Santa Anita plans 10-race program for Sunday

ARCADIA, Calif. – Santa Anita will conduct a 10-race program on a Sunday for the first time this year after canceling Thursday’s eight-race program because of wet conditions.

More than 24 hours of rain led to the cancellation of Thursday’s card more than two hours before first post. At the time of the cancellation, 15 horses had been withdrawn, with others expected to be scratched.

Track officials said Thursday that the canceled races will be brought back. Five of Thursday’s races have been redrawn for Sunday. The program begins at 11:30 a.m. Pacific.

Thursday’s program was the first canceled program of the meeting, which began on Dec. 26. In early 2017, the track lost three days of racing because of wet conditions.