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Santa Anita Unveils Promotions For Autumn Meet

In addition to world-class racing, Santa Anita's upcoming Autumn Meet will feature a wide variety of promotions, including free parking and admission as well as $3 beers and $5 margaritas on opening day, Friday, Sept. 29 and most Fridays throughout the 19-day stand.

With the 40^th running of the Breeders' Cup World Championships coming to Santa Anita for a record 11^th time on Nov. 3 & 4, the Autumn Meet will showcase the best Thoroughbreds in the world at America's most picturesque racing venue.

“We're excited to welcome racing fans back to The Great Race Place,” said Andrew Arthur, Santa Anita's senior director of marketing. “We've got an aggressive experience and promotional schedule to help us build momentum as we approach the Breeders' Cup on Nov. 3 and 4 and we're confident this is going to complement some great racing beginning on opening day.”

Fans are encouraged to sign up in advance of opening day Sept. 29, for Santa Anita's free online Showvivor presented by EquineEdge. Showvivor requires players to pick horses that finish in the money and offers a total of $5,000 in prize money.

For those 1/ST Reward (formerly XB Rewards and Thoroughbreds) members that attend on-track and bet $100 on Santa Anita races via 1/ST Rewards, 1/ST BET or Xpressbet, they'll receive a free Santa Anita Sweatshirt. Additionally, fans can earn a commemorative Zenyatta Pin on Oct. 1, 7, 8 & 9 by betting $50 via 1/ST Rewards, 1/ST BET or Xpressbet or by visiting Santa Anita Park.

FOLLOWING ARE A LISTING OF PROMOTIONS THROUGH CLOSING DAY, NOV. 5

— Saturday, Sept. 30
Japan Family Day/Birriamania (East Infield Area)/Trackside Dining Buffet/Infield Family Fun Zone/Santa Anita Pick'Em Contest

— Sunday, Oct. 1
Japan Family Day (Trackside, Kingsbury Fountain)/Infield Family Fun Zone/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Friday, Oct. 6
$3 Beers & $5 Margaritas/Free Admission & Parking/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Saturday, Oct. 7
$30,000 Wealth Tree & Asian Fall Festival/Infield Family Fun Zone/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Sunday, Oct. 8
$30,000 Wealth Tree & Asian Fall Festival/Infield Family Fun Zone/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Holiday Racing, Monday, Oct. 9
Dollar Day with $1 Beers & Sodas, plus $2 Hot Dogs/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Saturday, Oct. 14
Oktoberfest Trackside Apron/Infield Family Fun Zone/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Sunday, Oct. 15
Oktoberfest Trackside Apron/Infield Family Fun Zone/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Friday, Oct. 20
$3 Beers & $5 Margaritas/Free Admission & Parking

— Saturday, Oct. 21
Oktoberfest Trackside Apron/Infield Pumpkin Patch & Fall Fun Fest/Past Action Heroes (Infield)/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Sunday, Oct. 22
Oktoberfest Trackside Apron/Pink's Hot Dogs (Loge Box Seats)/Pumpkin Patch & Fall Fun Fest (Infield)/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Friday, Oct. 27
$3 Beers & $5 Margaritas/Free Admission & Parking

— Saturday, Oct. 28
Smorgasburg Event Trackside Apron/Infield Pumpkin Patch & Fall Fun Fest/Spooktober Treat Hunt (East Infield)/Free Admission (Direct Mailer)/ Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Sunday, Oct. 29
Infield Pumpkin Patch & Fall Fun Fest/Spooktober Treat (East Infield)/Hallow-Weiners (East Infield)/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

— Thursday, Nov. 2
$3 Beers & $5 Margaritas/Free Admission & Parking

— Friday, Nov. 3
Breeders' Cup World Championships, Day One

— Saturday, Nov. 4
Breeders' Cup World Championships, Day Two

— Sunday, Nov. 5
Closing Day/Mandatory Pari-Mutuel Payouts/$500 Closing Day Challenge/Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest, 1/ST Reward: Santa Anita Sweatshirt

Fans are encouraged to visit breederscup.com/ticketing for Breeders' Cup reservations on Nov. 3 and 4. For additional information, please visit santaanita.com or call (626) 574-RACE.

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Illinois Racing Board Approves 78 Thoroughbred Dates At Hawthorne In 2024

The Illinois Racing Board on Thursday approved 78 thoroughbred race programs at Hawthorne Race Course in 2024.

Hawthorne, located 10 miles southwest of downtown Chicago, will race two days a week — Saturdays and Sundays — from March 23 to June 1.

The track will race three days a week — Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays — from June 2 to Oct. 13.

Post times will begin at 6:30 p.m. CT on Thursday and 2:50 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday. The track will be dark on Thursday, July 4.

It is expected the race track will be available for thoroughbred training around Saturday, Feb. 17, depending on weather.

Chris Block, president of the Illinois Thoroughbred Horsemen's Association, credited Tim Carey and Hawthorne's staff for their efforts to support continued Thoroughbred racing in Illinois.

Carey told the IRB that Hawthorne plans to have its racino operational by the end of calendar 2024 and that construction will take approximately 12 to 14 months.

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Australia’s Golden Rose: Runner-By-Runner Preview

An outstanding renewal of the G1 Golden Rose at Rosehill on Friday night features the horses and international jockeys who won Sydney's biggest 2-year-old races last season. The world's top-ranked rider, England's Ryan Moore, and star Brazilian jockey Joao Moreira will ride in the million-dollar race for 3-year-olds at seven furlongs. The Golden Rose is the eighth on a 10-race card at Rosehill, broadcast live by FanDuel TV and Sky Racing World (First post 9:50 p.m. Eastern/6:50 p.m. Pacific).

Golden Rose: Runner-By-Runner Preview

#1 MILITARIZE (gate 2, 8-1): Dual G1 winner at seven and eight furlongs beneath Joao Moreira, while giving trainer Chris Waller a sweep of Sydney's 2-year-old “Triple Crown.” Militarize closed encouragingly and lucklessly in his six-furlong prep and will be first-time blinkers.

#2 SHINZO (gate 10, 5-1): Absent since winning the world's richest 2-year-old race, the Golden Slipper (first leg of the aforementioned Triple Crown) in March, beneath Ryan Moore. Shinzo has not raced beyond six furlongs and this race has never been won off a layoff. Waller brushed aside questions of his unorthodox approach, saying that Shinzo has been in work since June: “He's come back stronger, physically and mentally … he's ready to go.”

#3 CYLINDER (gate 6, 7-2): Golden Slipper runner-up; 2-for-2 this season (the Australian racing season begins in August). Overcame trouble to win the G2 Run to the Rose, traditional six-furlong prep which has produced eight of the past 11 Golden Rose winners.

#4 KING COLORADO (gate 9, 6-1): Late-bloomer who won last season's final Group 1 for 2-year-olds (at a mile in June), when making just his third start. Returned in this season's first Group 1, the Winx Stakes, at seven furlongs against top-class older horses and finished midfield without ever seeing daylight. Jockey upgrade.

#5 DON CORLEONE (gate 5, 30-1): Finished fourth, second, and sixth across the juvenile Triple Crown races. Only seventh of nine in the Run to the Rose, but had some support and was cast wide after a troubled start.

#6 LIBERTAD (gate 7, 16-1): Group 3 success at 5 1/2 furlongs in seasonal debut, but then poor in the Run to the Rose.

#7 MORAVIA (gate 4, 12-1): Followed a debut maiden win with successive longshot seconds in stakes races behind Libertad and Cylinder. Pleasing progress.

#8 ENCAP (gate 3, 10-1): After some luckless runs, broke his maiden in a Group 3 at this track and distance.

#9 BUTCH CASSIDY (gate 8, 35-1): Third to Libertad; fourth to Cylinder. Consistent tryer, whose only poor efforts were on wet tracks.

#10 NADAL (gate 13, 20-1): The tennis legend has another racehorse named in his honor. Not to be confused with the 2020 Arkansas Derby winner, the Aussie Nadal broke his maiden at start #3 before finishing third in the Run to the Rose. Nadal has been supplemented to the Golden Rose for $37,500.

#11 SNAPBACK (gate 11, 80-1): Showed late-season promise in Group races, before returning with a facile maiden win at a low-level track as the 1-9 favorite. Massive class rise.

#12 GENERAL SALUTE (gate 12, 35-1): Decent fourth- and sixth-place finishes behind Libertad and Cylinder, respectively. Big odds both times and will likely struggle from his bad gate, but does get blinkers first time.

#13 CHARM STONE (gate 1, 6-1): Lone filly carries 4 1/2 pounds less. Arrives from Melbourne on the back of successive stakes wins versus her own sex. Highly rated but unproven beyond G3 Fillies. Also untested clockwise, but has trained well in the “reverse” direction. Co-trainers Mick Price and Michael Kent, Jr won last year's Golden Rose.

Suggested Exacta: 4 – 1, 3, 5

Countdown to The Everest

The world's richest race on turf is three weeks away, on Friday night, Oct. 13 (U.S. time).

Following Private Eye's excellent return to action in winning last week's G2 The Shorts, the runner-up in last year's The Everest has earned a slot for 2023.
Last year's winner, Giga Kick, the 7-2 future book favorite to repeat, will train up to The Everest following a draining defeat off a layoff in Melbourne two weeks ago.
A Golden Rose win by either Shinzo or Cylinder would pique slot-holder interest for The Everest.

The Rosehill card will be broadcast live on FanDuel TV this Friday night (First Post: 9:50 p.m. ET/6:50 p.m. PT) alongside cards from Kembla Grange, Toowoomba and Belmont. All races will be live-streamed in HD on the new Sky Racing World App, skyracingworld.com and major ADW platforms such as TVG, TwinSpires, Xpressbet, NYRABets, WatchandWager, HPIbet, FanDuel and AmWager. Wagering is also available via these ADW platforms. Fans can get free access to live-streaming, past performances, and expert picks on all races at skyracingworld.com.

A native of Brisbane, Australia, Michael Wrona has called races in six countries. Michael's vast U.S. experience includes; race calling at Los Alamitos, Hollywood Park, Arlington, and Santa Anita, calling the 2000 Preakness on a national radio network and the 2016 Breeders' Cup on the International simulcast network. Michael also performed a race call voiceover for a Seinfeld episode called The Subway.

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Mountaineer Jockey Fined $100 for Striking Horse in Face

Jockey Jose A. Leon has been fined $100 for hitting a horse in the face during training hours at Mountaineer Park.

According to a Mountaineer stewards' ruling, “Mr. Leon was caught striking a horse across the face on Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023, during morning exercising.”

The ruling didn't specify whether Leon struck the horse with his whip or his hand.

Joe Moore, the executive director of the West Virginia Racing Commission, wrote in an email that he did not have any details about the incident beyond what the Mountaineer stewards stated in the ruling.

Leon, 24, represented himself at a Sept. 18 stewards' hearing, according to the ruling. Moore told TDN Leon has not appealed, but is still within his 20-day window to do so.

Leon, who has been a licensed jockey since 2018, has compiled a 38-for-304 record so far this year, riding in West Virginia, Ohio, Arizona, and in the mid-Atlantic region.

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