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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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Newspaper
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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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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Newspaper
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
Collection
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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Newspaper Index
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Art Wilson writes that a horse named Zenyatta deserves the Eclipse Award as 2008 Horse of the Year. He gives a list of Zenyatta's impressive credits.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31278
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
October 31, 2008
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
October 31, 2008
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Wilson, Art
Zenyatta (race horse)
Item ID
31473AN
Collection
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
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
Pages
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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Ron Buckholtz and Bob Anderson have been promoted to lieutenant positions at Arcadia Police Department. The article includes their biographical information and career paths.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30151
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
January 3, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Anderson, Bob
Buckholtz, Ron
Arcadia Police Department - 2001-2010
Biography
Promotions
Item ID
30338AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Opening day at Santa Anita Park saw 28,295 fans kick off the 67th winter - spring meet for the race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27210
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 27, 2003
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Item ID
27408AN
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Baldwin Park man John Bucalo has lifelong love affair with race horses. His career highlights included training one of Seabiscuit's offspring for the 1949 motion picture "The Story of Seabiscuit."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29440
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2005
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 1, 2005
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Bucalo, John
Horse racing
Horse training and trainers
Item ID
29625AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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Writer Charles Cooper recounts the history of the Los Angeles County Arboretum, including previous landowners Hugo Reid and Elias J. ("Lucky") Baldwin.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31039
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
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Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 13, 2003
Pages
p. 16
Subjects
Baldwin, Elias J. ("Lucky")
Los Angeles County Arboretum - history
Rancho Santa Anita - history
Reid, Hugo
Item ID
31234AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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A photograph shows Kevin Koeper, 27, of Arcadia, running the 2006 Sierra Madre Mount Wilson Trail Race.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30062
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2006
Pages
p. A3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 28, 2006
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Koeper, Kevin
Sierra Madre Mount Wilson Trail Race
Item ID
30249AN
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Arcadia High School has been honored with the 2002 BRAVO award for excellence in arts education by the Music Center of Los Angeles. The award recognizes art programs, including music and drama. Notable people Garry Marshall and Gayle Wilson, wife of former California governor Pete Wilson, attended the gala event.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper30205
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
February 28, 2002
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia High School
Arts programs
Awards - honors - recognitions
Dougherty, Mary
Educators
Item ID
30392AN
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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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Since Magna Entertainment Corp., the owner of Santa Anita Park, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. The race track will be auctioned off in September. That land is zoned for horse racing. Jason Kruckeberg, Arcadia's Development Services Director, said it will remain as a race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31453
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
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Pasadena Star News
Date
May 5, 2009
Pages
p. A1, A4
Subjects
Auctions
Bankruptcy
Magna Entertainment Corp.
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Stronach, Frank
Item ID
31646AN
Collection
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Lou Carno has been an Arcadia resident for 53 years and is a longtime horse trainer. One of his early jobs was working as a groom for race horse Seabiscuit's owner, C.S. Howard. Carno served in the U.S. Marine Corps, earned his CA Trainers License in 1952. He trained for celebrity horse owners such as Betty Grable, Desi Arnaz, and Burt Bacharach, and others. He is 83 now and semi-retired.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31595
Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
Pages
p. 11
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Newspaper
Arcadia Weekly
Date
July 3, 2003
Pages
p. 11
Subjects
Carno, Lou - biography
Horse trainers
Item ID
31792AN
Collection
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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With the winter-spring racing season less than three weeks old, Santa Anita Park has laid off parimutuel and other workers, and track owner Frank Stonach is being publically chastised for his leadership style.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper20145
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2001
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 14, 2001
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Stronach, Frank
Friendly, Ed
Item ID
20378AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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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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Newspaper
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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Unlimited Body Art in Arcadia willl have a booth at this weekend's Body Art Expo at Fairplex. Tattoo art has become acceptable and more mainstream.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29355
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2005
Pages
p. C3
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 6, 2005
Pages
p. C3
Subjects
Unlimited Body Art
Najera, Raul Lonely Boy
Tattoos and Body Art
Business and Industry
Tattoo Parlors
Body Art Expo
Item ID
29539AN
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Newspaper Index
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By the numbers, total on-and off-track attendance at Santa Anita Park is down nearly 6% this year.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper18417
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2000
Pages
p. A1
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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 13, 2000
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park
Item ID
18662AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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