Santa Anita Park Cancels Saturday As Wet Weather Continues To Pound Southern California

SANTA ANITA PARK CANCELS SATURDAY AS WET WEATHER CONTINUES TO POUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

A makeup day has been scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 15

ARCADIA, CA (Jan. 3, 2026)— Santa Anita Park has canceled live racing today (Saturday, Jan. 3) as the latest in a series of powerful storms is expected to drop yet more significant rain on the Southern California area throughout the afternoon. A decision for Sunday’s racing program will be made early tomorrow morning to evaluate the most up-to-date forecast for the saturated Southland.

A makeup live racing day will be added Thursday, Jan. 15. This is in addition to the previously announced addition of live racing on Thursday, Jan. 8 to the schedule.

Fans responded overwhelmingly positively to the 48-hour postponement of Santa Anita’s Opening Day races, as the largest crowd in nine years showed up for the start of the racing season. The 41,962 attendance was also the most for a Sunday opener since 1999.