New location for Egan and Hammerle at Santa Anita . Park
Veteran rider and racing official Jason Egan was promoted to Racing Director and Racing Secretary for Santa Anita Park starting January 27. He holds the position of Race Coordinator of the track. from 2020 and he was appointed to the new position after Chris Merz announced his desire to take a more expansive active role in the racing industry.
Additionally, Rick Hammerle will join 1/ST Racing as an advisor. After stops in California, New Jersey and Florida, he was most recently the Racing Coordinator at Oaklawn Park and the Executive Director of Racing at the Kentucky Downs.
Like Hammerle, Egan is a graduate of the University of Arizona Track Industry Program. While there, Egan interned with coach Michael Dickinson and went on to work for Hall of Fame coach Todd Pletcher.
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