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A profile of Wayne Lucas, horse trainer at Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper26655
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2003
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p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 22, 2003
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p. C1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Lucas, Wayne
Item ID
26857AN
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Santa Anita Park has lowest turnout for opening day since 1970.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper22458
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2001
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Race track
Santa Anita Park -- 2001-2010
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22674AN
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Santa Anita Park has come up with two options to solve its drainage issues caused by the Cushion Track. Santa Anita Park president Ron Charles will announce his decision Thursday. Santa Anita had to cancel three consecutive days of horse racing for the first time in its 71-year history, due to heavy rainfall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30885
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Cushion Track
Horse racing - history
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31073AN
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Lava Man, with exercise rider Tony Romero, takes a jog on the Santa Anita Park race track's new surface, a Cushion Track that cost more than $10 million.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30706
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 5, 2007
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p. Sports 1
Subjects
Cushion Track
Horses and horse racing
Lava Man
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30894AN
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Two inches of hail forced the cancellation of races at Santa Anita Park yesterday. More rain is expected over the next few days. Maintenance on the Cushion Track will begin when the rain stops.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30902
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 25, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Cushion Track
Horse racing
Rain
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Weather
Item ID
31090AN
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Santa Anita Park race track opened on Christmas Day, 1934. It now celebrates its 70th year. The article recaps the history of the race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29357
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2004
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - 70th Anniversary
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Anniversaries
Horse racing history
Strub, Dr. Charles
Seabiscuit
Shoemaker, Willie
Item ID
29541AN
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Heavy rain may disrupt racing at Santa Anita Park race track. The new Cushion Track is experiencing drainage issues.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30879
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 5, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Cushion Track
Rain
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Weather
Item ID
31067AN
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Santa Anita Park president Ron Charles has announced it will continue to race on its Cushion Track this season. It will undergo some reformulation with polymer and fibers produced by Pro-Ride, an Australian company, so that it will drain properly.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30890
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2008
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p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2008
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p. Sports 1
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Charles, Ron
Cushion Track
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31078AN
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Santa Anita Park race track president Ron Charles discusses drainage problems in the Cushion Track and promises that opening day will go on as scheduled.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30850
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2007
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p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Charles, Ron
Cushion Track
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31038AN
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Santa Anita Park cancelled horse racing Monday for the third consecutive day after 7-1/2-inches of rain fell on its Cushion Track, creating drainage problems.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30881
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 8, 2008
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p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 8, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Charles, Ron
Cushion Track
Horse racing
Rain
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31069AN
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A profile on Noble Threewitt, 92, who still trains horses at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25298
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2003
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p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 11, 2003
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Threewitt, Noble
Item ID
25496AN
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Beginning July 14, Santa Anita Park's main track will be reconstituted with a mixture of Pro-Ride synthetic materials to replace its ill-fated Cushion Track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31062
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2008
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p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 24, 2008
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Cushion Track
Pro-Ride synthetic surface
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31257AN
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Oak Tree racing season opens at Santa Anita Park race track. A photograph shows jockey Corey Nakatani on horse called Liquidity, jockey Aaron Gryder riding Mystic Wood, and trumpeter Jay Cohen.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30220
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Cohen, Jay
Gryder, Aaron
Nakatani, Corey
Oak Tree
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30407AN
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Jockey Garrett Gomez, one of the nation's top riders, will be in the saddle at the start of Santa Anita Park's 2005-2006 season. A profile of the jockey is presented.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29830
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2005
Pages
p. B1, B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2005
Pages
p. B1, B6
Subjects
Gomez, Garrett
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park race track
Item ID
30015AN
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Favored horse Sweet Catomine loses the Santa Anita Derby to Buzzards Bay making Buzzards' trainer Jeff Mullins the first trainer to earn three consecutive wins in the Santa Anita Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29475
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2005
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2005
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p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - 2001-2010
Santa Anita Derby
Race horses
Sweet Catomine
Buzzards Bay
Mullins, Jeff
Item ID
29660AN
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The temporary shutting down of horse racing at Santa Anita Park, due to drainage issues associated with its Cushion Track, has slowed food, beverage and merchandise sales on site. The City of Arcadia, which receives a portion of each ticket sold, has cause for concern.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30884
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2008
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p. News 9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2008
Pages
p. News 9
Subjects
Business and Industry
Concessions
Cushion Track
Horse racing
Restaurants
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Vendors
Item ID
31072AN
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Constant rainfall forces Santa Anita Park race track to cancel Sunday's racing card, the such cancellation in ten years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29358
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2005
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p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rainfall
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Racing card
Item ID
29542AN
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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
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 27, 2007
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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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Jockey Rene Douglas returns to Santa Anita Park race track after a brief stint there in the mid-1990s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29403
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2005
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p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2005
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Douglas, Rene
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park -- 2001 - 2010
Horse racing
Item ID
29587AN
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The jockey Patrick Valenzuela overcame odds in ride to win at the Santa Anita Park race on Saturday, April 19. A profile describes Valenzuela's comeback after drug related problems.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25427
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 20, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Valenzuela, Patrick
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Item ID
25626AN
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