Santa Anita moves La Cañada from Saturday to next Sunday

The Grade 3, $100,000 La Cañada Stakes, a route race for older fillies and mares, has been moved from Saturday to next Sunday as part of Santa Anita’s rescheduling because of nearby wildfires.

“In our condition book, we don’t have any stakes races (next) Sunday, so we’re going to move the La Cañada,” Santa Anita stakes coordinator Jimmy Kasparoff said. “The La Cañada is going to be run on Sunday, and the Las Ciénegas (G3) is going to be run on Sunday.”

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The Las Ciénegas originally was scheduled for this weekend, but it was postponed when Santa Anita management decided it was more prudent to wait for conditions to improve around fire-ravaged Los Angeles County.

The California Cup day stakes that originally would have been run Saturday were pushed back a week and will be redrawn Sunday, when entries will be taken again. Kasparoff said he did not expect any changes to those fields. He also expected the Las Ciénegas to have the same entrants when it is redrawn Monday, the day entries also will be taken for the La Cañada.

Santa Anita canceled racing Friday, Saturday and Sunday and put limits on training at various times this week because of smoky air. Now 27% contained, the Eaton fire got within six miles of the track property Tuesday before wind died down Wednesday, removing the fire threat.

Santa Ana wind that helped fuel the fires were expected to accelerate Sunday and Monday, raising the danger warnings again across the Los Angeles area. According to CNN, at least 16 people have been killed and more than 105,000 residents still were affected Sunday by evacuation orders.