Santa Anita: Track cancels racing indefinitely

michael777 · Mar 5, 2019

Santa Anita has cancelled racing indefinitely to allow track consultant Dennis Moore to inspect a surface that has been plagued by a rash of equine fatalities in recent months, according to Tim Ritvo, the chief operating officer of The Stronach Group, the track's parent company.
Ritvo said racing will not be held this weekend, and declined to speculate on a date of resumption. Racing was scheduled from Friday through Sunday and was set to resume on Thursday, March 14. It was not clear on Tuesday whether racing would be held on March 14, Ritvo said.
The cancellation comes days before one of the track's biggest programs - the Grade 1 Santa Anita Handicap for older horses and the Grade 2 San Felipe Stakes for 3-year-olds, a key prep for the Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby and the Kentucky Derby.

theMadMan · Mar 5, 2019

They need to fix that fast .............

TheComputerGroup · Mar 5, 2019

What the heck is Baffert gonna do with his 4 horses? Is he gonna run Game Winner, Improbable & Mucho Gusto all 3 in the Rebel on March 16?

Roadster was looking to run in the SA derby........

This is wacky.......

IMISREMEMBER · Mar 6, 2019

hey track consultant, uuuuh its been raining a lot in cali, and some of these horses never run on slop or trained in sloppy conditions, the wet conditions is the key, start there. PR says Racing suspended indefinitely, does not mean anything to me, could be back in 2-3 weeks, they make it so dramatic for PETA idiots. Mostly 5-7 horse fields anyhow, wonder if those horses go to golden gate.

TrackGabe · Mar 6, 2019

IMISREMEMBER said:
hey track consultant, uuuuh its been raining a lot in cali, and some of these horses never run on slop or trained in sloppy conditions, the wet conditions is the key, start there. PR says Racing suspended indefinitely, does not mean anything to me, could be back in 2-3 weeks, they make it so dramatic for PETA idiots. Mostly 5-7 horse fields anyhow, wonder if those horses go to golden gate.

This man knows.

G.MONEY · Mar 6, 2019

Read the Rebel may run 2 divisions because of this

Michelangelo · Mar 6, 2019

It's the weather. Cali has never seen so much rain. My guess is that that track was never constructed to accommodate runoff in continuously wet weather because continuously wet weather is such a rarity there. In the east they construct the surfaces to handle wet weather. Although in the old days here horses would have the same problems as holes developed in the racing surface. The bones in a thoroughbred's fetlock (lower leg) are very small and fragile. It always is a wonder to me that they don't break down more often as those little bones are carrying the 1000-1300 lbs of the average thoroughbred. Not good when they step in holes hidden under a sloppy surface.

They either need to reconstruct the surface and drainage system or just wait out the deluge they have been getting. Sounds like they're waiting it out.

TrackGabe · Mar 6, 2019

I don't remember this much rain since 1994 and 1997, its raining like everyday or every other day. Track can't handle it.

Gravy · Mar 6, 2019

you West coast guys cant win its either drought conditions or record rain fall but Michelangelo hit it right on

TrackGabe · Mar 6, 2019

Thats true and when it does rain here it's usually never light, usually hard. Gravy meet me in Vegas next week?

Gravy · Mar 6, 2019

TrackGabe said:
Thats true and when it does rain here it's usually never light, usually hard. Gravy meet me in Vegas next week?

I wish you would have told me sooner but I have some things going on so Im going to have to pass buddy.If they have a Bash I will probably go this year

TrackGabe · Mar 6, 2019

Ed if you go, text me. I will make a trip if you're there. I go 6/8 times a year so I don't need much of an excuse lol.

sharky99 · Mar 8, 2019

Sucks to hear this happened

IMISREMEMBER · Aug 5, 2019

Santa Anita will install a drainage system on its main track under the inside rail prior to the upcoming fall meet, reports the Daily Racing Form.

Maintenance consultant Dennis Moore told DRF that grading of the main track surface has been completed and new material was added.

“We took it all the way down to the base and made sure the grade and the base was all right, and it is,” Moore said. “We found nothing wrong with it.”

The fall meet begins in late September and includes the Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 1 and 2. The previous meeting saw 30 racing or training fatalities from late December to June 23, generating a firestorm of controversy. Some observers pointed fingers at the track condition, particularly over the winter months when an unusually high amount of rain was recorded.

Moore told DRF the drainage system is like the one at Keeneland and will help water drain faster.
Funny how Moore says they found nothing wrong but he chose to completely rebuild the drainage system similar to a midwest track.

trytrytry · Aug 6, 2019

thanks for that info!

Michelangelo · Aug 6, 2019

Just get it right.

Santa Anita is integral to horse racing.

michael777 · Aug 6, 2019

[h=1]Second of Bob Baffert's horses dies at Del Mar, marking 3 fatalities in opening weeks July 31,2019 A third horse has died at Del Mar Racetrack less than two weeks into its summer season, the Associated Press reported Wednesday.[/h][FONT=&quot]The fatality, the second for Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert, was only acknowledged afteran inquiry by the Los Angeles Times.[/FONT]
[h=2]Third horse dies at Del Mar[/h][FONT=&quot]Bowl of Soul, a 3-year-old filly, injured her right hind fetlock, the hinged joint above the hoof, during training on Monday. Jockey Joe Talamo told the Los Angeles Times he felt her leg act differently and quickly held her in place so she wouldn’t move.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Bowl of Soul was euthanized, officials told the Times and AP.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Said Baffert via the L.A. Times:[/FONT]

“She was working well and she was coming into the turn and went to switch leads when she suffered a rare twist of a hind ankle. You just can’t predict these tings happening. You work so hard to keep them healthy. It’s so tough on everybody.”

[FONT=&quot]The horse had not raced at Del Mar and Baffert told the Times he planned to run her this weekend. She won her first race at Santa Anita on May 27 and finished second in a race June 23, the final day at a track that had 30 horse deaths this season.[/FONT]
[h=2]Second horse dies from Baffert’s barn[/h][FONT=&quot]Two horses collided in a freak training accident on the second day of the season at Del Mar. Charge A Bunch threw his jockey and turned sharply during a training session, colliding with Baffert’s horse, Carson Valley.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Carson Valley threw his trainer, who was taken to the hospital and diagnosed with a bruised lower back. The horses reportedly died on impact.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Del Mar was one of the safest race tracks in 2018, according to the Equine Injury Database. There were three fatalities in 3,812 starts. The site’s statistics do not include training fatalities.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Del Mar introduced new safety measures in early July similar to those used at Santa Anita. There is a five-member panel that reviews medical, training and racing records of every horse and medication rules were extended.[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Deaths in horse racing took a renewed focus with the issues at Santa Anita and other reports followed. A report earlier in July put the East Coast in the conversation; it found 10 horses died within nine days at four race tracks across New York. The report found 50 horses died since Jan. 2 in New York, including 21 at Belmont Park.[/FONT]

tanner12oz · Aug 7, 2019

Breeders cup at sa..aint moving at this point..hopefully no issues

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