Mar 2, 2016
NEW BERMUDA TURF COURSE – Santa Anita
Santa Anita Park has announced it will begin installation of a completely new Bermuda turf course on June 20, which will be ready for use in advance of Santa Anita’s Autumn Meet which begins in late September.
“With the impact of additional racing dates and increased demand for turf racing, the replacement of the course is something we have been anticipating and planning for several months,” said Joe Morris, Senior Vice President, West Coast Operations for The Stronach Group. “The new course will be very tight-knit and uniform, and we’re confident that we can have it fully installed by early July, which will give it the time it needs during optimum growing conditions.
“Turf racing is extremely popular with our fans and horsemen, and with our expanded racing calendar, we are placing demands on this course that have never before existed. The new turf is designed to be robust enough to handle the additional use. The horsemen are fully supportive of this project, and together, we look forward to its implementation.”
Trainer Jim Cassidy, President of the California Thoroughbred Trainers (CTT), said the following: “A completely new and durable turf course is essential to successful year ’round racing at Santa Anita. Track leadership has been careful to consider our suggestions and we are pleased to endorse their plan.”
Beginning June 6, preparations will begin on the hillside portion of the course, with the turf oval scheduled for closure beginning June 20. The first course of action will be to remove the existing turf and prepare the soil for the installation of the fully mature Bermuda, which has been grown in La Quinta, Calif.
With an oval that measures about seven furlongs, Santa Anita’s Camino Real Turf Course is unlike any other in North America, in that it features a hillside component, which measures about 6 ½ furlongs (4,777 feet) from the top of the...
IdaBet Players Note: Grade III, $100,000 SANTA YSABEL STAKES
We thought our great IdaBet players would want to know about the Santa Ysabel Stakes:
WHAT: Grade III, $100,000 SANTA YSABEL STAKES
Distance & Conditions: 1 1/16 miles for 3-year-old fillies
WHEN: Saturday, March 5
Race 5, (approximate Post Time—2:30 p.m. PT)
WHY: Undefeated Eclipse Champion Songbird will continue on her road to the Santa Anita
and Kentucky Oaks for trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and owner Rick Porter’s Fox Hill
Farms, Inc. Considered by some to be America’s top 3-year-old, irrespective of
gender, Songbird heads a field of 10 sophomore fillies.
WHO: 1. My Dynamo Fernando Perez Jeff Bonde 119
- Land Over Sea Mario Gutierrez Doug O’Neill 119
- Street Fancy Victor Espinoza Phil D’Amato 123
- Pageant Material Santiago Gonzalez Richard Baltas 119
- Merirosvo Drayden Van Dyke Patrick Gallagher ...
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Western Fair Cancels Tonight – March 1
We wanted to let our IdaBet.com players know that racing from Western Fair has been cancelled tonight due to an impending winter storm. Live racing is scheduled to resume on Wednesday at 6:15 pm ET (weather permitting).
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