Santa Anita opens winter meet Saturday with loaded card

The opening-day card, which begins at 11 a.m., includes three $300,000 Grade I stakes – the Malibu, the La Brea and the American Oaks. Four other stakes, including the Grade II San Antonio and Mathis Brothers Mile, are an added bonus. It will have been 12 days with no racing in Southern California when the horses enter the starting gate for ...