#Chris Merz

Santa Anita Barn Notes: Friday's Card Gets 8.5 Starters Per Race From the Santa Anita Media Team: FRIDAY'S ALL-DIRT CARD ATTRACTS 8.5 STARTERS PER RACE With more rain in the forecast for Arcadia this week, the decision was made to run Friday's eight-race program exclusively on dirt. After entries were taken and the program finalized yesterday,…

Mike Willman/Santa Anita Press Releae ARCADIA, Calif. - With an Eclipse Award for top 3-year-old male potentially at stake on opening day, Monday, Dec. 26, nominations for Santa Anita's prestigious Grade I, $300000 Runhappy Malibu Stakes and five other graded offerings closed Monday with a total of 104 horses nominated for the Malibu, Grade I La…

Mike Willman/Santa Anita Press Box ARCADIA, Calif.-Santa Anita Park's Classic Race Meeting, which opens on Monday, Dec. 26, will offer horsemen the largest purse structure in Santa Anita's storied 88-year history with significant increases in both allowance and stakes race monies. Additionally, Santa Anita will again offer fans and horsemen the…

Don't panic, fans. These four dark days at Santa Anita are not the result of a lack of enthusiasm at the entry box or some mandated shutdown. No, the brief pause in racing action was planned long before Santa Anita's winter-spring meet began Dec. 26. Action will resume Saturday, April 30, with a card that includes four graded stakes races - the…