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Santa Anita Park 2017 Spring Media Guide Table of Contents Meet-At-A-Glance . 2 The Gold Cup at Santa Anita . 28-29 Information Resources . 3 Honeymoon Stakes . 30-31 Santa Anita Spring Attendance and Handle . 4 Kona Gold Stakes . 31 Santa Anita Spring Opening Day Statistics . 4 Landaluce Stakes . 32-33 Michael Wrona Biography . 4 Lazaro Barrera Stakes . 33 Santa Anita Spring Meet Attendance . 5 Lennyfrommalibu Stakes . 33 Santa Anita Spring 2016 Meet Handle, Payoffs & Top Five Days . 5 Los Angeles Stakes . 34-35 Santa Anita Spring Meet Annual Media Poll . 6 Melair Stakes . 36 Santa Anita Track Records . 7 Monrovia Stakes . 36 Leaders at Previous Santa Anita Spring Meets . 8 Precisionist Stakes . 37-38 Santa Anita 2016 Spring Meet Standings . 9 San Carlos Stakes . 38-39 Roster of Santa Anita Jockeys . 10 San Juan Capistrano Stakes . 40-41 Roster of Santa Anita Trainers . 11 Santa Anita Juvenile . 42-43 2016 Santa Anita Spring Meet Stakes Winners . 12 Santa Barbara Stakes . 44-45 2016 Santa Anita Spring Meet Longest Priced Stakes Winners . 12 Senorita Stakes . 46 Stakes Histories . 13 Shoemaker Mile . 47-48 Adoration Stakes . 14-15 Snow Chief Stakes . 49 Affirmed Stakes . 15 Summertime Oaks . 50-51 American Stakes . 16-17 Thor's Echo Stakes . 51 Beholder Mile . 18-19 Thunder Road Stakes . 51 Californian Stakes . 20-21 Wilshire Stakes . 52 Charles Whittingham Stakes . 22 Satellite Wagering Directory . 53 Crystal Water Stakes . 23 Los Angeles Turf Inc . Club Officers/Administration . 54-55 Daytona Stakes . 23 Visitors Guide/Map of Los Angeles Freeways . 56 Desert Stormer Stakes . 24 Local Hotels and Restaurants . 57 Fran’s Valentine Stakes . 25 Racing/Publicity Contacts and Credits . 58 Gamely Stakes . 26-27 Map of Santa Anita Park . 59 Front Cover designed by Victor Sandoval 1 2017 Spring Meet-at-a-Glance Telephone (all area code 626): Mailing Address: Street Address: Switchboard . 574-7223 Marketing. 574-6384 P . O . Box 60014 285 W . Huntington Drive Arcadia, CA 91066-6014 Arcadia, California 91007 Publicity . 574-6396 Marketing Fax . 574-5074 Publicity Fax . 574-6682 Racing . 574-6352 Website: E-mail: Press Box . 574-6419 Racing Fax . 446-5803 www santaanita. com. sainfo@santaanita com. Press Box Fax . 574-9860 Benoit Photo . 574-6463 Twitter: @santaanitapark Facebook: Santa Anita Park Press Box Twitter: @SAPublicity Instagram: santaanitapark Racing Days . 49 Area . Approximately 320 acres in Arcadia, at the junction of Dates . Friday, April 14, through Tuesday, July 4, 2017 Huntington Drive and Colorado Place (U .S . Highway 66) . Days . Thursday through Sunday; special Monday racing on May 29, Seating Capacity . Grandstand, 26,000; Infield, 50,000 . July 3; special Tuesday racing on July 4 . First race. 1:00 p .m . every day Except the following: 12:00 p .m . on Special Events: Saturday, May 6 (Kentucky Derby Day), Saturday, May 20 Friday, April 14 . Opening Day (Preakness Day) and Saturday, June 10 (Belmont Stakes Day) . Friday, May 5 . Kentucky Oaks Day Gates open . 11:00 a .m . daily . Except the following: 7:15 a .m . on Friday, May Saturday, May 6 . Kentucky Derby Day 5 (Kentucky Oaks Day) and Saturday, May 6 (Kentucky Derby Saturday, May 20. Preakness Stakes Day Day); 8:00 a .m . on Saturday, May 20 (Preakness Day) and Saturday, May 27 . Gold Cup at Santa Anita Day Saturday, June 10 (Belmont Stakes Day) . Monday, May 29 . Memorial Day Admission . General, $5; Club House, $10 .00 . Children, 17 and under, Saturday, June 10 . Belmont Stakes Day accompanied by parent or guardian, FREE . Tuesday, July 4 . Closing Day Parking . General, $4; Preferred, $6; Valet, $10; Limousine, $10 . Wagering Format . Minimum $2 win, place, and show, $1 exactas and 10¢ Grade I Races: superfectas on every eligible race; $2 Rolling Doubles Saturday, May 27 . The Gold Cup at Santa Anita beginning with race 1; $1 rolling Pick Threes beginning with Saturday, May 27 . Gamely Stakes race 1; $1 Trifectas on every race with at least six starters; 50¢ Saturday, June 3 . Beholder Mile Pick 5 on first race; 50¢ Pick four on second race and final Saturday, June 3 . Shoemaker Mile four races; $1 Super High Five on last race daily; $2 Pick Six (with carryover) on final six races . Advance Wagering . Early wagering every racing day . Free admission from 8:00 a .m . until gate opening . Wagering begins at 8:30 a .m . Parking entrance through Gate 8, off Baldwin Avenue . Stables . 2,000 stalls in 61 barns; approximately 2,000 horses on grounds . Location . Arcadia is about 14 miles northeast of downtown Los Angeles . Santa Anita Park is bordered by Huntington Drive to the south and east, Baldwin Avenue to the west, Colorado Street and Colorado Place to the north . Directions . Can be accessed off I-210 (Foothill Freeway) on the north, I-10 (San Bernardino Freeway) on the south . From I-210, exit Baldwin or Santa Anita Avenue and head south; From I-10, exit Santa Anita and go north . 2 Information Resources WORLD WIDE WEB SITE SANTA ANITA ON RADIO www.santaanita.com Santa Anita race results and information are available Santa Anita’s Web site features entries, race on the following radio stations: results and payoffs posted immediately following each race and real-time audio and video accounts of all “Inside Racing” races . 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