Sweet Azteca sets Los Alamitos mark in Great Lady M Stakes win

Sweet Azteca won the strongest race of the Los Alamitos’ early-summer thoroughbred season Saturday like a filly who could make waves in a bigger spot at Del Mar this fall.

Ridden by Juan Hernandez, the odds-on favorite powered away from the other Grade I winner in a good field to win the $200,000, Grade II Great Lady M Stakes by five lengths in a track-record 1:14.33 for 6 1/2 furlongs.

The time beat by .15 of a second the mark held for eight years by Finest City, a promising omen...