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Los Alamitos cancels Saturday racing due to storm forecasts

The track, which holds quarter-horse and thoroughbred races on weekend nights, also isn't running Sunday in observance of Easter. Santa Anita has also canceled weekend racing.

Horses run in a group at the Los Alamitos Race Course (Photo by Joshua Sudock, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Horses run in a group at the Los Alamitos Race Course (Photo by Joshua Sudock, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Kevin Modesti is an editorial writer and columnist for the Southern California News Group. A Los Angeles native, he was a sports writer, columnist and editor for most of his career before switching to news reporting and then to the Opinions section in 2011. He lives in the San Fernando Valley and is based in the Woodland Hills office.
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Los Alamitos Race Course has canceled its Saturday card in anticipation of rain, the Orange County track announced Friday morning.

Los Al, which holds quarter-horse and thoroughbred races on weekend nights, isn’t running Sunday in observance of Easter.

Santa Anita said Thursday it had canceled Saturday and Sunday afternoon racing, the fourth time inclement weather has upset the Arcadia track’s schedule during the season that opened Dec. 26. Those races will be made up with an extra card next Thursday and added races Friday through Sunday. Saturday, April 6, features the $750,000, Grade I Santa Anita Derby.

Santa Anita is running Friday, March 29.

Storms are predicted Saturday and Sunday throughout Southern California.