Videos tagged with "opening day"

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

Cuuragh Racecourse: Ballydoyle gallops [04:22]
After the opening day of the Irish flat season Aidan O'Brien worked a 44 strong team after racing. See the action and reaction here.
Tags: Aidan O'Brien, Ballydoyle Racing, Joseph O'Brien, Camelot Horse Racing, Power Horse Racing, Maybe Horse Racing, Frankel, 1000 Guineas Horse Racing, 2000 Guineas Horse Racing, The Oaks Horse Racing, The Derby Horse Racing, Horse Racing, At The Races, So Yo

Richard Mandella on Santa Anita and Opening Day [02:13]
Dick Mandella describes his first experiences in horse racing and describes his first encounter with Santa Anita Park.
Tags: Santa Anita Park, horse racing, race track, horse, The Great Race Place, handicapping, Arcadia, racing, richard mandella, dick mandella, setsuko, worth repeating, Santa, Anita, Park, Live

Are you ready for Opening Day, December 26? [03:07]
Opening Day is right around the corner. Watch all of our horseman talk about The Great Race Place and what it means to be part of Opening Day.
Tags: Santa Anita Park, horse racing, race track, horse, The Great Race Place, handicapping, Arcadia, racing, Joe Talamo, Richard Mandella, Ray Bell, Mel Stute, Gary Stute, Gary Stevens, Chantal Sutherland, Bob Baffert, Santa, Anita, Park, Live

Santa Anita Autumn Opening Day [00:30]
Live racing is back at Santa Anita Friday, September 30!
Tags: santa, anita, horses, racing, horse, jockeys, food, truck, festival, ponies, wager, sports, weekend, opening