S ANTA A NITA P ARK 2015 Spring/Summer Media Guide Table of Contents Stakes Schedule ............................................ Inside Front Cover Last Tycoon Stakes .................................................. 30 Meet-At-A-Glance ........................................................ 2 Lazaro Barbara Stakes ............................................... 31 Information Resources..................................................... 3 Los Angeles Handicap ................................................ 32 Santa Anita Track Records and Statistics ....................................... 4 Melair Stakes ...................................................... 33 Santa Anita Spring Meeting Attendance and Handle............................... 5 Mizdirection Stakes.................................................. 34 Santa Anita Spring Meeting Stakes Winners .................................... 6 Precisionist Stakes .................................................. 34 Santa Anita Spring Meeting Media Poll ........................................ 7 Royal Heroine Stakes ................................................ 35 Santa Anita Spring Meeting Leaders .......................................... 8 San Juan Capistrano Stakes ........................................ 36-39 Roster of Santa Anita Jockeys ............................................... 9 Santa Anita Juvenile .............................................. 40-41 Roster of Santa Anita Trainers .............................................. 10 Senorita Stakes..................................................... 42 Stakes Histories......................................................... 11 Shoemaker Mile ................................................. 43-44 Adoration Stakes.................................................... 12 Singletary Stakes ................................................... 45 Affirmed Stakes..................................................... 13 Siren Lure Stakes ................................................... 45 American Stakes ................................................. 14-15 Snow Chief Stakes .................................................. 45 American Oaks ..................................................... 16 Spring Fever Stakes ................................................. 46 Angels Flight Stakes ................................................. 17 Summertime Oaks ............................................... 46-47 Californian Stakes ................................................... 18 Tiznow Stakes...................................................... 48 Charlie Whittingham Stakes............................................ 19 Triple Bend Stakes ............................................... 48-49 Crystal Water Stakes ................................................. 20 Vanity Stakes ................................................... 50-51 Desert Code Stakes.................................................. 20 Wilshire Stakes ..................................................... 52 Desert Stormer Stakes ............................................... 21 Satellite Wagering Directory................................................ 53 Fran’s Valentine Stakes ............................................... 22 Los Angeles Turf Club, Incorporated....................................... 54-55 Gamely Stakes .................................................. 22-23 Visitors Guide and Map of Los Angeles Freeways ............................... 56 The Gold Cup at Santa Anita ........................................ 24-25 Restaurants and Hotels ................................................... 57 Honeymoon Stakes . 26-27 Publicity Department; Contacts/Credits ....................................... 58 Landaluce Stakes ................................................ 28-29 Map of Santa Anita Park .................................................. 59 Front Cover designed by Victor Sandoval 1 2015 SPRING/SUMMER 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 Publicity ......... 574-6396 Marketing Fax ....574-5074 Arcadia, CA 91066-6014 Arcadia, California 91007 Publicity Fax ..... 574-6682 Racing ...........574-6352 Website: E-mail: Press Box ........ 574-6419 Racing Fax .......446-5803 www.santaanita.com [email protected] Press Box Fax .... 574-9860 Benoit Photo .....574-6463 Racing Days ........... 39 Special Events: Dates ...................... Friday, April 24, through Sunday, June 28, 2015 Friday, April 4................................................... Opening Day Days ....................... Thursday through Sunday; special Monday racing on May 25. Friday, May 1.............................................. Kentucky Oaks Day First race ................ Thursdays & Fridays, 1:00 p.m. Except the following: 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 2........................................... Kentucky Derby Day Friday, May 1 (Kentucky Oaks Day); Twilight Fridays, May 22 & 29 and Saturday, May 16........................................ Preakness Stakes Day June 5, 12, 19 & 26, 4:00 p.m.; Saturdays & Sundays, 12:30 p.m. Except Monday, May 25 ............................................... Memorial Day the following: 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 2 (Kentucky Derby Day), Saturday, June 6 .......................................... Belmont Stakes Day Saturday, May 16 (Preakness Day) and Saturday, June 6 (Belmont Stakes Saturday, June 27 ................................... Gold Cup at Santa Anita Day Day). Sunday, June 28 ................................................ Closing Day Gates open ............. 11:00 a.m. daily. Except the following: 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 2 (Kentucky Derby Day); 8:00 a.m. on Saturday, May 16 (Preakness Day) Grade I Races: and Saturday, June 6 (Belmont Stakes Day). Saturday, May 9................................................ Vanity Stakes Admission ............... General, $5; Club House, $10.00. Children, 17 and under, accompanied Monday, May 25 .............................................. Gamely Stakes by parent or guardian, FREE. Saturday, May 30.............................................. American Oaks Parking ................... General, $4; Preferred, $6; Valet, $10; Limousine, $10. Saturday, June 13 ............................................ Shoemaker Mile Wagering Format .... Minimum $2 win, place, and show, $1 exactas and 10¢ superfectas Saturday, June 27 .......................................... Triple Bend Stakes on every eligible race; $2 rolling doubles beginning with race 1; $1 Saturday, June 27 ................................... The Gold Cup at Santa Anita rolling pick threes beginning with race 1; $1 trifectas on every race with at least six starters; 50¢ pick 5 on first race; 50¢ pick four on second race and final 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. Area........................Approximately 320 acres in Arcadia, at the junction of Huntington Drive and Colorado Place (U.S. Highway 66). Seating Capacity ..... Grandstand, 26,000; Infield, 50,000. 2 INFORMATION RESOURCES WORLD WIDE WEB SITE SANTA ANITA ON RADIO www.santaanita.com Santa Anita race results and information are available on the Santa Anita’s Web site features entries, race results following radio stations: and payoffs posted immediately following each race and real-time audio and video accounts of all races. Also “Inside Racing” available are workout reports, stable notes, promotional XPRESSBET ACCOUNT WAGERING Host: Jason Levin and giveaway information, press releases and historic AT SANTA ANITA PARK KTLK (AM 1150), Los Angeles ......... 7 a.m. Saturdays information about Santa Anita. 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