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World-class racing returns to Santa Anita in Arcadia, Calif., with opening day of the track's 18-day autumn meet on Friday, Sept. 30, and in addition to 10 stakes featuring a number of horses preparing for the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 4-5 at Keeneland, fans will be treated to a full complement of promotions over the three-day opening weekend, Sept. 30, Oct. 1 and 2.

Along with a pair of Breeders' Cup “Win & You're In” Challenge Race qualifiers opening weekend, highlighted by the Grade 1, $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes on Saturday, Oct. 1, the Grade 2, $200,000 Eddie D Stakes at about 6 ½ furlongs down the Camino Real Turf Course will also be included on Oct. 1 in what promises to be an outstanding card.

With closing day set for Sunday, Nov. 6, parking and admission will be free on opening day and on all Fridays through Nov. 4.  Additionally, $3 beers and $5 margaritas will again be offered on all Fridays throughout the meet.

The following is a schedule of promotional events throughout opening weekend:

FRIDAY, SEPT. 30—OPENING DAY
–$3 Beers & $5 Margaritas at Sirona's Bar and the Horseshoe Bar on the Grandstand Mezzanine
–Free General Admission and Parking
–Santa Anita's $5,000 ShowVivor online handicapping contest begins

SATURDAY, OCT. 1—BREEDERS' CUP CHALLENGE DAY
–Smorgasburg LA Noodlefest (Trackside)
–Compton Cowboys/Stagecoach Pop-Up in the Infield
–Rose' at the Races in the Chandelier Room
–FrontRunner Buffet
–Trackside Dining Buffet
–Infield Family Fun Zone
–$4,000 Santa Anita Opening Weekend Challenge
–Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

SUNDAY, OCT. 2—BREEDERS' CUP CHALLENGE DAY
–Japan Family Day, adjacent to the Kingsbury Fountain in the West Paddock
–Infield Family Fun Zone
–$4,000 Santa Anita Opening Weekend Challenge
–Santa Anita Pick 'Em Contest

Fans are also advised that beginning on opening day and on any race day through Nov. 6, those wagering $100 on Santa Anita races via XB Rewards, 1/ST Bet or Xpressbet, will receive a Santa Anita Polo Shirt.

Entries for Santa Anita's autumn meet opener on Sept. 30 will be drawn Tuesday, Sept. 27.  For additional information regarding racing and tickets for promotions through closing day, Nov. 6, please visit santaanita.com or call (626) 574-RACE.

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The 20-cent Rainbow 6 gross jackpot pool will be guaranteed at $200,000 on Saturday's FTBOA Florida Sire Stakes card at Gulfstream Park.

First-race post time is set for 12:25 p.m.

The $200,000 Affirmed and the $200,000 Susan's Girl, the second legs of the series for 2-year-old offspring sired by accredited stallions standing in Florida, will be featured on an 11-race program.

Carlos David-trained Lynx has been installed as the 5-2 morning-line favorite for the seven-furlong Susan's Girl. The daughter of Brethren overcame early bumping and a wide trip to capture the $100,000 Desert Vixen by 1 ¼ lengths Aug. 6. The undefeated filly, who overcame traffic while graduating at first asking May 19, will clash with seven other 2-year-old fillies in the Susan's Girl, which is programed as Race 8.

Jorge Delgado-trained Awesome Strong will headline the seven-furlong Affirmed while seeking to follow up on his dominating victory in the Dr. Fager, the six-furlong first leg of the series carded as Race 10. Awesome Strong captured the Aug. 6 Dr. Fager by 4 ¾ lengths two months after debuting with a six-length victory. The son of Awesome Slew is the 5-1 morning-line favorite in an 11-horse field deep in talent.

Both stakes will be included in the Rainbow 6 sequence (Races 6-11). The popular multi-race wager has gone unsolved for eight racing days following an Aug. 13 mandatory payout\

The Rainbow 6 jackpot is paid out when there is a single unique ticket sold with all six winners. On days when there is no unique ticket, 70 percent of that day's pool goes back to those bettors holding tickets with the most winners, while 30 percent is carried over to the jackpot pool.

NOTE: Jockey Emisael Jaramillo returned to riding Friday after missing nearly two months when thrown from his mount on July 8. Jaramillo returned with four mounts including a second-place finish aboard La Rusia in the fifth race. Jaramillo is named on four horses Saturday including Maximo in the FTBOA Affirmed Stakes.

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Highlighted by the $1-million, Grade 1 TVG Pacific Classic led by superstar Flightline, Del Mar will present a smashing five-stakes card Saturday that also features a trio of Grade 2 stakes on the grass and nearly $2.5 million in total purses, making it the richest racing day outside of the Breeders' Cup in the track's 83-year history.

Besides the 32nd edition of the TVG Pacific Classic, which will see five high-line stakes horses take on the undefeated 1-5 morning line favorite Flightline in Del Mar's premier offering, there are a trio of $300,000 Grade 2 contests drawing milers, marathoners and 3-year-old aces, as well as a $125,000 dirt test for sophs as the warm-up act for the big boys that follow.

The TVG Pacific Classic is a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” race that gives the winner a guaranteed entry – with all fees paid – to the $6-million Breeders' Cup Classic at Keeneland on November 5. Additionally, the $300,000 Del Mar Handicap Presented by the Japan Racing Association at a mile and three eighths on the lawn also is a “Win and You're In” presentation, this one giving a guaranteed paid admission into the $4-million Breeders' Cup Turf on the same November 5 program.

Del Mar's Saturday 11-race program – starting with a first post of 1 p.m.  PT – also will present a mandatory payout on its popular Pick 6 bet that is sure to draw in handicappers who like to take a swing at potential large payoffs. Top it all off with sea breezes and sunshine as the standard order of the day at the seaside oval and it all adds up to the most exciting afternoon of the 2022 summer season.

The star of the day will be Hronis Racing and partners' Flightline, the big 4-year-old colt by top sire Tapit who has gone four-for-four in runaway style in his ever-blooming career, including a pair of Grade 1 scores on both coasts. Patiently handled by veteran trainer John Sadler – the winner of three of the last four TVG Pacific Classics – Flightline has drilled remarkably well at Del Mar this summer giving every indication that the best might be yet to come as he tries the classic distance of a mile and one quarter for the first time. The “big horse” will be reunited with his regular rider, Flavien Prat, who will jet in from his current racing headquarters in New York for the race, which is scheduled to go off at approximately 5:50 p.m.

Set to tackle Flightline are five quality stakes horses. They are Zedan Racing Stables and Winstar Farm's Country Grammer, Fox Hill Farms or Siena Farm's Royal Ship, C R K Stable's Express Train, Steve Moger's Stilleto Boy and Jay Em Ess Stable's Extra Hope.

The Del Mar Handicap, the track's oldest stakes race, is being offered for the 83rd time as Race 11 Saturday. Heading the lineup for the marathon is Diaz-Valdez, Baalbek or Don Alberto's Master Piece, winner of the Eddie Read Stakes earlier at the Del Mar meet. He'll once again have Abel Cedillo in the tack for trainer Mike McCarthy.

The 36th running of the $300,000 Del Mar Mile is also on the agenda as Race 7. The Grade 2 special is headed by Anastasi, Ukegawa or Valazza's Hong Kong Harry, topping a field of 10 turfers.

Also on the afternoon's roster is the 78th running of the $300,000 Caesars Sportsbook Del Mar Derby for 3-year-olds at nine furlongs on the grass. Likely favorite in the affair that goes as Race 9 is Little Red Feather Racing and Madaket Stable's Balnikhov, the winner of the Oceanside Stakes locally on opening day. Trainer Phil D'Amato once again has assigned turf specialist Umberto Rispoli to handle the Irish-bred gelding.

The other stakes on the card is the $125,000 Shared Belief Stakes run at a mile on the main track for 3-year-olds. The horse to beat in that one is SF Racing, Starlight Racing, et al's Armagnac, who races out of Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert's barn and will be handled by Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez. It goes as Race 4 with a 2:30 post.

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