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Santa Anita Park threw open its gates for filming of 'Seabiscuit'
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COPLEY NEWS SERVICE
ARCADIA _ During most of December, at certain times and places
around Santa Anita Park, it was 1940 all over again.
The signage returned, especially the distinctive script "Santa
Anita" over the tote board and starting gate. Riders wearing silks
and cloth caps _ no helmets and protective vests like today _ hung
out in a jocks' room.
They rode horses with legendary names in legendary races, driving
for a finish line where men in bowler hats stood atop a ...
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MEDITRUST MERGER SECURES SANTA ANITA.(SPORTS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; ... mumbo-jumbo was word that Meditrust plans to keep Santa Anita in the thoroughbred racing business. Whew. In the wake of this news, there were high-fives in the dignified halls of the Santa Anita front offices, and the relief bordered on giddiness. ``A couple ...
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HORSE RACING : RENOVATION REVELATIONS; ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST SHOULD CHECK OUT STALLS AT SANTA ANITA.(SPORTS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: KEVIN MODESTI At Santa Anita Park, the writing on the wall has been painted over. There was concern for the future of the legendary racetrack in Arcadia when it was up for takeover bids last year. The worries were muted but audible when a merger agreement with Meditrust Corp., a giant in
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Santa Anita still a place where legends are born
Pasadena Star-News
; ARCADIA -- The nation was in the grip of the Great Depression, a time when most people had little money to spend, much less wager, as Santa Anita Park opened for business on Christmas Day, 1934. But 30,000 people crowded the racetrack's bleachers that holiday, including big stars of the era --
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Santa Anita racetrack looks ahead after 70 years
Inland Valley Daily Bulletin
; ARCADIA - The nation was in the grip of the Great Depression, a time when most people had little money to spend, much less wager, as Santa Anita Park opened for business on Christmas Day, 1934. But 30,000 people crowded the racetrack's bleachers that holiday, including big stars of the era - Clark
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SANTA ANITA ON NEW TRACK : SHARES UP ON NEWS OF PARTNERSHIP DEAL.(BUSINESS)(Statistical Data Included)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
; Byline: Gregory J. Wilcox Daily News Staff Writer Shares of Santa Anita Cos. jumped 4.6 percent Monday as the thoroughbred race track and shopping center owner said ...
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