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Los Angeles makes a bid to host the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. The equestrian events would be held at Santa Anita Park race track, as they were in 1984.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30365
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 20, 2007
Pages
p. News 1
Subjects
Olympics - Summer 2016
Southern California Committee for the Olympic Games
Item ID
30552AN
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Newspaper Index
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Art Wilson writes about some of the famous names in Santa Anita Park's 75 year history, including Charlie Whittingham, Bill Shoemaker, Laffit Pincay, Jr., Seabiscuit, Citation and John Henry.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31855
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 25, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C2
Subjects
Citation (race horse)
John Henry (race horse)
Pincay, Laffit, Jr.
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Seabiscuit (race horse)
Shoemaker, Bill
Whittingham, Charlie
Item ID
32052AN
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Newspaper Index
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Santa Anita Park was named last week to a list of "America's 11 Most Endangered Places" because of owner Frank Stronach's plans to create a retail-entertainment center in the historic race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper19266
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2000
Pages
p. 2 The Star
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Pasadena Star News
Date
July 5, 2000
Pages
p. 2 The Star
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
19508AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30231
Newspaper
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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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 Thoroughbred Racing Association of California is trying to put together a bid for Santa Anita Park, with plans to run it as a nonprofit arm of the Thoroughbred Owners of California. Santa Anita Park race track was to be auctioned this week but no acceptable opening bid was made.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31674
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 10, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Thoroughbred Owners of California
Thoroughbred Racing Association of California
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Zetcher, Arnold
Item ID
31872AN
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Newspaper Index
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About 500 Hollywood hopefuls participated in the casting calls for the film "Seabiscuit." Possible shooting locations include Santa Anita Park race track where Seabiscuit raced.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24462
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 16, 2002
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Seabiscuit
Item ID
24653AN
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Newspaper Index
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How Santa Anita Park should be developed is among the most often-asked questions of seven candidates for the April 11 City Council election.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18610
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 31, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
City Council, Elections - 2000
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
18854AN
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Newspaper Index
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Race horse Apollicee, a 4-year-old California-bred son of Apollo, is enjoying his 15 minutes of fame and occupying the same stall that famous race horse Seabiscuit did back in the 1930s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32719
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
September 11, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Item ID
32916AN
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Newspaper Index
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More extras needed for "Seabiscuit" film. Scenes will be shot at Santa Anita Park race track in December with extras needed for large crowd scenes.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24775
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2002
Pages
p. A2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 21, 2002
Pages
p. A2
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park 2001-2010
Moving pictures
Filmmaking
Item ID
24969AN
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Newspaper Index
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Westfield America may feel threatened by Caruso Affiliated's proposed outdoor mall and residential complex on the parking lot of the Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29190
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2004
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 4, 2004
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Westfield America
Westfield Santa Anita
Shopping centers
Commercial Developers
Caruso Affiliated
Item ID
29375AN
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Newspaper Index
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Oak Tree at Santa Anita Park will host the Breeders' Cup World Championships today and tomorrow, bringing most of the best thoroughbreds in the world together for 14 races with a record $25.5 million in purses. Local businesses hope to get a financial boost from the evevnt.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31263
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 24, 2008
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Breeders' Cup World Championships
Horse racing
Santa Anita Park - Oak Tree
Thoroughbred horses
Item ID
31458AN
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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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Newspaper Index
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Bill Dance Casting will hold auditions for extras in Universal Pictures' "Seabiscuit" movie. Racing scenes will be filmed at Santa Anita Park and Pomona's Fairplex.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper24423
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 12, 2002
Pages
p. A4
Subjects
Seabiscuit
Santa Anita Park - 2001 - 2010
Bill Dance Casting
Item ID
24613AN
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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30919
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 8, 2008
Pages
p. News 1
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Newspaper
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 movie Seabiscuit concludes filming at Santa Anita Park race track this week. A photo shows Arcadia Mayor Gail Marshall, with Arlene Marshall, Ron Kourg and Carl Cobb.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30768
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 1
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
December 19, 2002
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Cobb, Carl
Hillenbrand, Laura
Kourg, Ron
Marshall, Arlene
Marshall, Gail
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Seabiscuit - Film
Universal Studios
Item ID
30956AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Great American Irish Fair and Music Festival will be moving to Encino after a number of years at Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29046
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 1, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Irish Fairs
Annual Attractions
Santa Anita Park race track
Item ID
29232AN
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Newspaper Index
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The Universal Studios film, Seabiscuit, based on the non-fiction book by Laura Hillenbrand, will be filmed at Santa Anita Park race track in November and December. Arcadia mayor Gail Marshall will be an extra on the film.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30659
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 16
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
October 31, 2002
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Marshall, Gail
Motion Pictures
Seabiscuit - Film
Universal Studios
Woolf, George
Item ID
30847AN
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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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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
August 2, 2001
Pages
p. 1, 9
Subjects
Jockeys
Statuary
Woolf, George
Item ID
33501AN
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Newspaper Index
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Representatives of the National Trust for Historic Preservation announced that Santa Anita Park race track has been named to their list of the country's most endangered historic places. Efforts mount to preserve Santa Anita's architectural integrity.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27676
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
June 29, 2000
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 1991-2000
Preservation
Item ID
27873AN
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Newspaper Index
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