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Santa Anita Park race track will unveil a 1000-pound bronze statue of popular race horse John Henry and a historical marker covering 75 years of the race track's history, as part of its 75th anniversary this Saturday. The bronze statue cost more than $100,000. The marker was done by the Arcadia Historical Society.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31853
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 24, 2009
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Arcadia Historical Society
Historical markers
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 -75th anniversary
Statuary
Item ID
32050AN
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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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Santa Anita Park race track opened on Christmas Day, 1934. It now celebrates its 70th year. The article recaps the history of the race track.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29357
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2004
Pages
p. A3
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Pasadena Star News
Date
December 26, 2004
Pages
p. A3
Subjects
Santa Anita Park race track - 70th Anniversary
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Anniversaries
Horse racing history
Strub, Dr. Charles
Seabiscuit
Shoemaker, Willie
Item ID
29541AN
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Life is Sweet (race horse) was the winner of the Grade I $2 million Ladies' Classic at the Breeders' Cup XXVI. Rider Garrett Gomez and Life is Sweet are shown in a photo. More recap and news is in an accompanying article "Europeans seek another Classic performance."

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31799
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C7
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Pasadena Star News
Date
November 7, 2009
Pages
p. C1, C7
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Breeders' Cup XXVI
Item ID
31996AN
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Dennis Mills, vice chairman and CEO of Canada-based MI Developments, which owns Santa Anita Park, said the company will be unveiling a new business plan. This new business plan has many horse racing industry people worried about the future.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32078
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
June 1, 2010
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Horse racing
MI Developments (MID)
Mills, Dennis
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010
Item ID
32275AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Kaiser, Apr. 24.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper15091
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 2, 1957
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
May 2, 1957
Pages
p. 20
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Kaiser, son
Item ID
15638AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Kaiser, Mar. 3.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper11937
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1953
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
March 12, 1953
Pages
p. 6
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Kaiser, daughter
Item ID
12135AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Kaiser, Mar. 8.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper10718
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
March 22, 1951
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune & News
Date
March 22, 1951
Pages
p. 5
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Kaiser, son
Item ID
10644AN
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Birth. To Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Kaiser, Dec. 13.

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Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1962
Pages
p. 15
Announcement Type
Birth
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
December 20, 1962
Pages
p. 15
Announcement Type
Birth
Subjects
Kaiser, Mark Preston
Item ID
19053AN
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Profile on princess Nina Crow.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32011
Newspaper
Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
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Arcadia Tribune
Date
November 6, 1975
Pages
p. A-1
Subjects
Tournament of Roses
Crow, Nina
Item ID
32208AN
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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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Art Wilson recaps the Santa Anita Handicap "Big 'Cap" race that took place yesterday. Included is a photo of race horse "Misremembered" and jockey Martin Garcia, who won the Grade I, $750,000 Santa Anita Handicap.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper31922
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2010
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 7, 2010
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Horses and horse racing
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010 - Santa Anita Handicap - Big 'Cap
Item ID
32119AN
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A life-size bronze statue of race horse Zenyatta was unveiled at Santa Anita Park yesterday. Zenyatta owners Jerry and Ann Moss were present. Photos and captions only.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper33174
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2012
Pages
p. A6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2012
Pages
p. A6
Subjects
Moss, Ann
Moss, Jerry
Horses and horse racing
Statuary
Item ID
33371AN
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Originally an archaeologist, Arcadia resident Nina Bruhns is a romance novelist.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper5684
Newspaper
Sierra Madre News
Date
February 15, 1996
Pages
p. 8
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Sierra Madre News
Date
February 15, 1996
Pages
p. 8
Subjects
Arcadia Authors - Bruhns, Nina
Item ID
5535AN
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Constant rainfall forces Santa Anita Park race track to cancel Sunday's racing card, the such cancellation in ten years.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29358
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2005
Pages
p. A1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 10, 2005
Pages
p. A1
Subjects
Rainfall
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Racing card
Item ID
29542AN
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Oak Tree Racing leaves Santa Anita Park after 41 years and races at Hollywood Park for its 42nd season, starting today. It is a 22-day season that consists of four 4-day race weeks. Oak Tree's lease at Santa Anita Park was voided by MI Developments.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper32190
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2010
Pages
p. C1, C6
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Pasadena Star News
Date
September 30, 2010
Pages
p. C1, C6
Subjects
Hollywood Park Race Track
Horses and horse racing
Oak Tree racing
Santa Anita Park-2001-2010
Item ID
32389AN
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Innovations were unveiled at the opening day of Santa Anita Park. There is a new horseshoe - shaped bar and the SIRONA restaurant overlooking the paddock plus a new entertainment area and two grills now under construction. A list of people seen in the crowd is included.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper27214
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2004
Pages
p. D1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
January 2, 2004
Pages
p. D1
Subjects
Santa Anita Park 2001 - 2010
Taylor, Melinda
Item ID
27412AN
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Race horse Bourbon Bay became the first horse in 17 years to sweep Santa Anita Park's trio of marathon graded turf stakes races with a half-length victory in the $150,000 Grade 2 San Juan Capistrano Handicap on closing day of the track's 75th anniversary meeting. The jockey was Rafael Bejarano, the first jockey since Laffit Pincay, Jr. in 1978-1981 to win three consecutive Santa Anita Park riding titles.

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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2010
Pages
p. B1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
April 19, 2010
Pages
p. B1
Subjects
Bejarano, Rafael (jockey)
Santa Anita Park--2001-2010--San Juan Capistrano Handicap
Item ID
32165AN
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Women came out to bet on the horses on Ladies' Day at the Races earlier this month.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29968
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. D1, D2
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Pasadena Star News
Date
March 24, 2006
Pages
p. D1, D2
Subjects
Santa Anita Park - 2001-2010
Ladies' Day at the Races
Women
Horse racing
Item ID
30154AN
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Jockey Rene Douglas returns to Santa Anita Park race track after a brief stint there in the mid-1990s.

https://arcadiahistory.andornot.com/en/permalink/newspaper29403
Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2005
Pages
p. C1
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Pasadena Star News
Date
February 15, 2005
Pages
p. C1
Subjects
Douglas, Rene
Jockeys
Santa Anita Park -- 2001 - 2010
Horse racing
Item ID
29587AN
Collection
Newspaper Index
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