Southern California racing returns on September29th when the autumn meet at Santa Anita Park is set to begin.

Racing at the Arcadia track will run through Breeders’ Cup weekend, with closing day being Sunday, November 5th.

The autumn season at Santa Anita is one of the fall season’s premier meets and is sure to offer prime betting opportunities, big purses, and high-quality racing on both the turf and dirt.

An additional spotlight will be cast upon Santa Anita this season as the track gets ready to host the Breeders’ Cup World Championships, scheduled for Friday and Saturday, November 3rd-4th.

Along with the daily top-notch racing at every level, Santa Anita will also feature 28 Stakes races along with the 14 Breeders’ Cup Championship races.

Not counting the Breeders’ Cup, 17 of the meet’s 28 Stakes will be Graded Stakes races, including two Grade 1 races: the $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes on September 30th, which will be a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Classic; and the $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes on October 7th, which acts as a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile.

Both the Awesome Again and the American Pharoah will be Breeders’ Cup Challenge Series Win & You’re In qualifying races.

The meet will host a total of four Win and You’re In races, with the other two being the Grade 2 Chandelier Stakes for the Juvenile Fillies and the Grade 2 Rodeo Drive Stakes for entry into the Filly & Mare Turf, both those qualifiers are set to be run October 7th.

The autumn meet at Santa Anita has races Friday through Sunday, while going dark Monday-Thursday, with the exception of Columbus Day- Monday, October 9th when there will be live racing.