Wathnan Racing’s Subsanador and jockey Mike Smith, center, hold off two other horses to win the inaugural California Crown Stakes Saturday at Santa Anita in Arcadia. If you are trying to attract new fans to horse racing, you couldn’t script a better ending than Saturday’s $1-million California Crown at Santa Anita. Sports Santa Anita’s California Crown event looks to make …
Jockey Mike Smith celebrates as Zenyatta gallops to victory in the $5-million Breeders’ Cup Classic at Santa Anita on Nov. 7, 2009. But 10 years ago, on Nov. 7, 2009, Santa Anita became a voice of one as Zenyatta, a mare, attempted to become the first female winner of the Breeders’ Cup Classic. “We didn’t want to get her upset …
