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- California Thoroughbred Racing Launches New Website – 3/14/12
- Night Racing Returns to Hollywood Park with Enhanced Concert Series Lineup – 3/9/12
- Record-Breaking Jockeys and Derby-Worthy Horses Take Over Golden Gate - 1/4/12
- Santa Anita Kicks Off Racing Season With New Events And Hollywood Ties - 1/5/12
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Filming at the Track
Fast Thoroughbreds and spirited crowds have a place in Hollywood’s past and present, making California’s racetracks the centerpiece for a number of shows and films over the years.
If you are interested in filming your show or movie at one of California’s historic and scenic racetracks, we can help.
Location contact for Golden Gate Fields (Berkeley), Santa Anita Park (Arcadia), Hollywood Park (Inglewood), the Del Mar Racetrack (Del Mar), Humboldt County Fair, Sonoma County Fair, California State Fair, San Joaquin County Fair, Alameda County Fair and The Big Fresno Fair:
Carrie Jones, Bailey Gardiner
(619) 295-8232
carrie@baileygardiner.com
Additional location contact for Santa Anita Park (Arcadia):
Pete Siberell, Santa Anita Park
(626) 574-6373
psiberell@santaanita.com
Additional location contact for Golden Gate Fields (Berkeley):
Jerry Aldoroty, Golden Gate Fields
(510) 559-7384
jaldoroty@goldengatefields.com
TV shows and movies filmed at California racetracks include:
- HBO’s ‘Luck’, airing January 2012
- ‘Seabiscuit’
- HBO’s ‘Entourage’
- ABC’s ‘The Bachelor’
- ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
- ‘Dexter’
- ‘Gone in 60 Seconds’
- ‘The Italian Job’
- ‘Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas’
- ‘CSI-Las Vegas’
- VH1′s ‘Top 20 Countdown’
- ‘Wheel of Fortune’
- ‘Public Enemies’
- ‘The Heist’
- ‘The Grifters’
- ‘Riding High’
- ESPN’s ‘I’ll Do anything’
- MTV ‘Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica’
- E!’s ‘Leave it to Lamas’
- ‘Extra’
- ‘Alias’
- ‘Cold Case’
- ‘Las Vegas’
- ‘The Closer’
- ‘Two and a Half Men’
- Commercial filming for companies such as Claritin, Mercedes-Benz, GEICO, Disney, Comfort Suites, Porsche, Vitamin Water and Lexus
When filming at a California Racetrack, you can expect:
- Effective and experienced team that will strive to accommodate every need and request
- Ample parking lots and spaces for production team vehicles and equipment trucks
- Access to trainers, owners, horses and jockeys
- Access to the horse stables, the Winners’ Circle, Paddock and the rail
*Location fees vary by track and filming opportunity