Opening day at Santa Anita Racetrack
December 28th 2011 11:36
A contribution for Thoroughbreds Worldwide and RacingWrite by Vicki L Vinson.
This article is a companion piece to the article published on Thoroughbreds Worldwide on 29th of December, 2011. The companion article highlights horses, The Factor, and Ismene. A link to this article is at the bottom of this page.
Opening day at Santa Anita Racetrack and the Rose Float Parade on New Year’s in nearby Pasadena are two big reasons people come to Southern California for the holidays.
The 5th race while just a maiden special weight had the looks of stakes race at the wire with only a length and a neck separating the first three finishers. American Blend with Joel Rosario up closed from behind and prevailed on the outside, with Fiarano hanging on at the rail for second and Randazo settling for the show spot in one of the more exciting finishes on the card.
That’s American Blend on the outside up in time for the win
Along with opening day festivities longtime race goers couldn’t help but be saddened by the appearance of the paddock following the devastating wind storm that struck the area on November 1st with winds clocked up to 100mph. While the olive trees that had branches braced together after a previous storm and the ever so tall palm trees that could bend with the wind seemed fairly unscathed, the old pepper trees in the paddock really took a hit, even the grandstand was not enough to protect them. With a glance down the horse path to the barn area you could see several old trees near the receiving barn were mere shadows of their former selves and others completely gone. Over the roof tops of the barn area in the distance it looked as if someone had taken a giant pair of shears and just cut off the tops of all the trees there. Many of the trees on the grounds had been there since the track opened over 70 years ago.
What is left of one of the tall trees just outside the receiving barn
Thoroughbreds Worldwide
This article is a companion piece to the article published on Thoroughbreds Worldwide on 29th of December, 2011. The companion article highlights horses, The Factor, and Ismene. A link to this article is at the bottom of this page.
Opening day at Santa Anita Racetrack and the Rose Float Parade on New Year’s in nearby Pasadena are two big reasons people come to Southern California for the holidays.
The 5th race while just a maiden special weight had the looks of stakes race at the wire with only a length and a neck separating the first three finishers. American Blend with Joel Rosario up closed from behind and prevailed on the outside, with Fiarano hanging on at the rail for second and Randazo settling for the show spot in one of the more exciting finishes on the card.
That’s American Blend on the outside up in time for the win
Along with opening day festivities longtime race goers couldn’t help but be saddened by the appearance of the paddock following the devastating wind storm that struck the area on November 1st with winds clocked up to 100mph. While the olive trees that had branches braced together after a previous storm and the ever so tall palm trees that could bend with the wind seemed fairly unscathed, the old pepper trees in the paddock really took a hit, even the grandstand was not enough to protect them. With a glance down the horse path to the barn area you could see several old trees near the receiving barn were mere shadows of their former selves and others completely gone. Over the roof tops of the barn area in the distance it looked as if someone had taken a giant pair of shears and just cut off the tops of all the trees there. Many of the trees on the grounds had been there since the track opened over 70 years ago.
What is left of one of the tall trees just outside the receiving barn
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