Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita Offers Family Fun In The Sun

Summertime Oaks at Santa Anita Offers Family Fun In The Sun: The 2015 Summertime Oaks is a Grade II race for three-year-olds and is hosted by Santa Anita Park. The race is scheduled for this Saturday, June 20, 2015, and will be run over a 1-1/16-mile route for a tantalizing $200,000 purse. Santa Anita will also be hosting plenty of fun-filled events to go along with the featured races, thus opening their gates and welcoming guests at 10:00 a.m.

Summertime Oaks 2015 Post Positions & Odds
Race 8 4:00 PM PT
1 All Star Bub 20-1 Bejarano/Hollendorfer
2 Sheer Pleasure 4-1 Baze/D’Amato
3 Danette 15-1 Perez/Desormeaux
4 Guild 30-1 Prat/Harty
5 Roksana 12-1 Valdez/Jones
6 Tara’s Tango 4-1 Smith/Hollendorfer
7 Conquest Curlgirl 12-1 Talamo/Casse
8 Scat Means Go 8-1 Stevens/Dominguez
9 Stellar Wind 5-2 Espinoza/Sadler
10 Fantastic Style 7-2 Garcia/Baffert

For true race enthusiasts, Santa Anita Park offers the Farriers Package where guests can enjoy their own personal boxes. This also includes Club House admission, a craft brew from Farriers in the Club House Mezzanine, an entrée from one of the Club House Mezzanine eateries, and a commemorative pint glass or Farriers drink koozie. If you purchase your tickets online, you can enter code CRAFT to get 40% off your ticket.

There will also be a Family Fun Zone for kids and adults to enjoy from noon until four o’clock. Patrons can purchase Family Four Packs, which are $30 per family of four and include two Daily Racing Programs, four hot dogs, chips and sodas, two pony rides, two face paintings, eight carnival games, and two wristbands for Unlimited Jumper Time. Family Four Packs can be purchased the day of the event.

After the races and the 2015 Summertime Oaks, guests can stay and enjoy The Gallop Out, a new Club House destination that features a sports bar that sits above Santa Anita’s first turn. You can enjoy the races from there with a bar, wagering kiosks, and plenty of televisions. In addition, Happy Hour is served from noon until one o’clock and again from four o’clock until five o’clock. Admission to The Gallop Out is free with $10 Club House admission.

The Bud Light Lounge is also open from 10:00 in the morning until 6:00 in the evening and features live racing as well as private betting stations and an all-you-can-eat buffet from noon until three o’clock. Online tickets cost $20 per person while walk-ups are $25. Your first Budweiser or Bud Light is free and costs only $3 after that.

For handicappers, there is a $40 Handicapping Contest offering $800 in prize money, and the top five will qualify for the finals to compete for $6,000. If you bring a new player with you, than the $10 entry fee will be waived for both handicappers.

Since Santa Anita Park is in California, try a little bit of California style for your race day look. This season, fringe and boho chic are very in style and fortunately fit perfectly with the laid-back California style. Try fringe on your handbags or shoes or even fringe jewelry or scarves, and pair it with neutral colors and bohemian-inspired maxi dresses or denim. Take inspiration from what celebs wear to all of the summer music festivals. Check out Oliva Palermo and Kate Hudson for such celebrity inspiration.

Visit SantaAnita.com for additional information on events and ticket prices.