Civitan Track meet

The Arcadia Recreation and Community Services Department and the Arcadia Civitan Club are sponsoring the Civitan Track and Field Meets in March.
Students should attend the meet which corresponds with their year of birth. Participation is open to elementary and middle school-age boys and girls born in years 1995-2003 who are Arcadia residents or attend Arcadia [...]

Zenyatta returns Saturday

Last season’s Breeders’ Cup champ (Nov. 7), Zenyatta, who then retired undefeated after 14 races is coming out of retirement Saturday for the Grade I, $250,000 Santa Margarita Handicap, theseventh race with a probable post time of 3:40 p.m. on March 13.
The six-year-old mare arrived at Santa Anita just before noon on Thursday from Hollywood [...]

Mirai first to go 3D at Olympics

Arcadia figure skater Mirai Nagasu has been selected by Panasonic to be the subject of what may be the first skating video ever shot in 3D.
ArcadiasBest.com has learned that an announcement will be made Friday (Feb. 12) detailing the partnership between Panasonic and Mirai in which she and her parents, who own the Kiyosuzu restaurant [...]

Santa Anita owner/track changes

Santa Anita Park will remain under the ownership of current owner Frank Stronach and will replace the entire track for the third time in four years.
Those are just two of the big stories relating to Santa Anita in the past week.
It began last week with news that Zenyatta has become the Brett Favre of horse [...]

Race day opening history

It was a memorable opening day at Santa Anita Park Saturday as the race track enjoyed the biggest crowds in ten years to help celebrate the iconic venue’s 75th anniversary.
The 35,292 attendees collectively wagered $4,531,236, a 12% increase from last year, while the inter-track handle was up 5% to $3,182,200. Out-of-state handle was down about [...]

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