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Update on Jay Cohen and other Santa Anita news. Joan Schmidt writes that former beloved Santa Anita Park trumpeter Jay Cohen has Bell’s Palsy, which has caused paralysis of the right side of his face. Jay was born in Camden, NJ. Includes other biographical information. Jockey Ruben Fuentes was voted “Jockey of the Week” by Jockeys’ Guild Foundation Detox. Happy 98th birthday to Santa Anita Park worker John Shear, who still has no intention of retiring.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35397
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 12, 2019
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p. B1
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Mountain Views News
Date
January 12, 2019
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-employees
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Cohen, Jay
Shear, John
Item ID
35589AN
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Santa Anita Park opens the 2010-2011 season with a new $3 million dirt surface on its track. The on-track attendance was 34,268, which was 1,400 less than last year. Trumpeter Jay Cohen calls the horses to the gate (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32265
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -- Opening Day 2010
Item ID
32464AN
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Racing returns to Santa Anita Park and another tragedy strikes as horse named Arms Runner fell on the dirt track crossover and had to be euthanized. This was the 23rd horse death since December 23. Trumpeter Jay Cohen was back after three months out with Bell's Palsy.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35444
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
April 6, 2019
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p. B1
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Mountain Views News
Date
April 6, 2019
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35636AN
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Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension opens with big party. Thousands line up for free rides on Saturday, March 5, 2016. Jay Cohen (pictured), Santa Anita Park's legendary bugler plays a tune at the Arcadia Station.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34494
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 10, 2016
Pages
p. 1, 14
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Light rail trains
Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension
Railroads
Transportation
Item ID
34686AN
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Santa Anita Park restaurants and eateries cut back by limiting service. The FrontRunner will serve fewer items during satellite wagering period and the Turf Club and Club House will be closed entirely. Photos of Jay Cohen, trumpeter, Billy Malone and kitchen staff and counter.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32625
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2011
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2011
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
FrontRunner (Front Runner)
Restaurants, bars, etc.
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32823AN
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Santa Anita Park announces 2018-2019 Winter Meet opening day will be December 26, its 82nd Winter Meeting.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35326
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2018
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p. 1, 11
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 15, 2018
Pages
p. 1, 11
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35516AN
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CalPhil opens Festival on the Green summer concert series on June 30 with a concert featuring singer Vanessa Carlton, the USC Trojan Marching Band, and pyrotechnics, at Santa Anita Park. See hard copy in VF "Santa Anita Park 2011-2020."

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Newspaper
The Weekly Star (supplement to Pasadena Star News)
Date
June 24, 2012
Pages
p. 1
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The Weekly Star (supplement to Pasadena Star News)
Date
June 24, 2012
Pages
p. 1
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Bartner, Arthur
California Philharmonic Orchestra (CalPhil)
Carlton, Vanessa
Cohen, Jay
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Vener, Victor
Item ID
33249AN
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Santa Anita Park prepares for December 26 opening; "Great Race Place" will use 20 Los Angeles area billboards. HBO's "Luck" is the key to reaching younger demographic.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32732
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 8, 2011
Pages
p. 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 8, 2011
Pages
p. 9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32929AN
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Santa Anita Park will host the 2016 Breeders' Cup. See also Arcadia Weekly, June 26, 2014, p. 1, 35.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33887
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 25, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 25, 2014
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34081AN
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Dennis Moore, 67 year old track superintendent since November 2014, helps Santa Anita Park race track shine, horses stay safe. He is currently maintaining the racing surfaces at Santa Anita Park, Los Alamitos, and Del Mar.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35046
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2017
Pages
p. B4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2017
Pages
p. B4
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Moore, Dennis
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Santa Anita Park-employees
Item ID
35236AN
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Frank Stronach, chairman of MI Developments, the owner of Santa Anita Park, says he is optimistic his company can work out a new deal with developer Rick Caruso to build an outdoor mall at Santa Anita Park, even though he voided a 2005 joint-venture agreement with Caruso in April to build the Shops at Santa Anita mall in the race track's parking lot.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32102
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
MI Developments
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Shops at Santa Anita
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32299AN
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Joel Rosario's (photo) big return to Santa Anita Park a success. He rode racehorse Mind Your Biscuits to win the Malibu Stakes during opening day of Santa Anita Park's Winter Meet.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34745
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2016
Pages
p. B1, B7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2016
Pages
p. B1, B7
Subjects
Santa Anita Park, 2011-2020
Rosario, Joel (jockey)
Item ID
34937AN
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Trevor Denman, 63, the voice of Santa Anita Park since 1983, will retire and will not return for the 2015-2016 race meet. He has been calling races for 44 years, 33 at Santa Anita.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34402
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2015
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p. 1, 15
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 10, 2015
Pages
p. 1, 15
Subjects
Denman, Trevor
Santa Anita Park-employees
Item ID
34594AN
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Canadian billionaire Frank Stronach, who is about to become the sole owner of Santa Anita Park, said he hasn't ruled out talking to developer Rick Caruso about reviving a project to build an outdoor mall in the race track's parking lot. Last week Caruso announced that he is no longer pursuing a development deal with Santa Anita Park's outgoing owner, MI Developments, Inc. (MID), for the upscale Shops at Santa Anita. Stronach is the outgoing chairman of MID.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32415
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A8
Subjects
Caruso, Rick
Malls
Santa Anita Park -- parking lot
Shops at Santa Anita
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32613AN
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Jockey Kent Desormeaux was kicked in chest by horse on September 28 at Santa Anita Park. He was transported to Arcadia Methodist Hospital.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33976
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 2014
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p. 1, 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 2, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 5
Subjects
Desormeaux, Kent
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
34170AN
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"Bettor" days are here again. Santa Anita Park: passionate pony pickers pack park for Opening Day, December 26.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34744
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Santa Anita Park, 2011-2020
Alba, Geronimo
Kelley, Opal
Levich, Brenda
Teague, Elisa
Yepez, Felix
Yepez, Louie
Item ID
34936AN
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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
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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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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.

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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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Twenty-fifth horse euthanized at Santa Anita Park since December 26, 2018. The gelding Spectacular Music, that appeared to have suffered a pelvis injury, was euthanized.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 23, 2019
Pages
p. 5
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Miller, Terry
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Another horse dies at Santa Anita Park, the twenty-sixth fatality since December 26. Kochees, a 9-year-old gelding, injured in Saturday's sixth race, had to be euthanized.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35517
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 27, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A12
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Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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