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Santa Anita Park will open its 44th season the day after Christmas accompanied by a bevy of special events.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1980
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2396AN
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Bill Quiggle, who has been Santa Anita Park track superintendent since 1949, retired at the end of the 1977 racing season. The track and all plantings were his domain.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
April 21, 1977
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Item ID
2408AN
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Local 280 of the Parimutuel Guild of California voted not to strike Santa Anita Park on opening day. The track had made contingency plans in preparation for the threatened strike but the clerks endorsed the proposed contract raising clerks pay at satellite wagering sites.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 21, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 21, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2435AN
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Christine Fulton, who recalls 30 years with Santa Anita Park race track, retired at the end of the Oak Tree meet last fall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper2476
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
January 13, 1983
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Item ID
2421AN
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Description of the gala opening benefiting three charities.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 29, 1974
Pages
p. A-5
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
September 29, 1974
Pages
p. A-5
Subjects
Fashion Park
Item ID
1536AN
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The current racing meeting will open Thursday December 27. Sunday racing will be inaugurated for the first time in Arcadia. Track officials are uncertain as to how the energy crisis will affect operations.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 27, 1973
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 27, 1973
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2383AN
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Karen Garr is one of 400 pari-mutual clerks behind the betting windows at Arcadia's Santa Anita Park. The 44 year old Arcadia resident has been close to the race track since 1969, when she started as a "pony girl" in the back stretch of Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
Pages
p. B-2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 2, 1992
Pages
p. B-2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Garr, Karen
Item ID
22AN
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Chic Anderson, one of the finest thoroughbred racing announcers known for his work at the Kentucky Derby and other major races, has been named to be the announcer at Santa Anita Park for 1975.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1974
Pages
p. A-9
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 12, 1974
Pages
p. A-9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Item ID
2406AN
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Ray Rogers, vice president and general manager, is celebrating his 25th anniversary with Santa Anita Park. Rogers discusses the past and future of Santa Anita.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 14, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
August 14, 1980
Pages
p. A-1 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Item ID
2409AN
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Santa Anita Park enjoyed its most successful opening day ever. Attendance, including the satellites, was 75,071 and $10,795,574 was wagered. In Arcadia, 65,164 passed through the turnstiles, betting $9,275,840.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 28, 1988
Pages
p. D-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 28, 1988
Pages
p. D-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2436AN
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Summary of the amount of money wagered during the most recent meeting. For the 24 day Oak Tree meet, $74.5 million was bet. Of that, $62.6 million was returned to bettors. The balance went back into circulation through various channels, including state and local taxes.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 8, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2399AN
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Jockey Christine Davenport describes her experiences as a woman jockey.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1992
Pages
p. A-5 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 9, 1992
Pages
p. A-5 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - People
Davenport, Christine
Item ID
25AN
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30 people were injured on opening day at Santa Anita Park when two men became involved in an altercation. One dropped a gun and this was enough to cause a wave of panic which spread through the crowd.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 29, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 29, 1977
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2390AN
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Santa Anita Park will have thoroughbred racing from December 26 through April 22, a season expanded by two weeks. The horse racing bill AB 3383 provided other changes in the sport that will affect Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-11
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 2, 1980
Pages
p. A-11
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2394AN
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5,133 attended the first day of inter-track wagering at Santa Anita Park where wagering was offered on racing at Del Mar. $1,069,980 was wagered on the simulcast races. Santa Anita Park is one of 10 off-track wagering satellites.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 31, 1988
Pages
p. A-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 31, 1988
Pages
p. A-2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2437AN
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The first Santa Anita National Horse Show was held at the track May 26-30. It is hoped that this will become an annual event.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 26, 1977
Pages
p. B-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2388AN
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The opening day of Oak Tree marked the introduction of satellite wagering on Santa Anita Park races at Hollywood Park and Los Alamitos. After years of resistance, Santa Anita Park has fully embraced satellite wagering in a bid to win back fans lost to the lottery and urban congestion.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 13, 1991
Pages
p. B-3 photo
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 13, 1991
Pages
p. B-3 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2404AN
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Description of various efforts and programs of Parent Alert, the parent support group whose aim is to curb substance abuse among the city's youth.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
February 22, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Parent Alert
Item ID
2104AN
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The three women employed and trained to handle parking citations in the city are averaging 108 citations a day. Article describes various parking violations and their fines.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 28, 1981
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Automobile Parking
Item ID
584AN
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Air conditioning is being installed at the track as part of $3.4 million in improvements being made this summer in preparation for the first season of inter-track wagering offered at Santa Anita Park this year from July 27 to September 14.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
July 13, 1988
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2433AN
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Newspaper Index
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