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The race horse "Return of the King" with jockey Martin Pedroza, won a race at Santa Anita Park. The horse belonged to the Ortega family, some of whom were killed by Bruce Pardo in a Christmas Eve massacre in Covina.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Crime and Criminals
Deaths
Horses and horse racing
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Pardo, Bruce
Pedroza, Martin
Race horse owners
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31550AN
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Newspaper Index
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Hundreds of people gathered at Santa Anita Park to honor the slain Ortega family, which lost nine members in a Christmas Eve mass murder on the 1100 block of East Knollcrest Drive in Covina, CA. The tribute and fundraiser was organized by Jerry and Jim Rocha. Jockey Joseph Talamo rode "Return of the King," a horse owned by Charles and James Ortega, in the fourth race yesterday. The horse finished second in the race dedicated to the Ortegas.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31393
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A10
Subjects
Christmas Eve Massacre - December 24, 2008
Ortega, Alicia
Ortega, Charles
Ortega, James
Ortega, Joseph
Ortega, Theresa
Ortiz, Alicia
Ortiz, Michael
Pardo, Bruce
Pardo, Sylvia
Rocha, Jerry
Rocha, Jim
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Talamo, Joseph (jockey)
Item ID
31586AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2008
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 16, 2008
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Charles, Ron
Cushion Track
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31078AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 9, 2008
Pages
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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Newspaper Index
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Women came out to bet on the horses on Ladies' Day at the Races earlier this month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29968
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. D1, D2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. D1, D2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Ladies' Day at the Races
Women
Horse racing
Item ID
30154AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 15, 2007
Pages
p. Sports 1
Subjects
Charles, Ron
Cushion Track
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31038AN
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Newspaper Index
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Jockey Mike Smith, in photo riding Zenyatta (race horse), celebrates winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31800
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
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p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31997AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Pamplemousse, a favorite to win the Santa Anita Derby, was scratched from the race due to a lesion on the horse's left front leg tendon.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31427
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 6, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Canani, Julio
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park -- 2001-2010
Solis, Alex, II
The Pamplemousse (race horse)
Item ID
31620AN
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Newspaper Index
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Trainers and owners found to have sent injured or retired racehorses to slaughter will be banned from running or stabling horses at Santa Anita Park under a new policy from Magna Entertainment Corporation. Santa Anita Park President Ron Charles hopes to ensure the safety of its racehorses by monitoring injured or retired horses and keeping dealers known to sell horses for slaughter off the property. The policy was entered into the track's horseman's agreement, which governs racing terms and conditions.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31307
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 1, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Charles, Ron
Gray, Leigh
Horses and horse racing
Magna Entertainment Corporation
Safety policies
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Thoroughbred Rehab Center
Item ID
31502AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Lucas, Wayne
Item ID
26857AN
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Newspaper Index
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The 75th anniversary of Santa Anita Park was celebrated with festivities including a parade of Budweiser Clydesdales and the unveiling of sculptor Nina Kaiser's life-size bronze statue of the race horse John Henry. The article includes a list of people in attendance at the party in the Directors' Room.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31856
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2009
Pages
p. A20
Subjects
John Henry (race horse)
Kaiser, Nina (artist)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32056AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park race track's CEO and President Ron Charles said Santa Anita Park race track will not be sold to help Magnum Entertainment Corporation eliminate a $600-million-plus debt. However, Santa Anita Park race track is entertaining discussions with Magnum Entertainment Corporation concerning potential partnerships or joint ventures on a minority interest basis. Includes a historical timeline.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30716
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 15, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Magnum Entertainment Corporation
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - history
Item ID
30904AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. A1
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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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Newspaper Index
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Zenyatta, a filly and the kind of sensational race horse that comes along only once in a generation, scored perhaps the greatest victory in the history of the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. With jockey Mike Smith (in photo), Zenyatta wins the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic by one length. Other winners are listed.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31801
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C9
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31998AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 28, 2006
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Cohen, Jay
Gryder, Aaron
Nakatani, Corey
Oak Tree
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30407AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two articles describe the Breeders' Cup XXVI, 2009, and the race horse Zenyatta. The Breeders' Cup drew a 2-day total of 96,496 attendees, but the 41st Oak Tree meet at Santa Anita Park showed significant declines in attendance and handle when its 31 days of racing ended yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31804
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2009
Pages
p. B1, B6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 9, 2009
Pages
p. B1, B6
Subjects
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Wilson, Art
Item ID
32001AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 8, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
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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Newspaper Index
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Former Arcadia High School football star Bruce Matthews ends his NFL career after 19 seasons.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24032
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2002
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 13, 2002
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Matthews, Bruce
Item ID
24227AN
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Kevin Modesti writes about the race horse Zenyatta, winner of the Breeders' Cup Classic at Santa Anita Park. Zenyatta stunned the world's fastest thoroughbreds with a last-to-first rally in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Zenyatta is owned by Jerry and Ann Moss. Jerry Moss is the co-founder of A & M Records (with Herb Alpert) and was named after an album by 1980s rock group The Police.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31802
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
Subjects
Moss, Ann
Moss, Jerry
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31999AN
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Newspaper Index
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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
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2005
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Douglas, Rene
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park -- 2001 - 2010
Horse racing
Item ID
29587AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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