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John Shear (pictured), a 5-foot, 110-pound, 90-year-old paddock supervisor at Santa Anita Park, nearly lost his life when he threw himself in the path of a runaway horse on March 12 to protect a little girl he didn't know. He has worked seasonally for Santa Anita Park for nearly 50 years. He sustained a fractured pelvis and other injuries but is recuperating at home now. He is a hero.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32584AN
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Santa Anita Handicap record setting ride. Race horse Shared Belief gives jockey Mike Smith his third consecutive win in the Big 'Cap (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34120
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
Subjects
Santa Anita Handicap
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34314AN
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Paddock guard John Shear, a hero who was injured saving a girl from a runaway horse, has returned to work at Santa Anita Park. He turns 91 years old next month. He is a 5 foot tall, 110 pound Sierra Madre resident and sustained a fractured pelvis, internal bleeding and other injuries when he had a head-on collision with horse "Sea and Sage" on March 12, 2011.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32700
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Heroes
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32897AN
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John Shear, a 90-year-old paddock guard at Santa Anita Park, has been hospitalized for putting himself between a 6-year-old girl and a charging race horse called See and Sage. The girl was not hurt but Shear had several broken bones.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32344
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2011
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2011
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32542AN
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Mike Smith, a jockey riding horse Royal Delta, sets a record for 16 Breeders' Cup wins. He previously shared the record of 15 wins with Jerry Bailey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33251
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 2012
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 2012
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike
Item ID
33448AN
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Race horse Shared Belief wins. Jockey Mike Smith rides Shared Belief to take the lead to beat jockey Victor Espinoza on race horse California Chrome in the San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita Park yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34089
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B8
Subjects
Espinoza, Victor
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike
Item ID
34283AN
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Race horse Bolo in position to race for Santa Anita Derby. Jockey Mike Smith will be aboard Bolo, one of six horses entered in today's 78th edition of the Santa Anita Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34133
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2015
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2015
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34327AN
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Race horse Arrogate, ridden by jockey Mike Smith (photo), beats favorite California Chrome in Breeders' Cup Classic yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34709
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A12, B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A12, B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Baffert, Bob (trainer)
Breeders' Cup
Espinoza, Victor
Miller, Jeff
Smith, Mike
Wilson, Art
Item ID
34901AN
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Santa Anita Park Opening Day this season was December 28, 2019. Mike Smith, Hall of Fame jockey, rode 4 stakes winners, including Omaha Beach for Grade 1 record. The attendance was 35,085.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35620
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2019
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2019
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Smith, Mike
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Santa Anita Park: opening day draws a crowd of 44,579. It was Santa Anita Park's 75th opening day. Photos of jockeys Martin Garcia and Mike Smith.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32699
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. B1, B4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. B1, B4
Subjects
Garcia, Martin (jockey)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
32896AN
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John Shear is turning 93 years old. He is celebrated as an everyday hero. He is a Santa Anita Park racetrack worker whose quick response saved a toddler's life on March 12, 2011. He was hurt then, but is surviving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33706
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--People--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
33901AN
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Santa Anita Park. No horse injuries but fewer fans in stands. On Santa Anita Derby Day, the track attendance was 30,713, the third smallest in the past 75 runnings of the Santa Anita Derby, about 5,000 below the recent average. Spate of equine deaths might have taken toll on attendance. Jockey Mike Smith (pictured) celebrates after riding Roadster to victory in the Santa Anita Derby. Animal welfare protesters were present, and attendance was down, but no racing injuries were reported.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35412
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A13
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A13
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
35605AN
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Santa Anita Park's winter meet's opening day was yesterday. Photo shows horse Shared Belief, ridden by Mike Smith, who won the Malibu Stakes. See also p. B1 (same paper, same date). See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 8, December 25, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34047
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2014
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2014
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hollendorfer, Jerry (trainer)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34241AN
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Heck Yeah, the race horse, goes the distance in win at Santa Anita Park in the California Cup Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35093
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2018
Pages
p. B9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 20, 2018
Pages
p. B9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
35282AN
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Ready to rumble. Two of the nation's best 4-year-olds, California Chrome and Shared Belief, will squre off at Santa Anita Park tomorrow. Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith will ride Shared Belief. The two horses finished third and fourth in last fall's Breeder's Cup Classic. So this rematch is highly anticipated in tomorrow's San Antonio Stakes. See also Pasadena Star News, p. B1, B6, February 6, 2015.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34088
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike
Item ID
34282AN
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Santa Anita Handicap takes place tomorrow. Hall of Fame jockey Mike Smith is going for a record third straight Big 'Cap Victory, riding Shared Belief, a fan favorite.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34119
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 6, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Boulanger, Brandon (jockey)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34313AN
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Santa Anita Derby Millionaire contest returns to Santa Anita Park. Six contestants will get the chance to win $1,000,000 on one wager. The track will provide $1000 bets on each horse in the race. Whichever horse wins, the contestant keeps all the money and is assigned the same horse for the Kentucky Derby. If that horse goes on to win the Triple Crown by winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Belmont Stakes, that fan would win a one million dollar jackpot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34130
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2015
Pages
p. A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 2, 2015
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34324AN
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Santa Anita Park race track rejects request from state regulator California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to cancel its last six days of racing this season, in the wake of two more horse deaths over weekend.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35524
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 10, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board (CHRB)
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Ritvo, Tim
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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A Day at the Races. Santa Anita Park opens its winter season before a record crowd of 44,873, the largest opening-day turnout at the track since 1994.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34388
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A13, B1, B8
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2015
Pages
p. A1, A13, B1, B8
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stevens, Gary (jockey)
Item ID
34581AN
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Jockey Mike Smith will ride race horse "Zenyatta" in the Santa Margarita Handicap tomorrow at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31929
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2010
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 12, 2010
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Santa Margarita Handicap
Smith, Mike
Item ID
32126AN
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