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Peruvian jockey Rafael Bejarano joined horse racing royalty when he became the first rider since Laffit Pincay (in 1979-1981) to win three consecutive Santa Anita Park riding titles. He is 28 years old. He credits the late Bobby Frankel for opening doors for him in California. Bejarano is known to be loving, kind and never abusive to his horses. (Photos).

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2010
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 21, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Bejarano, Rafael
Frankel, Bobby
Jockeys
Item ID
32174AN
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Newspaper Index
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Recap of Santa Anita Park Sunshine Millions races yesterday. Showing jockeys Joel Rosario and Rafael Bejarano on horses.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2012
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 29, 2012
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Bejarano, Rafael (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Rosario, Joel (jockey)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
33016AN
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Race horse Bourbon Bay became the first horse in 17 years to sweep Santa Anita Park's trio of marathon graded turf stakes races with a half-length victory in the $150,000 Grade 2 San Juan Capistrano Handicap on closing day of the track's 75th anniversary meeting. The jockey was Rafael Bejarano, the first jockey since Laffit Pincay, Jr. in 1978-1981 to win three consecutive Santa Anita Park riding titles.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2010
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p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Bejarano, Rafael (jockey)
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--San Juan Capistrano Handicap
Item ID
32165AN
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Newspaper Index
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Opening Day of horse racing at Santa Anita Park for the Autumn meet. Photos and captions only showing jockey Giovanni Franco riding horse Iron Alex, jockey Diego Sanchez, jockey Rafael Bejarano riding I Am the Danger, jockey Stewart Elliott, jockey Heriberto Figueroa riding Empress of Lov.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2018
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p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2018
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park Race Track-2011-2020
Horses and horse racing
Bejarano, Rafael
Elliott, Stewart
Franco, Giovanni
Figueroa, Heriberto
Sanchez, Diego
Item ID
35462AN
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Santa Anita Park opens 2012-2013 winter/spring meet on Wednesday, December 26, 2012. World class jockeys like Joe Talamo, Rafael Bejarano, Garrett Gomez, Mike Smith, among others, will be competing.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2012
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p. 1, 10
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 10
Subjects
Baze, Tyler
Bejarano, Rafael
Espinoza, Victor
Flores, David
Garcia, Martin
Gomez, Garrett
Gryder, Aaron
Horses and horse racing
Leparoux, Julien
Maldonado, Edwin
Nakatani, Corey
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike
Talamo, Joe
Item ID
33475AN
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Oak Tree Racing has begun at Santa Anita Park. Opening day drew a crowd of 17,239, a number that slightly eclipsed last year's opening day attendance, but the on-track handle of $1.88 million fell by about $315,000 compared to last year's opening day.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31929AN
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The California Horse Racing Board has approved fall racing's return to Santa Anita Park, in 2011, after a 1-year hiatus, but this time Oak Tree Racing Association will not be running the show. Oak Tree could participate, but would not operate the Directors Room or handle the money raised for the industry.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2011
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p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 18, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Item ID
32533AN
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Newspaper Index
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In this down economy, opening day attendance at the Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park was about 17,000, an increase of about 2,000 over last year.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 25, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Horse racing
Oak Tree
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31418AN
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Oak Tree Racing Association's autumn season will begin October 17. The 25 day session offers 16 stakes races with record purses. Several new features including Pick Six wagering will be offered.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. A-11
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 16, 1980
Pages
p. A-11
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2400AN
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Pat Diroll recaps opening day of Santa Anita Park's 74th season as a social event. In attendance (and photographed) were actress Bo Derek, jockey Rafael Bejarano, Gary and Barbara Kovacic, Robert and Patsy Harbicht, trainer Bob Baffert, Joe Harper, Adrienne Haines, Roger Chandler, Don and Debbie Penman, Andrea Van de Kamp, and Sandra Chillingworth.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2010
Pages
p. A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2010
Pages
p. A15
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Bejarano, Rafael
Chandler, Roger
Chillingworth, Sandra
Derek, Bo
Haines, Adrienne
Harbicht, Robert
Harbicht, Patsy
Harper, Joe
Kovacic, Barbara
Kovacic, Gary
Penman, Debbie
Penman, Don
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -- Opening Day 2010
Van de Kamp, Andrea
Item ID
32468AN
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The Oak Tree Racing Association has allocated $365,000 to the University of California, Davis, Veterinary School for the study of the heart and lungs of the thoroughbred.

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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1981
Pages
p. A-8
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 29, 1981
Pages
p. A-8
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2403AN
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If Oak Tree is not held at Santa Anita Park this fall, as it has for the last 41 years, it would be a significant hit to the city of Arcadia and the region, city officials said. Last year, the city of Arcadia made $185,000 from the Oak Tree meet's betting handle. In addition, the city would suffer the loss of tens of thousands of dollars in sales tax and hotel bed tax revenue. The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) denied Oak Tree Racing Association's request to run its five-week fall meet at Santa Anita Park after horse owners, trainers, and a racetrack expert expressed concerns about the synthetic surface. Oak Tree officials say they are moving forward to make arrangements to run the meet at Hollywood Park.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 23, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Synthetic track
Item ID
32343AN
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Senator Dianne Feinstein weighs in on Santa Anita Park tragedies. In a letter to California Horse Racing Board, she called for racing to be suspended at Santa Anita Park after the deaths of twenty-three horses since late December.

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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
Deaths
Feinstein, Dianne (Senator)
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Item ID
35637AN
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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.

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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
Subjects
Euthanasia
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
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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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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 13, 1991
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p. B-3 photo
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 13, 1991
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p. B-3 photo
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree Racing Association
Item ID
2404AN
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John Quigley, the last of the protesting "Arcadia four" tree-sitters, took a deal from prosecutors and pleaded no contest to a single count of trespassing. He has a $60 fine, which was waived for jail time served, three years of informal probation, and 20 hours of community service at a nonprofit agency.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2011
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p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 12, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Activists
Environment
Oak trees
Quigley, John
Santa Anita Dam Sediment Placement Site
Item ID
32696AN
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Santa Anita Park will host the Oak Tree Racing Association's fall meet one last time. Oak Tree's five-week fall meet has been held at Santa Anita Park since 1969. Frank Stronach, chairman of MI Development (owner of Santa Anita Park), said he doesn't want to have a tenant (Oak Tree) in the long run and talked about deregulation of the horse racing industry.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2010
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p. A1, A5
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 23, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A5
Subjects
Chillingworth, Sherwood
Horses and horse racing
MI Developments
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
32290AN
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The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) denied a license to Oak Tree Racing Association to run its fall meet at Santa Anita Park after representatives from the Thoroughbred Owners of California and the California Thoroughbred Trainers said they opposed having Oak Tree at Santa Anita Park due to safety concerns, saying they prefer Hollywood Park. Sherwood Chillingworth, executive vice president of Oak Tree, said he was moving forward to make arrangements to run the fall meet at Hollywood Park, but did not rule out the possibility that the board could change its mind.

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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 20, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Chillingworth, Sherwood
Horses and horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Item ID
32340AN
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Dr. Jack K. Robbins will serve as only the second president in the 32 year history of the Oak Tree Racing Association.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2000
Pages
p. 4
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
May 25, 2000
Pages
p. 4
Subjects
Oak Tree Racing Association
Robbins, Jack K.
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27712AN
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Santa Anita Park will undergo an inspection arranged by the California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) to evaluate its safety before the Oak Tree Racing Association's upcoming fall meet. Horse owners and trainers are concerned that the track may be unsafe due, in part, to the number of rocks embedded in the racetrack's surface, said Sherwood Chillingworth, executive vice president of Oak Tree.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
August 10, 2010
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Horse racing
Oak Tree Racing Association
Safety
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Item ID
32331AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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