Frankel to run 14 on Big Cap card     Uploaded: 03/02/2006
By STEVE ANDERSEN
ARCADIA, Calif. - A few weeks ago, Bobby Frankel glanced through the condition book for Saturday's program at Santa Anita and speculated that he would have 13 entrants. He was wrong. The Hall of Fame trainer has 14 horses entered on an 11-race program that has total purses of $2,058,000.

Bengal Lore to run on dirt or turf     Uploaded: 03/02/2006
By JAY PRIVMAN
ARCADIA, Calif. - There was a slight chance of rain Thursday night in this area, and it could have a major impact on the Grade 3, $100,000 Baldwin Stakes on Saturday at Santa Anita.

Good trip a must in Kilroe     Uploaded: 03/02/2006
By STEVE ANDERSEN
ARCADIA, Calif. - With 14 entrants in Saturday's $300,000 Frank Kilroe Mile on turf at Santa Anita, racing luck will have as much to do with the result as a contender's last race or workout.

STABLE NOTES FOR MAR. 2, 2006 BY ED GOLDEN     Uploaded: 03/02/2006
Provided by Santa Anita Park

LITTLE WILKO HAS BIG HEART IN QUEST FOR SANTA ANITA HANDICAP

STABLE NOTES FOR MAR. 1, 2006 BY ED GOLDEN     Uploaded: 03/01/2006
Provided by Santa Anita Park

HIGH LIMIT IS 5-2 BIG ’CAP CHOICE, ONE OF 14 FRANKEL HAS ENTERED ON CARD

STABLE NOTES FOR FEB. 28, 2006 BY ED GOLDEN     Uploaded: 02/28/2006
Provided by Santa Anita Park

HALL OF FAMER FRANKEL SEEKS THIRD WIN IN SANTA ANITA HANDICAP

CHRB BOARD MOVES TO REQUIRE POLYTRACK-LIKE SURFACES     Uploaded: 02/16/2006
ARCADIA, CA – The California Horse Racing Board approved a proposed rule Thursday to require the installation of a Polytrack-like surface at the major thoroughbred tracks in California by the end of next year. The rule proposed by CHRB Chairman Richard B. Shapiro and approved unanimously by all seven racing commissioners states: “As a condition to license, any track that operates four weeks (or more) of continuous thoroughbred racing in any calendar year must install a polymer, synthetic-type racing surface by no later than December 31, 2007.”

California’s Medication Testing Program: The Levelest of Playing Fields     Uploaded: 08/24/2005
By Mary Forney - Reprinted from the Owner's Circle Summer 05
California’s equine medication testing program is one of the most advanced in the world. It is designed to protect the horses, the fans, the racetracks, and the State. A look at what goes on “behind the scenes” of this comprehensive program is enough to convince anyone that our horses are, indeed, competing on a level playing field.
The process begins at the racetrack, where horses are tested before and after each race for a myriad of drug substances. Test samples are then analyzed at a state-of-the-art laboratory. With instruments that can detect drugs in amounts so small they could fit on the point of a pin, screening and detection procedures are as scrupulous as those used to handle criminal investigations.

CHRB using fingerprint technology for license applicants     Uploaded: 06/25/2005
The California Horse Racing Board is now using fingerprint-scanning technology to screen license applicants, cutting a processing time that used to take months down to hours.
The technology allows the CHRB to instantly transmit digitized information to the California Department of Justice to screen applicants’ criminal history. The applicant rolls their fingers across an image scanning device until a readable print is captured.