A slimmer Los Angeles County Fair race meet begins Friday, and while
deep-fried treats and cotton candy tempt casual fairgoers, horseplayers
at Fairplex Park will discover a racing program that has trimmed the
fat.
Fairplex lopped two days of racing, reduced by 22 percent the number
of Thoroughbred races, and eliminated mules from the program. What
remains is a sleek, 13-day meet with expectations for increased field
size, higher payoffs, and challenging handicapping.
“We were too aggressive last year,” racing secretary Tom Knust said,
referring to the 15-day fair meet in 2010 during which 158 Thoroughbred
races were run.
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