Santa Anita to add extra day of racing in March

ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Santa Anita will add an extra day of racing starting March 23, creating a five-day race week that will remain in effect through closing day on April 17.

The change is pending approval from the California Horse Racing Board.

The track will remain on a four-day race week schedule through March 20.

Santa Anita's 76-day winter-spring meeting began on Dec. 26, and has been racing Thursday through Sunday. The track had originally planned to run five days a week starting March 2, but because of various undisclosed factors, the track decided to remain on its four-day schedule for the first three weeks of March.