Mountain Views News, Sierra Madre Edition [Pasadena] Saturday, December 30, 2017

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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 30, 2017 SECTION B 
AROUND SAN GABRIEL VALLEY 
Merry Christmas 
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By Joan Schmidt 
There is always something exciting and 
unexpected on Opening Day, always December 
26th at Santa Anita Park and this year was no 
different. A huge crowd-over 40,000 came out 
and were not disappointed. There was something 
for everyone-plush horses for the kids, gift cards 
for adults and calendars for all-Thank you Mathis 
Brothers! 
My favorite race, the $300,000 La Brea Stakes 
Grade I- saw Unique Bella pull ahead of Paradise 
Woods. Unique Bella was ridden by Mike Smith 
and Paradise Woods, by Flavien Pratt. These two 
awesome fillies had met in the Breeders Cup, 
when Paradise Woods upset Unique Bella-she is 
one beautiful huge horse. (Of course I was secretly 
cheering for Princess Karen-my personal favorite!) 
Flavian Pratt won the first race on River Boyne, 
trained by Jeff Mullins. Rafael Bejarano had two 
wins- Kanthaka and Spanish Hombre. 
Kent Desormeaux’s two wins were on Red 
Lightning, and on Bowies Hero in the $200,000 
Mathis Brothers Mile Grade. Bowies Hero is 
trained by Phil D’Amato-Congrats to Phil and his 
great staff. 
In the $300,000 San Antonio Stakes, ageless wonder 
Gary Stevens won on Great Expectations, trained by 
Peter Eurton. Congrats to Peter and his staff on this 
great win. I’d also like to give a plug for his daughter 
Brittany, a top-notch commentator/interviewer 
for TVG and truly one of the most gracious and 
unaffected people I have met. 
Javier Castellano, a great jockey has come from the 
East Coast to hang his tack at Santa Anita and won 
on Californiagoldrush, from Neil Drysdale’s barn. 
Lastly VERY BIG CONGRATS to Drayden Van 
Dyke, for his win on City of Light. (Pat was cheering 
in Heaven) If I go down to the Paddock Area, I pass 
the bench where the late Pat Morris-“Pat the Hat” 
sat and get teary-eyed. Among her favorites were 
Joe Talamo, Drayden Van Dyke and at the end- 
Flavien Pratt. Every time one of them wins, I think 
of Pat, probably cheering up in Heaven-they all 
were so kind to her. 
Highlights of the 2017-2018 Meet: Thursday 
and Friday: Free Clubhouse Admission, General 
Admission and General Parking. Weekend 
Admission: General-$5, Clubhouse-$10, Free 
Admission to the Infield (Saturdays and Sundays 
only) Children 17 and under admitted FREE with 
parent. INORMATION: (626) 574-7223, www. 
santaanita.com 
By Joan Schmidt 
Pamela Park Director Sam Estrada and Fifth 
District Supervisor Kathryn Barger made sure 
local children had a great holiday and then some 
at the Park. First there was the delicious Christmas 
Dinner, followed by Santa’s arrival and toy giveaway! 
500 children received toys and went home 
very happy. 
A week later was the Winter Wonderland 
sponsored by Fifth District Supervisor Kathryn 
Barger. This event included refreshments and 
many raffle prizes, but of course the best part 
was the SNOW! First there was the large area of 
snow and many kids of all ages were having great 
fun-snowball fights. There also was a big hill of 
snow and kids got to ride down the hill. When we 
walked to the side, we saw stacks of hay on which 
the snow was stacked-that’s how they made the 
snow hills! 
We brought our grandson Jacob, and saw fellow 
Council Member Terrence Williams with his son. 
Also on hand were Kevin Paris , Probation Officer 
at Pamela Park who has facilitated an Afterschool 
Program and Parenting Classes as well as other 
programs. Area Deputies Nelson and Sanders also 
stopped by. A great time was had by all. Thank you 
Supervisor Barger, Sam Estrada and Pamela Park 
Staff for such a great event. 
A GREAT OPENING DAY AT 
THE GREAT RACE PLACE! 
SANTA AND SNOW BRING JOY IN DUARTE