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Continuing wet weather conditions in South Florida have led Gulfstream Park West officials to postpone four Florida-bred turf stakes scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 14 to Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 21 and 22.

The $60,000 Millions Turf Preview for 3-year-olds and up at 1 1/16 miles, where 7-year-old Galleon Mast is targeting a three-peat, and the $60,000 Juvenile Fillies Turf at one mile have both been moved to the Nov. 21 program.

Led by defending champion Picara, 4-for-6 lifetime at Gulfstream West, females 3 and up will go 7 ½ furlongs in the $60,000 Filly & Mare Turf Preview, and 2-year-olds will travel one mile in the $60,000 Juvenile Turf Nov. 22.

Five of Saturday's nine-race card are $60,000 state-bred stakes, all scheduled for the main track – the Millions Classic Preview for 3-year-olds and up at one mile (Race 3); Juvenile Fillies Sprint (Race 4) and Juvenile Sprint (Race 7), each at 6 ½ furlongs; six-furlong Millions Sprint (Race 5) and seven-furlong Millions Distaff (Race 8).

Post time Saturday is 12:35 p.m.

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The opening day of Santa Anita's Autumn season will be pushed back a week until Friday, September 25, due to the impact of Bobcat Fire on the air quality and surrounding community.

“Our local community has been deeply impacted by the Bobcat Fire burning for more than a week in the mountains behind us,” said Aidan Butler, Executive Director of California Operations for The Stronach Group. “The current weather pattern has kept the smoke in the valley and the air quality is quite poor right now. The Red Cross is using Santa Anita as the evacuation zone for people – including many of our horsemen – whose homes are less than two miles from here. As excited as we are to welcome back live racing, we are first and foremost committed to safety. This is the responsible decision to make at this time so people can plan accordingly.”

“The stakes races set for this weekend will be brought back next weekend,” said Steve Lym, Santa Anita's VP – Racing & Racing Secretary. “The smoke has impacted some training schedules, so postponing until next weekend will allow everyone a chance to be ready to go. We are planning on filling extra races throughout the meet to give our horsemen the opportunity to run their horses.”

The Opening Week now will feature a blockbuster schedule of outstanding stakes action, offering over $2-million in purse money. The stakes schedule includes seven races which are “Win and You're In” races for the 2020 Breeders' Cup World Championships. The stakes races originally slotted for this weekend will be run as follows: the Chillingworth on Friday, September 25, the Speakeasy on Saturday, September 26 and the Tokyo City Cup on Sunday, September 27.

Entries for Opening Day, September 25, will be drawn on Sunday, September 20, as scheduled. First post will be 12:30 p.m. PT.

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