Santa Anita Revving Up For Fall Opening, Arcangelo Arrives For Breeders’ Cup

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With Santa Anita Park set to begin its fall meet, fans will be greeted by a pair of all-new state-of-the-art paddock video boards beginning on opening day, Friday, Sept. 29, 1/ST Racing said in a press release late Thursday.

Manufactured by US-based Daktronics, the video boards each measure nine feet tall by 16 feet wide. While the previous paddock video boards had a pixel pitch of 15mm, the new boards provide much higher quality viewing, with a finer 6mm one.

To view a time-lapse installation click here.

Breeders' Cup Stars Ship to The Great RIP

Arcangelo (Arrogate), the top-rated horse in the official Breeders' Cup Classic rankings, arrived at Santa Anita Wednesday evening. The GI Belmont and GI Travers winner was bright and alert Thursday morning.

That same day, Classic contender MGISW White Abarrio (Race Day) jogged over the Santa Anita main track. The GI Whitney H. hero last worked on Sept. 20 at Santa Anita. As for when he'll return to the tab, assistant Chip Dutrow said Thursday morning, “we'll let him tell us.”

In other Breeders' Cup news, four horses on the grounds trained by Steve Asmussen–MGISW Echo Zulu (Gun Runner), MGISW Clairiere (Curlin), MGISW Gunite (Gun Runner) and GISW Society (Gun Runner)–all tack walked, according to assistant Scott Blasi.

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