Santa Anita’s 28-day Hollywood meeting ended with great success on June 18 when a powerful crowd of 18,633 Father’s Day attendees contributed to a total of 17,104 proceeds from all sources. .124 dollars. With the mandatory payout applied in Rainbow Pick Six 20 coins, $3,742,427 in new coins were wagered, resulting in a Rainbow Six pool total of $4,088,561 as of the time after the race. seven.
The Hollywood Meetup, which begins April 21, follows Santa Anita’s 43-day Classic Encounter, which begins December 26 and ends April 9. With Santa Anita ready to host the Breeders’ Cup World Championship for a record 11th on November 3 and 4, track officials encouraged by improvements made in several aspects of the operation Purebred daily and looking forward to Santa Anita’s Fall 2023 Encounter begins September 29 with renewed optimism.
“We certainly want to thank the riders, owners, trainers, riders, back workers and thousands of people who helped us organize the live race,” said Senior Vice President. Santa Anita CEO and CEO Nate Newby said. “We are extremely proud of our safety record this year, and we would like to acknowledge this progress as the result of genuine team effort from all stakeholders.
“Looking forward to the fall, it’s really a great honor to be able to host the 11th Breeders’ Cup and preparations will begin tomorrow. We’ll give fans on the track some some Improvements, including a pair of brand new high-definition big screen TVs in the paddock, will, among other things, help ensure The Great Race Place continues to look spectacular.”
With three wins on the closing day, Juan Hernandez continued to dominate his reign, claiming his third consecutive Santa Anita equestrian title with 42 wins, including three on the closing day. He also leads once again by winning bets, with 10 money wins, five more than Hector Berrios.
In the coach category, Phil D’Amato tops his rivals with 17 wins, two over Doug O’Neill with 15 and three over Mark Glatt, who finished with 14. D’ Amato also led all the conditions at this year’s Classic Encounter, his five training titles overall at Santa Anita. The San Pedro, CA native also leads the Hollywood Meetup by stake, with five wins, one more than Richard Mandella and Bob Baffert.
Among owners, Paul and Zillah Reddam’s Reddam Racing, LLC took the top title, with seven wins in 38 starts — twice better than Hronis Racing, LLC.
In terms of Hollywood grandstand performances, remember the three Class I winners on Memorial Day, May 29. Bob Baffert’s Defined wins the Hollywood Gold Cup, helping Baffert, the coach win the bet. Santa Anita’s all-time top won the Hollywood Gold Cup for his record eighth time, one better than the legendary Bald Eagle, Charlie Whittingham.
Juan Hernandez celebrates and jockey wins Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita Park
Also on Memorial Day, coach Peter Eurton’s greatly improved Exaulted won the Shoemaker Mile, giving Juan Hernandez a pair of Class I watches. And in the Gamely Stakes, it was D’s Brazilian Macadamia. Amato, with Tiago Pereira leading, won 6-1.
The day before, a couple of great performances by the Californian hybrids had highlighted the 10-race program on Gold Miner Day.
Coach Doug O’Neill’s Ceiling Crusher remains unbeaten in a fourth start, winning a mile and a sixteenth Melair stake by 17 lengths under Hernandez and in another devastating performance , The Chosen Vron by owner/trainer Eric Kruljac passed a score of 5 1/2 out of six longer Thor echo stakes under Hector Berrios.
On closing day, Leonard Powell’s French-born Neige Blanche overcame a nine-month layoff to successfully defend his title in the One-mile Perfect Bet. half on the field, giving jockey Diego Herrera his first Thoroughbred bet win.
And in Santa Anita’s traditional finish-day feature, the 84th run of Class III San Juan Capistrano Stakes with about a mile and three quarters on the field, it was Richard Mandella’s hybrid Brazilian Planetario rally to win won 4 and a half under Hector Berries.
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