Horse racing fans get to unwrap one final Christmas gift every year on Dec. 26 when the southern California winter racing season celebrates its traditional day-after-Christmas opening day at Santa Anita Park. The date marks the start of a new meet – called the Classic Meet – and kicks off one of the country’s premier annual winter racing seasons. The upcoming meet marks the 90th anniversary of the track, which opened in 1934-’35 and soon became one of the signature racetracks of the 20th century and into the 21st.
SoCal racing’s 2024-25 Classic Meet at “The Great Race Place” will continue on a mostly three-day-a-week basis, Fridays through Sundays plus holidays, until April 6. Racing at Santa Anita will then take a short break and continue with its spring racing season from April 18 until June 15 (called the Hollywood Meet as it picks up dates once held by now-closed Hollywood Park).
Santa Anita Park will host 78…
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