 Corporate
Name: Los Angeles Turf Club, Incorporated
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 60014, Arcadia, California 91066
Street Address:
285 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia, California 91007 (click for map)
Telephone: (626) 574-7223; Telex: 675580
Fax: Executive Offices: (626) 821-1514; Marketing: (626) 574-5074;
Publicity: (626) 574-6682
Website: www.santaanita.com
Santa Anita Park has played a major role in the history
of Thoroughbred horse racing in California, which dates back more than a
century. Spanish dons in olden days staged races in improvised straightaways
on the land purchased in 1875 by E. J. "Lucky" Baldwin. A colorful gambler
and entrepreneur, Baldwin established Rancho Santa Anita and built a public
one-mile course which opened in 1907.
After Baldwin’s death in 1909, there was no racing until pari-mutuels were
legalized in California in 1933. The Los Angeles Turf Club, Inc. was
organized and purchased part of Rancho Santa Anita. The founders, including
Dr. Charles H. Strub and Hal Roach, built a $1 million race track and
offered a $100,000 stakes race – The Santa Anita Handicap – for the
inaugural 1934-35 racing season. Only four other races anywhere had such a
large purse and now the Big ‘Cap is the oldest continually run
“hundred-grander.”
The United States’ first European-style turf course, with a hillside leg
that crosses the main track to connect with the infield oval, was built for
the 1953-54 season and on March 6, 1954, Santa Anita presented the first
$100,000 race ever run on grass. It was the San Juan Capistrano Handicap,
which utilizes the full distance of about 1¾ miles of this unique course.
The equestrian sports of the 1984 Olympic Games were presented by Santa
Anita at the track and in Rancho Santa Fe. The 1986, 1993, 2003, 2008 and
2009 Breeders’ Cups were held at Santa Anita under the auspices of Oak Tree
Racing Association, which leased Santa Anita for an autumn meeting from 1969
to 2010. The Autumn Meet at Santa Anita will be the host site for the 2012
Breeders' Cup on November 2 and 3.
Santa Anita annually presents the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award,
considered one of the most prestigious honors for race riders. The late Bill
Shoemaker, winner of the award in 1951, rode the final race of his
illustrious career as a jockey at Santa Anita on February 3, 1990.
Frank Stronach’s Magna International Inc. purchased Santa Anita Park in
December of 1998. The Stronach Group now owns the track privately, in
addition to Golden Gate Fields in Albany, Calif., Gulfstream Park in
Hallandale Beach, Fla., Laurel Park in Laurel, Md., Pimlico Race Course in
Baltimore, Md. and Portland Meadows in Portland, Ore., as well as other
racing related facilities.
TSG Developments Investments Inc. Officers: Mike
Rogers, President; Alon Ossip, Chief Executive Officer; Tim Ritvo, Chief
Operating Officer; John Simonetti, Chief Financial Officer; Lyle Strachan,
Executive Vice-President, Finance
LATC Officers: Keith Brackpool, Chairman; George Haines, President;
Frank De Marco, Jr., Vice-President, Regulatory Affairs; Lyle Strachan,
Executive Vice-President, Finance; Mike Rogers, Vice-President, Operations;
Scott Daruty, Vice-President; Gina Lavo, Controller
Vice-President, Director of Broadcasting: Amy Zimmerman, (626)
574-6394
Vice-President of Racing: Rick Hammerle, (626) 574-6473
Horsemen's Liaison: Ami Atkinson, (626) 574-6471
Director of Publicity: Mike Willman, (626) 574-6417
Track Photographer: Benoit & Associates, (626) 574-6463
Announcer: Trevor Denman
Track Caterer: Santa Anita Hospitality, (626) 574-6480
Nearest City: Los Angeles, 14 miles
Nearest Airports: Hollywood-Burbank, 15 miles. Private planes may
land at nearby El Monte Airport; runway length 3,350 feet, maximum weight
12,500 lbs., small jets permitted (ATIS: (626) 444-1107)
Track Data: Dirt track, 1 mile with chutes of 7 furlongs and 1¼
miles; stretch, 900 feet; turf course, 7/8
mile; hillside infield turf course, approximately 13/4
miles; training track, 6 furlongs; 2000 stalls in 55 barns; total acreage,
323
Seating Accommodations: Grandstand, 13,190; Club House, 5,280
Price of Admission: Grandstand, $5; Club House, $8.50; Turf Club,
$20; age 17 and under free with parent
Minimum Age Admitted: Children admitted and must be accompanied by
parents at all times
Accommodations for Children: Recreation and playground area in
Infield
Parking Facilities: Capacity, 22,000; General, $4; Preferred, $6;
Valet, $10
Fan Club or Morning Program: Public is invited to watch workouts daily
during racing seasons, 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at “Clockers’ Corner” with full
breakfast service available and Seabiscuit tours on weekends at 8:30 and
9:45 a.m.
Simulcast Information: Santa Anita racing is available for full-card
or special event simulcasting from December 26 to April 21, 2013 and from
September 27 to November 3, 2013, with racing typically Thursday through
Sunday and holiday Mondays; days only
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