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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.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31426
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
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Newspaper Index
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Two articles talk about trainers Bob Baffert and John Gosden, who trained horses Midshipman and Raven's Pass, respectively. Midshipman is owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum. Raven's Pass, ridden by jockey Frankie Dettori, won the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Midshipman, ridden by Garrett Gomez, won the Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31271
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2008
Pages
p. C1, C9
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 26, 2008
Pages
p. C1, C9
Subjects
Baffert, Bob
Dettori, Frankie aka Dettori, Lanfranco
Gosden, John
Santa Anita Park - Breeders' Cup Classic
Item ID
31466AN
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Santa Anita Park's Santa Anita Derby to have its 65th running.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33222
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 27
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
April 4, 2002
Pages
p. 1, 27
Subjects
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Santa Anita Derby
Item ID
33419AN
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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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Johnny Longden, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Count Fleet to the Triple Crown in 1943 and was the first rider to win 6000 races, died on Feb. 14. Services will be held on February 24 at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Arcadia.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25131
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2003. (See hard copy in vertical file Santa Anita Park-People)
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2003. (See hard copy in vertical file Santa Anita Park-People)
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Longden, Johnny
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Item ID
25326AN
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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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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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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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Two more articles by Art Wilson and Kevin Modesti describe the 2009 Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31803
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C8
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 8, 2009
Pages
p. C8
Subjects
Modesti, Kevin
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Wilson, Art
Item ID
32000AN
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Favored horse Sweet Catomine loses the Santa Anita Derby to Buzzards Bay making Buzzards' trainer Jeff Mullins the first trainer to earn three consecutive wins in the Santa Anita Derby.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29475
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2005
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 10, 2005
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - 2001-2010
Santa Anita Derby
Race horses
Sweet Catomine
Buzzards Bay
Mullins, Jeff
Item ID
29660AN
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Two articles describe the Breeders' Cup at Santa Anita Park this year. One is about Victor Espinoza riding a horse called Casino Drive on the track's new Pro-Ride Synthetic surface. The other article is about a 4-year-old filly named Zenyatta, ridden by jockey Mike Smith, that won the first all-female card in Breeders' Cup history.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31269
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A15
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 25, 2008
Pages
p. A1, A15
Subjects
Espinoza, Victor
Santa Anita Park - Breeders' Cup Classic
Smith, Mike
Item ID
31464AN
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Although The Pamplemousse and Pioneer of the Nile are favored to win the Santa Anita Derby, a third choice, Chocolate Candy, could cause an upset. Chocolate Candy is the son of Candy Ride. Chocolate Candy is owned by Jenny Craig and trained by Jerry Hollendorfer.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31425
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 4, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C4
Subjects
Chocoate Candy (race horse)
Craig, Jenny
Hollendorfer, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Pioneer of the Nile (race horse) - also spelled Pioneerof the Nile
Santa Anita Derby
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
The Pamplemousse (race horse)
Item ID
31618AN
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Newspaper Index
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Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley wins the Living Legends Race riding a horse called Tribal Chief.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31260
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2008
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 19, 2008
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Cordero, Angel, Jr.
Day, Pat
Delahoussaye, Eddie
Hawley, Sandy
Krone, Julie
McCarron, Chris
Pincay, Laffit, Jr.
Santa Anita Park - Living Legends Race
Stevens, Gary
Vasquez, Jacinto
Velasquez, Jorge
Item ID
31455AN
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Friends and family remember famed rider, Johnny Longden. Less than a mile from the Santa Anita Park race track where much of his legendary status was built, Johnny Longden was honored in a funeral service at Church of the Good Shepherd.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper25199
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 25, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Longden, Johnny
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Item ID
25395AN
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Newspaper Index
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Four articles describe the Breeders' Cup XXVI at Santa Anita Park this weekend. Included is a photo of jockey Joel Rosario and horse Rendezvous.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31797
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C5
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 6, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C5
Subjects
Gosden, John (trainer)
Rosario, Joel (jockey)
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Wilson, Art (journalist)
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31994AN
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Plans are underway for "Peacock Corner" at the fountain and entrance at Arcadia County Park at Santa Anita Avenue and Huntington Drive. The bronze peacock will be 8 feet tall.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29054
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
March 15, 2001
Pages
p. 1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Peacock Corner
Public Art
Item ID
29240AN
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Months of talks between Westfield Shopping Town Santa Anita and Santa Anita Park race track about building a shopping center seem to have fallen through.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18184
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2000
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 12, 2000
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Westfield Santa Anita
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
18431AN
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Neighboring homeowners are concerned about proposed changes to Santa Anita Park race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20157
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 20, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
20389AN
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Opening day of the 72nd season of thoroughbred racing at Santa Anita Park Race Track brings out Arcadia officials and locals.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31338
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2008
Pages
p. A27 w/photos
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 30, 2008
Pages
p. A27 w/photos
Subjects
Chandler, Roger
Chillingworth, Sherwood
Harbicht, Bob
Harbicht, Patsy
Horse racing
Penman, Don
Roncelli, Bingo
Roncelli, Gino
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Item ID
31533AN
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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
Collection
Newspaper Index
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