Santa Anita Park Paddock Captain John Shear turns 100
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Longtime Santa Anita Park Paddock Captain John Shear turned 100-years-old on Sunday and Santa Anita has named the sixth race in his honor.
Shear has been unable to attend 'The Great Race Place since last March, when furloughed because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I enjoy watching on television but nothing compares to being at Santa Anita,” said Shear, a native of England who has been employed at Santa Anita since 1961.
The four-foot, 11-inch former exercise rider gained national attention nine years ago when at the age of 91 he heroically threw himself between an on-rushing loose horse and a five-year-old girl who was standing with her father outside of Santa Anita’s Seabiscuit walking ring.
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