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June 4, 2009

BREEDERS’ CUP ANNOUNCES $10 GENERAL ADMISSION PRICING FOR 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTA ANITA PARK

NEW YORK (June 4, 2009) - The Breeders’ Cup and Oak Tree Racing Association announced today that General Admission tickets will be $10 on both Championship Friday and Championship Saturday for the 2009 Breeders’ Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park, Nov. 6-7, in Arcadia, Calif. General Admission tickets were $20 each day in 2008. All 2009 reserved seat tickets go on sale to the general public at www.breederscup.com/tickets beginning Friday, June 5, at 12:01 AM (ET).

May 8, 2009

BREEDERS' CUP REDUCES TICKET PRICES AND LAUNCHES FIRST EVER ONLINE TICKET PROCESS FOR 2009 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS AT SANTA ANITA

2009 Ticketing Includes General Public Access to Best Seats, Online Finish Line Vantage Points and One- and Two-Day Purchase Options

NEW YORK (May 8, 2009) - The Breeders' Cup and Oak Tree Racing Association announced today sweeping changes to their ticket sales program, including the move to a convenient, fan-friendly online ticket seat selection and purchase system for the 2009 Breeders' Cup World Championships at Santa Anita Park, Nov. 6-7, in Arcadia, Calif. The Breeders' Cup also has reduced ticket prices across the board and will offer single and two-day ticket options throughout the facility.

April 29, 2009

BREEDERS' CUP TO REMAIN AT SANTA ANITA THIS YEAR

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP)—Breeders’ Cup officials say horse racing’s year-end world championships will go on as planned at Santa Anita in November despite the track’s owner filing for bankruptcy.

Breeders’ Cup president Greg Avioli said Wednesday that a Delaware bankruptcy court affirmed Oak Tree Racing Association’s lease with Santa Anita through the end of the year.

As a result, the Breeders’ Cup will be staged as planned Nov. 6-7.

Magna Entertainment Corp. filed for bankruptcy in March.

April 19, 2009

FAVORED MIDSHIPS VIRTUALLY WALKS OFF WITH SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO

ARCADIA, Calif. (April 19, 2009) – Finding a paceless field in North America’s longest graded stakes race, Midships took full advantage with a wire-to-wire victory by three-quarters of a length over Spring House in Sunday’s 70th running of the Grade II, $200,000 San Juan Capistrano Handicap at 1 ¾ miles over Santa Anita’s Camino Real turf course on the meet’s closing day.

ON-TRACK BUSINESS AT SANTA ANITA UP, FREE FRIDAYS, SANTA ANITA DERBY LEAD WAY

ARCADIA, Calif. (April 19, 2009)—Santa Anita Park concluded its 84-day winter/spring meeting in robust fashion on Sunday, posting the first gain in on-track attendance at any major California racetrack since the summer of 2007 at Del Mar.

PIONEEROF THE NILE NAMED HORSE OF MEET IN MEDIA POLL

Sadler, Bejarano Earn Honors as Top Trainer and Jockey

ARCADIA, Calif. (April 19, 2009) – Pioneerof the Nile, who won the Santa Anita Derby to remain unbeaten in three stakes at the meet and establish himself as a leading contender for the Kentucky Derby on May 2, was named Horse of the Meet in Santa Anita’s annual Media Poll.

April 18, 2009

MAGICAL FANTASY TAKES SANTA BARBARA AS BLACK MAMBA NOSE VICTIM AGAIN

ARCADIA, Calif. (April 18, 2009) – After a wait that seemed endless on Saturday, Black Mamba realized a fate all too similar to the one that had befallen her one year before when beaten by the shortest of noses in Santa Anita’s Grade II, $200,000 Santa Barbara Handicap, but this time it was Magical Fantasy who took her measure.

April 17, 2009

PICK SIX CARRYOVER OF $93,291 INTO FINAL SATURDAY, FREE FRIDAY ON-TRACK CROWD OF 9,040 BEST OF MEET

ARCADIA, Calif. (April 17, 2009)—A meet-high “Free Friday” crowd of 9,040 on-track fans contributed to a Pick Six carryover of $93,291, and the likelihood of a total pool of over $500,000 on Saturday. This is the 28th Pick Six carryover at Santa Anita’s 84-day winter/spring meeting which concludes on Sunday.

Fans also failed to select the winner of the $1 Super High Five in the last race, creating a Super High Five carryover of $104,744.

COMEBACKING GLOBETROTTER LIFTS SADLER INTO TRAINING TIE, FREE FRIDAY CROWD REACHES 9,040

ARCADIA, Calif. (April 17, 2009) – Comebacking Globetrotter gained his first victory since taking the 2007 running of Canada’s Group III Grey Breeders’ Cup Stakes at Woodbine on Friday when he captured Santa Anita’s $56,400 allowance feature at 1 1/8 miles on turf, before a meet-high “Free Fridays” crowd of 9,040.

Joel Rosario, who had missed the previous two days of racing due to illness, guided the 2-1 favorite between horses in the stretch to emerge with a one-length win over Lease of Life and give trainer John Sadler his second victory of the afternoon.

April 16, 2009

SILENT STALK WINS SECOND IN ROW OVER HILLSIDE TURF COURSE

ARCADIA, Calif. (April 16, 2009) – Silent Stalk, who has blossomed with the addition of blinkers to her racing equipment, gained her second successive victory over Santa Anita’s hillside turf course Thursday when fighting off several late challenges to gamely capture Santa Anita’s seventh race, a $51,860 allowance feature for 3-year-old fillies.

After setting the early pace under Tyler Baze in the 6 ½-furlong event, the bay daughter of Petionville prevailed by a nose over Gold Goddess with 2-1 favored Starlarks another length back in the field of seven.

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