Tickets-Sports
Santa Anita Park "Day at the Races" package
- Item Number
- 133
- Estimated Value
- 1000 USD
- Sold
- 505 USD to hdwredes
- Number of Bids
- 13 - Bid History
Item Description
Santa Anita Park package including:
- Turf Club admission
- Racing Program
- Lunch for four (4) adults
- Race named in your honor
- Picture in the Winner's Circle
- Carriage ride to the Starting Gate
- Paddock Tour
Item Special Note
Santa Anita Park, "The Great Race Place," is a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, Calif. It offers some of the prominent racing events in the United States during the winter and in spring. The track is home to numerous prestigious races including both the Santa Anita Derby and the Santa Anita Handicap. Santa Anita occupies 320 acres and has a 1,100-foot-long grandstand, which is a historic landmark that seats 26,000 guests. The grandstand is done in an Art Deco style and is the original facade from the 1930s.
Due to its proximity to Los Angeles, Santa Anita has traditionally been associated with the film and television industries. The racetrack sequences in the Marx Brothers classic "A Day at the Races" were filmed there, and many stars, including Bing Crosby, Spencer Tracy, Errol Flynn, Alex Trebek, and MGM mogul, Louis B. Mayer, have owned horses that raced there.
Its European-style paddock features statues of legendary jockeys like George Woolf, Johnny Longden, Bill Shoemaker and Laffit Pincay, Jr. plus a memorial bust of announcer Joe Hernandez and one of trainer Charlie Whittingham with his dog, Toby. There is also a lifesize bronze of the icon Seabiscuit.
South African native Trevor Denman has served as the track announcer at Santa Anita since 1983. Denman is noted for his calls beginning with "And away they go..."
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Santa Anita Park
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