as a Gr.I. Losing its Gr.I status in 1989, it was run as a Gr.II until 1998, regaining its former Gr.I glory in 1999. This was short-lived, however, as it became a Gr.II once again in 2002. In 2017, the race was downgraded once more to Gr.III status.

Records

Most wins by trainer:

  • 8- Bob Baffert (2000, 2001, 2003, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2017, 2018)

Most wins by jockey:

Winners since 1997

Year
 Winner
 Jockey
 Trainer
 Owner
 Time
2018 Once On Whisky Flavien Prat Bob Baffert Pegram, Watson & Weitman 1:48.93
2017 West Coast Drayden Van Dyke Bob Baffert Gary and Mary West 1:48.65
2016 Accelerate Tyler Baze John W. Sadler Hronis Racing 1:48.48
2015 Gimme Da Lute Martin Garcia Bob Baffert Watson/Pegram/Weitman 1:47.09
2014 Shared Belief Mike Smith Jerry Hollendorfer Jungle Racing LLC, et al. 1:47.01
2013 Chief Havoc Rafael Bejarano Peter Miller Paul Makin 1:50.17
2012 Blueskiesnrainbows Joe Talamo Bob Baffert Bad Boy Racing/Whizway Farms 1:50.89
2011 Dreamy Kid Joe Talamo Neil Drysdale Robert S. Evans 1:50.43
2010 Skipshot Joel Rosario Jerry Hollendorfer Olympia Star, Inc. 1:49.94
2009 Misremembered Victor Espinoza Bob Baffert Bob Baffert/George Jacobs 1:49.02
2008 Tres Borrachos Tyler Baze C. Beau Greely John Greely IV/Phil Houchens 1:49.29
2007 Tiago Mike E. Smith John Shirreffs Ann & Jerry Moss 1:48.76
2006 Arson Squad Alex Solis Bruce Headley Jay Em Ess Stable 1:48.45
2005 Surf Cat Alex Solis Bruce Headley Marsha Naify/Aase Headley 1:48.07
2004 Rock Hard Ten Corey Nakatani Jason Orman Mercedes Stable/M. Paulson 1:47.47
2003 During Jerry Bailey Bob Baffert James McIngvale 1:49.38
2002 Came Home Mike E. Smith J. Paco Gonzalez Farish, McCaffery et al. 1:48:28
2001 Congaree Gary Stevens Bob Baffert Stonerside Stable 1:48.61
2000 Captain Steve Corey Nakatani Bob Baffert Mike Pegram 1:48.01
1999 Cat Thief Pat Day D. Wayne Lukas Overbrook Farm 1:47.87
1998 Old Trieste Chris McCarron Mike Puype Cobra Farm 1:47.06
1997 Free House Kent Desormeaux J. Paco Gonzalez Toffan & McCaffery 1:45.80

Earlier winners

  • 1996 - Victory Speech
  • 1995 - Thunder Gulch
  • 1994 - Silver Music
  • 1993 - Devoted Brass
  • 1992 - Bien Bien
  • 1991 - Best Pal
  • 1990 - Jovial
  • 1989 - Prized
  • 1988 - Lively One
  • 1987 - Temperate Sil
  • 1986 - Clear Choice
  • 1985 - Padua
  • 1984 - Precisionist
  • 1983 - Hyperborean
  • 1982 - Journey at Sea
  • 1981 - Noble Nashua
  • 1980 - First Albert
  • 1979 - Valdez
  • 1978 - Radar Ahead
  • 1977 - J O Tobin
  • 1976 - Majestic Light
  • 1975 - Forceten
  • 1974 - Agitate

References

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