Santa Anita on a better day. (Benoit Photo)
Grade I Santa Anita Handicap & Three Other Graded Stakes Shifted From Saturday to Sunday Due to Heavy Rain in Forecast
Sunny Skies Likely for Both the 87th Running of the Big Cap Presented by Yaamava’ Resort & Casino as Well as the $300,000 DK Horse San Felipe Stakes
Santa Anita Press Box
ARCADIA, Calif.— With a weather forecast calling for heavy rains into and through Saturday afternoon, Santa Anita Park has announced that there will be no live racing on Saturday and that the Grade I Santa Anita Handicap and three other graded stakes will be shifted to this Sunday, March 3, with first post time for a 10-race card at 12:30 p.m.
A much more favorable weather scenario is in store on Sunday, as Sunday’s forecast calls for sunny skies and a high temperature of 62 degrees. Accordingly, the decision to move Saturday’s card to Sunday was done in consultation with Dennis and Robert Moore, who oversee Santa Anita track maintenance, as well as with officials from the CHRB, TOC, CTT and Jockeys’ Guild.
The Santa Anita Handicap, Grade I Kilroe Mile (turf), Grade II DK Horse San Felipe Stakes and the Grade II Buena Vista Stakes at one mile on turf will highlight what figures to be a tremendous afternoon of world class racing on Sunday.
Entries for Sunday’s 10-race card will be available at santaanita.com later today.
Additionally, those races originally scheduled for this Sunday, March 3, will now be drawn this morning and carded on Monday, with regular first post time at 12:30 p.m.
