Final day of the season at Santa Anita Park
Ruby Bradley and jockey Aaron Gryder pull away from Tiz a Master and jockey Heriberto Figueroa to win the $200,000 Melair Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on June 23.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Photos from the final day of Santa Anita’s winter/spring season on June 23, 2019.
Acclimate, right, battles with Oscar Dominguez in the San Juan Capistrano Stakes at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on June 23.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Bugler Jay Cohen, 63, plays for the fans during the final day of the season at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on June 23.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)We’re Still Here, foreground, battles with Pas de Panique during the second race at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on Sunday.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Robert Penney wears a horse mask while protesting with animal rights activists outside Gate 5 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on June 23. Thirty horses died at Santa Anita from Dec. 26-June 23, 2019.
(Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)Pony boy Manola Pacheco, framed by another horse, waits for racing horses to approach the tunnel leading to the track during the final day of the season at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia on June 23.
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