Upping Pick-Four Stakes

A Friday night staple at Los Alamitos -- the $25,000 guaranteed pool on the early pick four -- is no more.

Instead, beginning tonight, the guaranteed pool is now $40,000 and there will be a $25,000 guarantee every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.

In the first leg of this evening’s pick four, Gin n’ Tychonic is the one to beat in the $3,200 claimer for older fillies and mares at 4 1/2 furlongs.

The 4-year-old daughter of Tychonic is coming off a three-length win over $2,500 claimers on Jan. 31 and is stepped up after being claimed by owner-trainer Juan Aleman.

The remaining pick-four races are a six-furlong contest for Arabians, a 4 1/2-furlong race for maiden thoroughbreds and a $4,000 claimer for quarter horses at 220 yards.

The picks: 1. Gin n’ Tychonic. 2. Royal Prosity. 3. Shes A Freebie. 4. Babe With Rhythm. 5. Colonel Kelly. 6. Lessor Flamingo. 7. Eminent Esquire. 8. Proud Fantacia. 9. Coded Signature. 10. Kool Kue Chick.

Four! Gin n’ Tychonic in the first, Royal Prosity, Dash N Go Bid and First Dashatac in the second, Shes A Freebie, Bootleg and Susy and Bonnie Pancho in the third and Little Like Magic, Babe With Rhythm and Credit Vixen in the fourth.

Shots in the dark: Strawfly Ta Lou gets a jockey change to Ramon Sanchez in the sixth. Jens List makes his first start since Sept. 5 for Dutch Masters III and trainer Jaime Gomez in the eighth.

Post time: 7:15 p.m.

On the Net: For entries and results from Los Alamitos, visit: www.latimes.com/horseracing/