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Santa Anita Facing Heavy Weather Issues
Santa Anita was canceled yet again yesterday, marking the eighth racing day that they've pulled the plug since the meet started on December 26th of 2007. (AP Images) As a result of a drainage problem and not to mention the wet winter ...

Santa Anita cancels racing due to rain
(AP) — Santa Anita canceled racing because of wet weather Sunday for the eighth time this season, but repairs on the venue's problematic synthetic track were set to begin by the end of the day.

Santa Anita cancels Sunday card
Santa Anita canceled racing Feb. 3 when rain again fell on the Southern California area. The synthetic Cushion Track was one day away from undergoing a renovation designed to fix its drainage problem, and management felt it best in the ...

Santa Anita
Intangaroo rallied three-wide into the stretch and was just up at the wire to post a huge upset in Saturday's $250000 Santa Monica Handicap, winning by a nose over Society Hostess. Overly Tempting was third and the heavy odds-on ...

Awesome Gem back to work after prep race washout
A day after a key Dubai World Cup (Gr.1) prep race at Santa Anita Park was postponed due to rain and track drainage problems, trainer Craig Dollase dispatched Awesome Gem for an easy five-furlong breeze at Hollywood Park on Monday to ...

Santa Anita Park Cancels February 3 Horse Racing Program; Cushion ...
Due to wet weather conditions, Santa Anita Park has announced that live racing has been cancelled Sunday, February 3. First post time was originally scheduled for 11 am After conferring with jockeys, trainers and track maintenance ...

Key American prep for Dubai World Cup postponed
One of the most significant American preps for the Dubai World Cup (Gr.1) has been postponed after more rain pounded Santa Anita Park, leading track officials to cancel Sunday's program featuring the US$250000 San Antonio Handicap ...

Feast or Famine
This was a racing weekend where it felt like there was too much going on Saturday and not enough on Sunday -- a passel of interesting stakes races and multirace bets one day, another Santa Anita cancellation and some awfully watery ...

Santa Anita Cancels Sunday Card
The Feb. 3 card included the San Antonio Handicap (gr. II), featuring the likes of Student Council, Awesome Gem, and Zappa. Racing secretary Rick Hammerle said that the San Antonio has been rescheduled for Feb. 9.

Coast Guard places in the 5th at Santa Anita Park
Gettin It Done Originally uploaded by Coast Guard News. Coast Guard came in second in the fifth at Santa Anita Park this afternoon, paying 4.00 to place and 2.80 to show.

Saturday Santa Anita Selections
The weekend kicks off with a big day of racing at Santa Anita on Saturday. We've got an 11 race card to cover including 5 Stakes races. Tiago is back in action looking to turn the tables on Air Commander in the Grade 2 Strub. ...

Kentucky Derby preps:
Lewis Stakes at Santa Anita, got past the leader along the inside on the turn and drew off handily to win by 2 1/2 lengths over Coast Guard. Reflect Times finished third. Crown of Thorns, a Florida-bred son of Repent, ran 1 1/16 miles ...

Crown of Thorns win Robert B. Lewis
I took him to Hollywood and got that real easy breeze (seven furlongs in 1:31.80 on Jan. 26), because he had done plenty, I thought. Maybe the Sham (Grade III, $200000, March 1, 1 1/8 miles) and then the Santa Anita Derby (Grade I, ...

Weather Woes Plague Santa Anita
Rain that hit Southern California before Santa Anita had a chance to apply new materials to its Cushion Track synthetic surface forced several more days of cancellations. Santa Anita lost Jan. 24, 25, 27, and 28 due to weather, ...

5 Stakes Races Scheduled for Santa Anita Park's Strub Stakes Day ...
With the addition of the Grade I Santa Monica Handicap, postponed from last Sunday, five stakes races — four of them graded — will form an elite and varied racing program on Saturday's Strub Stakes Day at Santa Anita Park. ...