Santa Anita Stable Area to Reopen Training Track and Main Track Friday

Santa Anita’s stable area, which has been closed for renovations since mid-July, will reopen on Friday, Sept. 4, with the training track and main track available to horsemen beginning Saturday and Sunday in advance of the track’s 2015 Autumn Meet, which opens on Sept. 26. Additionally, Santa Anita’s popular coffee and breakfast destination, Clockers’ Corner, will be open for business on a seven day-a-week basis beginning Friday morning from 5:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.

The 19-day Autumn Meet will open with a bang as a total of five Grade I Breeders’ Cup Challenge, “Win and You’re In” prep stakes will be carded on opening day, with first post time for an 11-race program scheduled for 12:30 p.m. (First post time for the remainder of the Autumn Meet will be at 1 p.m.) Santa Anita will offer a total of six Grade I Breeders’ Cup Challenge races and a total of 21 overall added money events—12 of which are graded, throughout the meet.

Santa Anita’s stable area, which is home to some 2,000 Thoroughbreds when occupied, has undergone routine repairs and scheduled maintenance. Returning horsemen will see fresh paint, repaired stalls, and improved drainage and access throughout the roughly 40 acres that comprise the stable area.

For more information on Santa Anita’s 2015 Autumn Meeting, please visit santaanita.com, or call (626) 574-RACE.

About Santa Anita Park

Santa Anita Park is a Stronach Group company, North America’s leading Thoroughbred racetrack owner/operator. The Stronach Group racetracks include Santa Anita Park, Gulfstream Park & Casino, Golden Gate Fields, Portland Meadows, Laurel Park and Pimlico Race Course, home of the world-famous Preakness. The company owns and operates the Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida, and is one of North America’s top race horse breeders through its award-winning Adena Springs operation. The Stronach Group is one of the world’s largest suppliers of pari-mutuel wagering systems, technologies and services. Its companies include AmTote, a global leader in wagering technology; Xpressbet, an Internet and telephone account wagering service; and Monarch Content Management, which acts as a simulcast purchase and sales agent of horseracing content for numerous North American racetracks and wagering outlets.The Stronach Group is North America’s premier supplier of virtual online horseracing games, as well as a leading producer of social media content for the horseracing industry.

Santa Anita Park, 285 W. Huntington Dr, Arcadia, (626) 574-7223 or visit www.santaanita.com.