SA and DelMar to get Hollywood dates
Apr 11, 2013 23:21:21 GMT -5
Post by Jon on Apr 11, 2013 23:21:21 GMT -5
Saratoga will thrive. How can anyone bet (or watch) DelMar with that god-awful track? Injuries and breakdowns keep rising there and CA wants to give it more racing days? The first strings will be heading to the Spa. Racing at DelMar is a risk no owner should incur. Give ALL the dates to SA or the Fair circuit!
Santa Anita: 2013-14 meet could run through early July
By Steve Andersen
Santa Anita and Del Mar officials have held discussions about a proposed Thoroughbred racing calendar for Southern California in 2014 that would lead to virtually all racing on the circuit at those venues, a racing official said Thursday.
A blueprint for a revised racing calendar, contingent on the closure of Betfair Hollywood Park at the end of the year, was presented Thursday afternoon at Santa Anita to the board of directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California.
Hollywood Park officials have said the track will eventually be closed for residential and commercial developments, and there is widespread belief in the industry that Hollywood Park will not operate in 2014. Hollywood officials have committed to stay open for racing and training through 2013.
“Santa Anita and Del Mar are close,” TOC chairman Mike Pegram said Thursday evening, adding that further discussions will be held in coming weeks.
Under the proposed schedule for 2014 presented to the TOC, Santa Anita would run from Dec. 26 through early July and run a fall meeting from late September to late October or early November. Currently, the track ends its winter-spring meeting on the third weekend of April. The fall meeting has run through the first weekend of November in recent years.
Del Mar would run its summer meeting from late July into early September and would have an autumn meeting in November. Currently, the track has only one race meeting each year, during the summer.
Barretts Racing at Fairplex Park would run its September meeting in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Fair. Upon the expected closure of Hollywood Park, Barretts Racing is seeking to become a year-round training venue in the Los Angeles area, Fairplex Park president Jim Henwood said on Thursday.
The proposed calendar leaves gaps with no racing in part of July and for a large portion of December.
No racing dates for 2014 have been assigned by the California Horse Racing Board. On Thursday morning, racing board chairman David Israel said that the 2014 dates would be discussed at the board’s meeting in Sacramento on May 23.
www.drf.com/news/santa-anita-2013-14-meet-could-run-through-early-july
Santa Anita: 2013-14 meet could run through early July
By Steve Andersen
Santa Anita and Del Mar officials have held discussions about a proposed Thoroughbred racing calendar for Southern California in 2014 that would lead to virtually all racing on the circuit at those venues, a racing official said Thursday.
A blueprint for a revised racing calendar, contingent on the closure of Betfair Hollywood Park at the end of the year, was presented Thursday afternoon at Santa Anita to the board of directors of the Thoroughbred Owners of California.
Hollywood Park officials have said the track will eventually be closed for residential and commercial developments, and there is widespread belief in the industry that Hollywood Park will not operate in 2014. Hollywood officials have committed to stay open for racing and training through 2013.
“Santa Anita and Del Mar are close,” TOC chairman Mike Pegram said Thursday evening, adding that further discussions will be held in coming weeks.
Under the proposed schedule for 2014 presented to the TOC, Santa Anita would run from Dec. 26 through early July and run a fall meeting from late September to late October or early November. Currently, the track ends its winter-spring meeting on the third weekend of April. The fall meeting has run through the first weekend of November in recent years.
Del Mar would run its summer meeting from late July into early September and would have an autumn meeting in November. Currently, the track has only one race meeting each year, during the summer.
Barretts Racing at Fairplex Park would run its September meeting in conjunction with the Los Angeles County Fair. Upon the expected closure of Hollywood Park, Barretts Racing is seeking to become a year-round training venue in the Los Angeles area, Fairplex Park president Jim Henwood said on Thursday.
The proposed calendar leaves gaps with no racing in part of July and for a large portion of December.
No racing dates for 2014 have been assigned by the California Horse Racing Board. On Thursday morning, racing board chairman David Israel said that the 2014 dates would be discussed at the board’s meeting in Sacramento on May 23.
www.drf.com/news/santa-anita-2013-14-meet-could-run-through-early-july