Santa Anita opens with a big weekend Santa Anita will open its gateway to the Breeders' Cup meeting Friday, and beloved former jockey Eddie Delahoussaye will be front and center. The 24-day fall meeting, which will work toward a Nov. 2-3 Breeders' Cup crescendo of multi-races for multi-millions, will start on a high note with the new $100,000 Eddie D. Stakes, formerly the Morvich. Delahoussaye and family will be on hand Friday to present the trophy, with the likely favorite at post time the veteran Peter Miller horse Comma To The Top. Santa Anita has the Eddie D day planned to help get the blood warmed up for racing fans for one of the more prestigious weekend meeting kickoffs in Southern California racing history. Saturday, the track will offer five Grade I races, all worth $250,000 and all giving an automatic, all-expenses-paid entry into one of the Breeders' Cup races. In order of running, races 6 through 10 Saturday, are the Chandelier for 2-year-old fillies at 1 1/16 miles; the FrontRunner for 2-year-olds at 1 1/16 miles; the Zenyatta, formerly the Lady's Secret, for fillies and mares at 1 1/16 miles; the Rodeo Drive, for fillies and mares at 1 1/4 miles; and the Awesome Again, an open field leading to a spot in the Breeders' Cup Classic, at 1 1/4 miles. The 11th race will end the pick-six betting. That will be the Unzip Me for 3-year-old fillies down the hill on the turf at 6 1/2 furlongs. The feature of all these features will be the Awesome Again, formerly the Goodwood Stakes. These are the big guys and the top picks are likely to be Game On Dude, the 5-year-old who has won nearly $3 million in his career. Chantal Sutherland rode him for much of that success, but trainer Bob Baffert has switched to Rafael Bejarano. Also expected to contend is Richard's Kid, a durable 7-year-old who will be starting his 37th race. Richard's Kid is now trained by Doug O'Neill, who will return to training Friday from his high-profile suspension for a prior milkshaking (excessive carbon dioxide in a horse's system) positive from 2010. O'Neill served his suspension after the horse he trained, I'll Have Another, won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness this year. There is more. On Saturday at noon, in the paddock area adjacent to the main grandstand, Santa Anita will unveil a statue of the legendary Zenyatta, winner three times of the race newly named after her. Zenyatta's statue at Santa Anita will complete a superstar trio of statues that also includes John Henry and Seabiscuit.