Santa Anita Race Track

Santa Anita Race Track
click photo to enlarge	Outside Santa Anita Park race track. Home of Seabiscuit. The track was opened in 1934 and is built on 320 acres.
click photo to enlarge	In the morning from 5 to 9:30 they have a morning workout for the horses. They have tram tours during racing season but I happened to be there on opening day. The tours started the next day.
click photo to enlarge	You can go to the west end of the track to a place called Clockers Corner and have breakfast while watching the horses work out.
click photo to enlarge	It is a really beautiful park. The scenery is very pretty and it looks like it is the park then the mountains. But on the other side of the trees is the 210 freeway. On the other side of the freeway are homes.
click photo to enlarge	People start arriving early, staking out their spot for the day and looking over the handicap papers to plot their winning strategy.