Los Alamitos Derby


The Los Alamitos Derby 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 and is contested at one and one-eighth miles on the dirt. A Grade III event, it currently carries a purse of $150,000.
Before 2014, the race was called the Swaps Stakes and was run at Hollywood Park Racetrack before its closure in 2013. At that point, it moved to Los Alamitos.
Run in mid-July, this race was named for the notable California-bred 1955 Kentucky Derby winner, Swaps.
In 1977, U.S. Triple Crown champion Seattle Slew suffered the first loss of his career in this race when he ran fourth to winner J O Tobin.
From the race's inauguration in 1976 as the Swaps Stakes until 1988, it was run as a Grade I until 1989, when it was downgraded to a Grade II event. It regained Grade I in 1999, but this was short-lived as it became a Grade II again in 2002. In 2017, the race was downgraded once more to a Grade III level.

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