Santa Anita Park has postponed weekend racing given overnight developments with the wildfires on the west side of Los Angeles, and the property is being used to support several relief efforts, the track said on Saturday.

Santa Anita Park racetrack was filled with hundreds of good Samaritans flocking to make donations for Los Angeles fire victims. There was food, clothing, shoes, and badly needed baby items. Many are donating their time to help others.

We want to provide as much of our space, staff and resources that we can to those in need during what will be a long recovery.”

An outpouring of donations and a testament to the humanity of Southern Californians has overtaken Santa Anita Park where victims of the devastating wildfires ravaging Los Angeles County can find some much needed help.

Santa Anita opened its track Thursday morning to limited training–just joggers and gallopers for most of the morning. For the Santa Anita backstretch community, it was a slice of normality as the extent of the damage caused by the wildfires that have ripped across Los Angeles this week began to set in.

Volunteers rally to support wildfire victims in Los Angeles Santa Anita Park hosts major donation center for displaced residents Community efforts include food donations, clothing drives, and animal shelter support ARCADIA, California, Jan 13 (Reuters ...

Santa Anita Park has provided space for a pop-up donation site to help victims of Los Angeles County wildfires, an effort that began with three men streaming their efforts to provide some free hot dogs on TikTok.

Thousands of people poured into the racetrack, some bringing items to donate and others lining up for a chance to pick up needed supplies – all provided for free. The wildfires that have broken out across Los Angeles County are still raging, with the Eaton Fire closest to Santa Anita but not threatening the racetrack.

Fires that have been burning homes and businesses in Los Angeles for a week have killed at least 24 people, displaced thousands of others and destroyed more than 12,000 structures.

Wildfires have ravaged neighborhoods across Los Angeles in recent days ... resulted in the latest evacuation order, prompting Santa Anita to cancel this weekend's scheduled horse racing event.

Santa Anita Postpones Weekend Racing as Track Is Staging Area for Fire Relief Efforts LOS ANGELES (AP) — A flareup of the wildfire on the west side of Los Angeles that prompted new evacuations has caused Santa Anita to cancel horse racing this weekend.

Saturday’s California Cup card is postponed and Sunday’s races are halted after the impact of the Palisades fire and evacuation areas grow overnight