Santa Anita is postponing Saturday’s important thoroughbred racing card to Sunday in anticipation of heavy rain, track executives were preparing to announce Thursday morning.
A postponement had been under consideration since Wednesday for the Saturday program that features the Santa Anita Handicap, one of Santa Anita’s signature events, and the San Felipe Stakes, which includes 3-year-olds vying to qualify for the Kentucky Derby.
A Monday program is being added. Santa Anita continues to plan to race Friday. First post is 12:30 p.m. each day.
Entries for Sunday were to be finalized Thursday, and entries for Monday to be taken later Thursday.
A Weather Channel forecast Thursday morning put the chance of rain in Arcadia at 53% Friday, with “occasional rain showers,” and 89% Saturday, with “rainfall near a half an inch.”
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