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Veteran paddock guard at Santa Anita Park, John Shear, will be honored on October 1, for his heroic act of shielding a 6-year-old girl from a runaway horse on March 12, 2011, with a race named "The John Shear Hero Purse." The race will include a winner's circle ceremony in which 90-year-old Shear will be recognized.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32513
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 2
Subjects
Awards -- honors -- recognitions
Heroes
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Shear, John
Item ID
32712AN
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John Shear (pictured), a 5-foot, 110-pound, 90-year-old paddock supervisor at Santa Anita Park, nearly lost his life when he threw himself in the path of a runaway horse on March 12 to protect a little girl he didn't know. He has worked seasonally for Santa Anita Park for nearly 50 years. He sustained a fractured pelvis and other injuries but is recuperating at home now. He is a hero.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32386
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 23, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A6
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32584AN
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Sierra Madre hero John Shear was honored during opening weekend at Santa Anita Park. On March 12, 2011, the then 90-year-old British native John Shear saved a young girl's life at the track when a horse bolted in her direction.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32567
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 8, 2011
Pages
p. 1, 2
Subjects
Awards -- honors -- recognitions
Heroes
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Shear, John
Item ID
32766AN
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Santa Anita Handicap record setting ride. Race horse Shared Belief gives jockey Mike Smith his third consecutive win in the Big 'Cap (photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34120
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B10
Subjects
Santa Anita Handicap
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34314AN
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Paddock guard John Shear, a hero who was injured saving a girl from a runaway horse, has returned to work at Santa Anita Park. He turns 91 years old next month. He is a 5 foot tall, 110 pound Sierra Madre resident and sustained a fractured pelvis, internal bleeding and other injuries when he had a head-on collision with horse "Sea and Sage" on March 12, 2011.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32700
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Heroes
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32897AN
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John Shear, a 90-year-old paddock guard at Santa Anita Park, has been hospitalized for putting himself between a 6-year-old girl and a charging race horse called See and Sage. The girl was not hurt but Shear had several broken bones.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32344
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2011
Pages
p. A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 14, 2011
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32542AN
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Mike Smith, a jockey riding horse Royal Delta, sets a record for 16 Breeders' Cup wins. He previously shared the record of 15 wins with Jerry Bailey.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33251
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 2012
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 3, 2012
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike
Item ID
33448AN
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Race horse Shared Belief wins. Jockey Mike Smith rides Shared Belief to take the lead to beat jockey Victor Espinoza on race horse California Chrome in the San Antonio Stakes at Santa Anita Park yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34089
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2015
Pages
p. A1, B1, B8
Subjects
Espinoza, Victor
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike
Item ID
34283AN
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Race horse Bolo in position to race for Santa Anita Derby. Jockey Mike Smith will be aboard Bolo, one of six horses entered in today's 78th edition of the Santa Anita Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34133
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2015
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2015
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34327AN
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Race horse Arrogate, ridden by jockey Mike Smith (photo), beats favorite California Chrome in Breeders' Cup Classic yesterday.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34709
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A12, B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2016
Pages
p. A1, A12, B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Baffert, Bob (trainer)
Breeders' Cup
Espinoza, Victor
Miller, Jeff
Smith, Mike
Wilson, Art
Item ID
34901AN
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Santa Anita Park Opening Day this season was December 28, 2019. Mike Smith, Hall of Fame jockey, rode 4 stakes winners, including Omaha Beach for Grade 1 record. The attendance was 35,085.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35620
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2019
Pages
p. B1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 29, 2019
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Smith, Mike
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Happy birthday John Shear, 97, Santa Anita Park's Paddock Captain. (Photo).

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35064
Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 20, 2018
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Mountain Views News
Date
January 20, 2018
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shear, John
Item ID
35254AN
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Heroic 90 year-old Santa Anita Park paddock guard John Shear will be featured on Horse Racing Television (HRTV) this Sunday, on the "Inside Information" documentary series. He saved a young girl from serious injury while doing his job.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32507
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 1, 2011
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Cable television
Heroes
Santa Anita Park-employees
Shear, John
Item ID
32706AN
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Santa Anita Park: opening day draws a crowd of 44,579. It was Santa Anita Park's 75th opening day. Photos of jockeys Martin Garcia and Mike Smith.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32699
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. B1, B4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2011
Pages
p. B1, B4
Subjects
Garcia, Martin (jockey)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
32896AN
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Mike Smith (photo) wins second Bill Shoemaker Award as most outstanding jockey at Breeders' Cup. He had three wins over the weekend at the 30th annual Breeders' Cup, held at Santa Anita Park. Lists past Bill Shoemaker Award winners.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33673
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2013
Pages
p. 7
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 7, 2013
Pages
p. 7
Subjects
Bill Shoemaker Award
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
33869AN
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Record 21st Breeders' Cup World Championship victory for jockey Mike Smith (photo) atop horse named Judy the Beauty. Recap of this year's Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34012
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 6, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 25
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
November 6, 2014
Pages
p. 1, 25
Subjects
Breeders' Cup
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34206AN
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John Shear is turning 93 years old. He is celebrated as an everyday hero. He is a Santa Anita Park racetrack worker whose quick response saved a toddler's life on March 12, 2011. He was hurt then, but is surviving.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33706
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 12, 2013
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--People--employees
Shear, John
Item ID
33901AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33278
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 20, 2012
Pages
p. 1, 10
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Newspaper
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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Santa Anita Park. No horse injuries but fewer fans in stands. On Santa Anita Derby Day, the track attendance was 30,713, the third smallest in the past 75 runnings of the Santa Anita Derby, about 5,000 below the recent average. Spate of equine deaths might have taken toll on attendance. Jockey Mike Smith (pictured) celebrates after riding Roadster to victory in the Santa Anita Derby. Animal welfare protesters were present, and attendance was down, but no racing injuries were reported.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper35412
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A13
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 7, 2019
Pages
p. A1, A13
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park-2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
35605AN
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Santa Anita Park's winter meet's opening day was yesterday. Photo shows horse Shared Belief, ridden by Mike Smith, who won the Malibu Stakes. See also p. B1 (same paper, same date). See also Arcadia Weekly, p. 1, 8, December 25, 2014.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper34047
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2014
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2014
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Hollendorfer, Jerry (trainer)
Santa Anita Park--2011-2020
Smith, Mike (jockey)
Item ID
34241AN
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