Officials at Santa Anita Park have announced the stakes schedule for the track's upcoming winter/spring meeting, featuring 60 added-money events, eight of which are at the Grade I level.
Two of those traditional top-level events anchor Santa Anita's opening-day program, the GI Malibu S. for sophomore males and the GI La Brea S. for 3-year-old fillies, both contested over seven furlongs. The Dec. 26 card also includes the GII San Antonio S. at 8 1/2 furlongs on the main track, the GII Mathis Brothers Mile for sophomore turf males and the Lady of Shamrock S. for 3-year-old fillies at a mile on turf.
The other Grade I events over the course of the meeting are the American Oaks Dec. 29; the Santa Anita H. and Frank E. Kilroe Mile Mar. 9; the Beholder S. Mar. 16; and the Santa Anita Derby and Santa Anita Oaks Apr. 6.
Santa Anita's winter meet will again be comprised of 60 racing dates, while the track's total offering, to run through Sunday, June 23, will provide fans and horsemen 102 combined racing days, dating back to Dec. 26.
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