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Schwarzenegger to be Breeders’ Cup presenter

By Bill Dwyre
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Santa Anita announced Friday that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger would be one of the trophy presenters for the Breeders’ Cup Classic race Oct. 25.

‘We are extremely pleased that Gov. Schwarzenegger has chosen to attend and present the trophy for the biggest race in North America,’ said Sherwood Chillingworth, Oak Tree Director and executive vice president.

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‘I think the governor recognizes the importance of the thoroughbred industry here in California, and his presence on Oct. 25 does, indeed, lend a great deal of prestige to the event.’

Left unsaid was that his presence also gives horsemen some access to ask the governator about his hesitancy in the recent past to help out racing with the inclusion of some slot machines at the tracks.

-- Bill Dwyre

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Bill Dwyre

Bill Dwyre was a three-times-weekly sports columnist for the Los Angeles Times from 2006-15. Before that, he was sports editor of the paper for 25 years. Dwyre was named national editor of the year by the National Press Foundation in 1985 for the paper’s coverage of the ’84 Olympics and winner of the Red Smith Award in 1996 by the Associated Press Sports Editors for sustained excellence in sports journalism. He was sports editor of the Milwaukee Journal from 1973 to 1981, when he joined The Times. Dwyre was named National Headliner Award winner in 1985, sportswriter of the year in Wisconsin in 1980 and sportswriter of the year in California in 2009.

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