1/ST Things 1/ST: Dragon Boat Racing at Santa Anita

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00:00It's a Sunday here at Santa Anita Park, and if you can't beat them, you join them.

00:10We're going to take them on in the Dragon Boat.

00:12Everybody ready?

00:13Ready!

00:14Yeah, and we definitely had some fun this weekend.

00:18We had Dragon Boat Racing.

00:19Now, if you've never heard of this, it is a team-building event.

00:24It was actually sponsored by the Diamond 100 Racing Club at Santa Anita.

00:28We had heats on the infield, and the broadcast team got together to have a go and face off

00:34against the marketing team.

00:36Now, I was in the front.

00:38I had Michelle Yu behind me, Jessica Pfeiffer behind her, and Peter Lorre bringing up the

00:43rear.

00:44We set off at a pretty good pace.

00:45I was being shunt along by Michelle Yu earlier, and Peter, trying to go one-handed like he

00:50was riding a bull, brought up the rear.

00:53Now, things got a little tricky in the final 16th of a mile.

00:56Here's Peter taking a tumble, bringing down Jessica Pfeiffer, falling on top of her.

01:02Michelle Yu trying to keep herself up, shoved me to the ground, and then went on to win

01:06it on her own.

01:07A really, really fun afternoon of racing.

01:10Not only does Santa Anita have horse racing, apparently now we have Dragon Boat Racing.

01:16Do want to remind you that racing will continue this weekend with a one o'clock post time

01:20on Friday.

01:22Stakes action this weekend will be the Santa Margarita stakes, Honeymoon stakes, and Cinema

01:26stakes on Sunday.

01:28Do want to remind you we have a one o'clock post on Saturday, and gates will open at 8

01:33a.m. for Belmont Stakes Day.