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Santa Anita meet opens: no fans but record betting. Santa Anita park began its 84th winter-spring meet yesterday with no audience, but had a record-breaking opening day in betting handle, as $23,003,159 was wagered on the 11-race card. The old record of $20,491,016 was set in 2018. First-year General Manager Nate Newby hopes fans will be allowed back soon. Until such time only essential personnel and horses' owners are allowed to attend races.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35872
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2020
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2020
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Newby, Nate
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park officials hail dramatic drop in horse fatalities. Officials called the safety record a 62.5% improvement over the previous year and 74% improvement since spring of 2019, when 42 horses died, sparking debate about safety issues at the track and about horse racing in general.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36269
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 23, 2022
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 23, 2022
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Moore, Dennis
Newby, Nate
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park looking for a brighter future. When Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Racing Operations for The Stronach Group took over at Santa Anita about a year ago, he couldn't have envisioned the road blocks his first year--heavy rains that postponed opening day, the COVID-19 pandemic, recent brush fires that forced the fall meet to be postponed. He discusses the difficulties this year, the new turf chute and the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35809
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 24, 2020
Pages
p. B6
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Fires
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Santa Anita Park cancels Friday racing due to recent storms. Friday's card will be redrawn Saturday and held February 15. Santa Anita Park V.P. and General Manager Nate Newby said more than 10 inches of rain fell in Arcadia since Sunday afternoon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36634
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2024
Pages
p. B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2024
Pages
p. B3
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Newby, Nate
Rain
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Weather
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Questions and answers (Q & A) with Santa Anita Park manager Nate Newby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36180
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2022
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2022
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Newby, Nate
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Wilson, Art
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Santa Anita Park modifiest rack after horse deaths. It is the first significant change in 67 years. Horses running 6 and 6 1/2 furlongs will instead start on a new turf chute under construction at the racetrack's northeast corner, near the Gate 5 entrance. Santa Anita Park will host a short meet September 19-October 25, still without spectators due to the coronavirus. The racing board delayed the start of the meet to give the horses time to rest and to ensure its COVID-19 protocols were in place. County officials recorded 38 coronavirus cases at Santa Anita Park by the end of its previous meet in June.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35795
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 25, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
California Horse Racing Board
Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Moore, Dennis
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Vella-Gregory, Jodie
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Opening day at Santa Anita Park saw 28,295 fans kick off the 67th winter - spring meet for the race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27210
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Item ID
27408AN
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On opening day of the winter - spring season at Santa Anita Park race track, fans will find renovations including additional dining areas, outdoor lighting, new restrooms, a new restaurant, SIRONA, on the Terrace level and palm trees near the entrance.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27208
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Renovations
Item ID
27406AN
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Jockey Flavien Prat wins 6 consecutive races at Santa Anita Park's winter-spring meet. He became the fourth rider to win 6 races on a single card twice at the Arcadia track, when he accomplished this during Friday's eight-race program.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35937
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2021
Pages
p. B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2021
Pages
p. B8
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Jockeys
Prat, Flavien
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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Two horses die in the span of two days from training injuries at Santa Anita Park racetrack. They were named Cayton Kid and Magnolia. Track officials noted the number of fatalities dropped sharply from 2019, when 42 horses died. According to Santa Anita Park, 17 horses died at the track in 2020 and 12 died last year. The track's safety rate has improved by 43% compared to last year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36228
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2022
Pages
p. 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 28, 2022
Pages
p. 10
Subjects
Ferraro, Kyle
Horses and horse racing
Marten, Mike
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
Stute, Gary
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Ninth horse euthanized during winter/spring meet at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36005
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 3, 2021
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Deaths
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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The new Oak Tree season began at Santa Anita Park on a new "cushion track" that cost more than $10 million. The article includes photos.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30736
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Horse racing
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30924AN
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Santa Anita Park targets May 15 to resume live racing. Track makes plan to race when county stay-at-home order could be lifted, pending approval from the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35754
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2020
Pages
p. B1, B3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 30, 2020
Pages
p. B1, B3
Subjects
Butler, Aidan
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Horses and horse racing
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Viruses
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Horse euthanized two days before new season starts at Santa Anita Park. Truest Reward, a 3-year-old gelding died during a period when the track was closed to workouts but open for jogging and galloping. The horse broke its left front leg on the training track, which is considered the safest surface. This is the 38th horse to die at the track since December 2018.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35630
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 2, 2020
Pages
p. 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 2, 2020
Pages
p. 2
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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Santa Anita Park opens with Taiba, favored in Malibu Stakes. Opening Day of Santa Anita's 86th winter-spring meet is today.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36401
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2022
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2022
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2021-2030
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With the winter-spring racing season less than three weeks old, Santa Anita Park has laid off parimutuel and other workers, and track owner Frank Stonach is being publically chastised for his leadership style.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20145
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Stronach, Frank
Friendly, Ed
Item ID
20378AN
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Santa Anita Park, other Stronach tracks to race horses without fans, through the end of March, due to the threat of coronavirus (COVID-19).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35654
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2020
Pages
p. B9
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 13, 2020
Pages
p. B9
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Horses and horse racing
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
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Stuck in the backstretch. At Santa Anita Park racetrack, coronavirus cuts off horse caretakers from the outside world More than 750 backstretch workers at Santa Anita Park now live and work in isolation to prevent the spread of COVID-19. They sleep in worn dormitories, sometimes in pairs, tucked among the barns. New restrictions bar visitors. There is a sense of anxiety in the community about the novel Coronavirus and the future of their jobs. No cases of COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus have been reported at Santa Anita Park, which ceased racing last month, but there isn't any proactive testing either. The worries have to do with the track being shut down, or trainers moving to other states and these workers having nowhere to work or stay. If they lose their jobs, they lose their medical benefits and will be struggling.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35749
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 9, 2020
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Coronavirus-COVID-19
Diseases
Epidemics
Gonzalez, Rafael
Henry, Jason
Horses and horse racing
Lopez, Jayro
Martinez, Erick
Pandemics
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Stronach Group
Viruses
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Santa Anita Park race track is remodeling its main entrance on Huntington Drive at Colorado.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30512
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 15
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 15, 2002
Pages
p. 15
Subjects
Remodeling
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30699AN
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Grand opening of new Live Oak Library celebrated recently. The $7.3 million refurbishment began May 2019 and completed September 1, 2020 in the middle of the pandemic. It is a Los Angeles County Public Library branch. Los Angeles County supervisor Kathryn Barger attended. Its manager is Denise Dilley.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper36023
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
August 14, 2021
Pages
p. 7
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Mountain Views News
Date
August 14, 2021
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Libraries
Live Oak Library
County of Los Angeles Public Library
Barger, Kathryn
Dilley, Denise
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