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Hall of Fame jockey and Sierra Madre resident Gary Stevens is doing well after a fall that injured his lung and shoulders at the Arlington Million. Stevens, in his first acting role, starred as George "The Iceman" Woolf in the Universal film, Seabiscuit. Stevens has won the Santa Anita Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31839
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. 18
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 21, 2003
Pages
p. 18
Subjects
Actors
Jockeys
Stevens, Gary
Item ID
32036AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Profile and biography of jockey George Woolf, also known as Iceman. Woolf rode race horse Seabiscuit to fame in 1938. He died in 1946. There is a statue in his memory at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33305
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Jockeys
Statuary
Woolf, George
Item ID
33501AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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The Breeders' Cup will be raced at Santa Anita Park on November 6-7, 2009. It will be its second consecutive year and fifth time overall held at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Breeders' Cup - history
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31114AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Breeders Cup returns to Santa Anita Park for the first time in 20 years, on October 25.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31845
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 28, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Breeders Cup
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
32042AN
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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
Pages
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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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.

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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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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.

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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 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.

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Newspaper
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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Classy, brilliant, cool and humble retired jockey Eddie Delahoussaye will be honored after the 5th race on Santa Anita Handicap day March 5, 2005.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2005
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2005
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Ceremonies
Delahoussaye, Eddie
Awards--honors--recognitions
Horse racing
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park race track - 2001-2010
Item ID
29628AN
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Newspaper Index
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Theresa Eskola, 63, head housekeeper at the 87-room Motel 6 across from the Santa Anita Park race track, is the first employee to work 25 years for the hotel chain. Her gifts included $2500 in $100 bills, a limousine ride and the day off. Photo.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 6, 1989
Pages
p. A-1, 2
Subjects
Eskola, Theresa
Hotels, Motels, etc. - Motel 6
Item ID
1526AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Year-in-review 2003 found Arcadia having January windstorms, a year long centennial celebration, opening of the new police station and Santa Anita Park race track hosting the 20th Breeder's Cup.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27211
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 28, 2003
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Year in Review
Chronology
Item ID
27409AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Magna Entertainment Corporation, owners of Santa Anita Park race track, is bidding to purchase the September race dates at the Los Angeles County Fair for September 13-29. The Breeders Cup will be returning to Santa Anita Park next October after a gap of ten years.

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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 25, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Breeders Cup
Horse racing
Los Angeles County Fair
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
30418AN
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Newspaper Index
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Eddie Delahoussaye retired after a riding mishap on August 30, 2002. He fractured his neck and suffered a bad concussion. As he stood before adoring fans to receive an honor at Santa Anita Park race track, he wished he was still riding. He is a longtime resident of Arcadia.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2005
Pages
p. C1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 4, 2005
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Awards--honors--recognitions
Ceremonies
Delahoussaye, Eddie
Horse racing
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
29629AN
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Newspaper Index
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In a pre-dawn raid at Santa Anita Park race track, immigration and border patrol agents arrested 173 illegal aliens from 8 countries. As many as 600 other illegals believed to be working at Santa Anita Park escaped arrest by moving to Hollywood Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-3
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
October 27, 1985
Pages
p. A-3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1981 - 1990
Item ID
2428AN
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Newspaper Index
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An Arcadia resident for 35 years and married 40 years to world famous jockey Johnny Longden, Hazel Longden was one of the first women to become a licensed horse trainer. She is the first woman to train a stakes winner at Santa Anita Park.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1981
Pages
p. A-7
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 24, 1981
Pages
p. A-7
Subjects
Longden, Hazel
Item ID
1959AN
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Newspaper Index
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Two year old horses will be offered racing opportunities in 1981 at Santa Anita Park for the first time since 1974.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1980
Pages
p. C-2
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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 25, 1980
Pages
p. C-2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 1945-1980
Item ID
2397AN
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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.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2005
Pages
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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Newspaper Index
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Pioneer of the Nile (the horse) won the Santa Anita Derby this year and will go on to run the Kentucky Derby. Bob Baffert is the trainer and Garrett Gomez is the jockey.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 5, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C8
Subjects
Baffert, Bob (trainer)
Chocolate Candy (race horse)
Gomez, Garrett (jockey)
Horses and horse racing
Pioneer of the Nile (race horse) - also spelled Pioneerof the Nile
Rosario, Joel (jockey)
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31619AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Helen Meredith is the founder of Pegasus Ranch in Tehachapi, CA, a place where 60 retired thoroughbreds live. She is struggling financially and estimates that the United Pegasus Foundation is $80,000 in debt. Some of the famous race horses there are Cardmania, winner of the 1993 Breeders' Cup Spring at Santa Anita Park, Music Merci (another Breeders' Cup veteran), Time to Pass, Sand Lizard, and Kingdom Found.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31777
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 4, 2009
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Meredith, Helen
Race horses - retired
United Pegasus Foundation - Pegasus Ranch
Item ID
31974AN
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Newspaper Index
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The City Council gave a first reading to an ordinance that would allow the FrontRunner restaurant at Santa Anita Park race track to be open year round instead of just during the race season.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27454
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 23, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Ordinances
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Item ID
27651AN
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Newspaper Index
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