Videos tagged with "anita"

Track Talk 29-03-12 [03:38]
The Jumps Season is underway in Victoria and there is no bigger player than Aquanita's Robert Smerdon. Here Robert chats about the immediate plans for his champion jumper Black And Bent. CEO of Racing Victoria speaks to us about the great plans for the coming season.
Tags: Aquanita, racing, jumps, thoroughbreds, horses, betting, gambling, spring, carnival, Jumping, Talking, Riding, Sports, Horse, Race, Break, Pony, Chat, Hunter, Track, Hunting (Profession), Dressage, Equestrian, Barrel, Western, Quarter, Arabian

Santa Anita | Opening Day 1934 [01:18]
Santa Anita's opening on Christmas Day, 1934, commenced a 65-day season. A crowd of 30777 filled the new grandstand on opening day. The next day's Los Angeles Times reported that scores of celebrities including Al Jolson, Clark Gable and Will Rogers "rubbed elbows at the new track." But as the early days became decades, it was the horses and their companions who became the celebrities that made Santa Anita endure.
Tags: Santa, Anita, Park, race, track, horse, racing

First Santa Anita Handicap [01:35]
Known as the "The Big 'Cap," the first running took place in 1935 just months after the track opened in late 1934, and was for three-year-olds and up until 1969. The Santa Anita Handicap instantly became one of the nation's top races because it offered a minimum purse of $100000, then a staggering amount for a horse race.
Tags: santa, anita, handicap, horse, racing, horses