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Must-Try Restaurants Near Santa Anita Park

If you’re heading to legendary Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif. track this upcoming weekend for the San Felipe Stakes, then we have some restaurant recommendations you can’t miss. Whether you’re in the mood for delicious cheap eats or if you favor fine dining, below are some places you’ll want to check out while you’re in town.

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Tacos and Trifectas: Searching for a Fountain of Youth Longshot

Welcome to Tacos and Trifectas! Each week, America’s Best Racing’s Southern California correspondent Jose Contreras - @LosPonies to those who follow him on Twitter - will provide a taco review along with a selection that he will key in trifecta bets in hopes of winning some cash to buy more tacos! Contreras will map out a trifecta betting strategy for how to key his main pick and keep track of his return on investment (ROI), which was positive in 2017.

Stop back each week if you love tacos and want a trifecta play!

Racing Reading Recommendations for World Book Day

To celebrate World Book Day, members of team America’s Best Racing shared their favorite book about horses and racing. From children’s classics to horseplaying guides, our team gives their recommendations for a perfect racing read.

The Racetrack in Charles Bukowski’s Writing: A Microcosm of Life

I have wasted a lifetime at the racetrack and to this moment, I still go every day.

I don’t know any other place to go. the toteboard flashes and I move in.

–from “The Horse Players”

The Story of Horse Racing and Bourbon

For years, I’ve unofficially tracked bourbon sales in Kentucky liquor stores. Anecdotally, store managers and owners have told me their top three volume brands were Woodford Reserve, Maker’s Mark, and Buffalo Trace. Jim Beam, Evan Williams, Henry McKenna, Four Roses, Bulleit, and few others have cracked the top five from time to time, but the one and two position have been a steady stream of Maker’s and Woodford.

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