On the days surrounding a big race, there is no finer place to be than Clockers’ Corner for morning workouts and breakfast at the Santa Anita Park. The magnificent San Gabriel Mountains are in constant change as the sun rises with a morning glow and produces a misty haze. Cloud shadows flit across the mountains while the birds sing and the palm trees sway. And through the mist come the horses. You can hear them before you see them as their hooves dance a staccato beat on the track. Riders perch in their saddles and they breeze past.
