The stage is set for a pair of blockbuster matchups, as the track’s premier 1,000-yard specialists square off in the $35,000 Summer Final for males and the $30,000 Summer Final for Fillies and Mares at Los Alamitos on Sunday night.

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By Orlando Gutierrez

CYPRESS, CA–JUNE 12, 2026–The stage is set for a pair of blockbuster matchups, as the track’s premier 1,000-yard specialists square off in the $35,000 Summer Final for males and the $30,000 Summer Final for Fillies and Mares at Los Alamitos on Sunday night.

The open feature serves up a highly anticipated rematch between division titan Alphabetical Order and 2024 Grade 3 Best Pal Stakes runner-up Mischief River, while welcoming high-profile celebrity power to the race in the form of solid contender Geezer’s ownership group. The eight-race program will also feature top fillies and mares competing in the $30,000 Summer Final for Fillies & Mares slated as the eight and final race on the card. First post for the program is 7:10 p.m.

Lirios Racing Stables’ Alphabetical Order enters the contest looking to reclaim his supremacy over the distance division. The Jesus Uranga trainee has been a model of consistency at the Orange County oval, boasting an impressive nine local victories, with six of those coming from just eight starts at the 1,000-yard distance. The 6-year-old California-bred gelding by Desert Code, out of the stakes-winning mare Alphabet Kisses, already proved his championship mettle on the biggest of stages by capturing the $50,000 Winter Final at this exact distance last December. To be ridden by Ricardo S. Ramirez from post number one, the reigning PCQHRA 1,000-Yard Male Horse of the Year will look to win back-to-back finals when he heads this field in the fourth race of the evening.

However, the Winter champion will be looking for a return to the winner’s circle after being humbled on May 2, courtesy of a dominant performance by Mischief River. Owned by Amble Green Ranch LLC and trained by James W. Glenn, Jr., the talented 4-year-old son of Into Mischief broke sharply under jockey Cesar Ortega, taking the late over Alphabetical Order and then holding off all challengers by a decisive 2 ¼ lengths. The Kentucky-bred gelding has been perfect in his distance exploits at Los Alamitos, winning both of his 1,000-yard starts. With a career bankroll of $211,713 and four victories from 13 lifetime outings, Mischief River started his career with a daytime win during the Summer Meet at Los Alamitos in 2024 before going on a string of stakes appearances highlighted by his second place finish in the Best Pal at Del Mar.

Adding star power to Sunday's heavyweight matchup is Geezer, an exciting runner representing Run Fast Racing. This celebrity-backed Thoroughbred ownership syndicate, founded by prominent music manager Adam Kluger, features a high-profile partnership group that includes hip-hop superstars Lil Wayne and Lil Yachty. Geezer is conditioned by Doug F. O'Neill, the two-time Kentucky Derby-winning trainer. The Run Fast Racing and O'Neill partnership has done a tremendous job in attracting a younger, diverse audience to sport through fractional ownership, and bringing a top contender to the marquee nighttime 1,000-yard race of the summer at Los Alamitos provides the perfect showcase.

The field will be completed by Silvercross, Voucher and Devil Be Me. Rozamund Barclay’s Silvercross led all males in the point standings with 18,598 on the strength of several consistent efforts including a wire-to-wire neck victory here on May 3. Margarito Farias’ Voucher has won three times at Los Alamitos this season, all of them in runaway fashion. He’ll be looking to surprise the top contenders here. Meanwhile, Devil Be Me is an experience seven-time winner for his career and a recent winner at Los Alamitos by daylight. Genaro Vallejo trains the Lizbeth Medina-owned campaigner.

Alphabetical Order will look to use his experience at this track and at this distance, while Mischief River aims to prove that his victory last month was more like a changing of the guard at 1,000 yards. With Geezer waiting to pounce in this race for his star-studded ownership group, the Summer Final promises to be action packed from gate to wire.

The female speedsters take the spotlight in the $30,000 Fillies and Mares Summer Final with eight runners in action, headed by the division's undisputed point leader, Broken Circle. Trained and owned by Jesus Uranga, the 7-year-old California-bred daughter of Circumference has been spectacular in 2026, winning four of her six starts at this meet. A true horse-for-the-course, Broken Circle boasts nine wins and nine seconds from 27 local outings, crossing the $100,000 career earnings milestone while topping the summer series standings with a dominant 27,017 points.

Her primary challenge comes from William L. Hedrick’s homebred Tizsummer, who sits third in the point standings (16,980) after winning two of her last four starts for trainer Sheldon Paldanius. The young 4-year-old daughter of Summersimage will have Edgar Payeras in the irons.

The field gains an infusion in class from Tiz The Prospect. Though she has come up short in three starts this meet for trainer Jesus Uranga, the Arizona-bred mare won the Winter Final last year and is a dangerous threat if she recaptures her top form under Adrian Escobedo. Stars Hollow, Little Tinker Ellie, Uffda, Miss Joannie, and Dial A Friend round out this strong lineup.

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