LOS ALAMITOS : Down With Debt Runs in Spencer Childers Tonight

World champion quarter horse Down With Debt will race in the $40,000 Spencer Childers California Breeders Championship tonight at Los Alamitos.

Down With Debt, who won six of seven races last year, will be trying to better her third-place finish in the Vessels Maturity on June 30. In that race, she stumbled and was bumped at the start.

Also lining up for the Spencer Childers Championship are Brotherly and Mongoose Effort, who finished fourth and fifth, respectively, in the Vessels Maturity.

Post time for the first live race tonight is 7:15, with the Spencer Childers the eighth race on the 12-race card. Also on tonight’s program are the trials for the $150,000 Los Alamitos Derby, featuring Champion Ah Sigh.

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Jockey Jose Fuentes, who was seriously injured in a racing accident last Sunday, underwent surgery Wednesday at Los Alamitos Medical Center to relieve pressure on his brain and repair a broken cheekbone. Fuentes suffered a fractured skull when his horse, Land Of Dance, clipped heels with Thrillofawin in the seventh race.