Sam Calvario and Tim McCanna tied for leading trainer with 16 wins at the Golden State Racing meeting in Pleasanton, Calif., that ended on Wednesday, the final day of Thoroughbred racing in Northern California until at least mid-June. By Thursday afternoon, the two men had scattered across the United States. Calvario took a late morning flight from the Bay Area to Houston to scout whether Sam Houston Race Park or Delta Downs would be a good fit for some of his runners. “I may try to move a little stable over there,” he said. McCanna did not wait until Thursday. On Wednesday evening, McCanna flew to his home in Spokane, Wash., for a holiday vacation. “I’ll get away for a week or so,” he said. Both Calvario and McCanna have been in contact with officials at Santa Anita, seeking a small number of stalls for the track’s winter-spring meeting that begins on Dec. 26. Santa Anita officials said on Thursday that trainers Jorge Bautista, Jose Bautista, O.J Jauregui, Andy Mathis, Bill McLean, Felix Rondan, Steve Sherman, and Isidro Tamayo are among others who have expressed an interest in having a presence at Santa Anita. :: Subscribe to the DRF Post Time Email Newsletter: Get the news you need to play today's races!  Plans for a winter-spring meeting at Pleasanton were abandoned earlier this week after organizers of the Golden State Racing meeting, led by the California Authority of Racing Fairs, announced they will not pursue racing dates in the short term because of lower than expected business results at the fall meeting, which began in October. The Golden State Racing meeting replaced dates held in past years at nearby Golden Gate Fields, which closed permanently in June. This winter, daytime Thoroughbred racing will be consolidated at Santa Anita in Southern California. Santa Anita announced on Monday that it will provide racing opportunities for Northern-based stables at its upcoming winter-spring meeting, which begins on Dec. 26. At Thursday’s racing board meeting, chairman Greg Ferraro said the regulatory agency is hopeful the single-track approach will work amid difficult financial circumstances. Tracks in Southern California have slashed purses in recent years because of declines in handle. “I know it will be a difficult period of time of transition,” Ferraro said. “I hope it works. If it doesn’t work, we can make adjustment to make it work. “At this point, we really have no choice. We’ll certainly try to make it work.” Santa Anita officials said on Thursday that they have amended the lowest level for claimers to accommodate stables based at Pleasanton. The lowest level of claiming races for winners has been reduced from $8,000 to $5,000 from past meetings. The lowest level of claiming races for maidens has been reduced from $16,000 at the autumn meeting to $8,000 at the upcoming meeting. The California Horse Racing Board met on Thursday and approved those changes as well as Santa Anita’s proposal to add a fourth day of racing on Thursdays in coming months should entries be strong enough to support more racing. The track has operated largely on a Friday-through-Sunday basis since early 2019. As of Thursday, the track has not announced plans to add specific Thursday programs. To engage Northern California-based stables, Santa Anita will cater some race conditions to horses who have raced on that circuit beginning with the second day of the upcoming meeting, on Dec. 27. No racing is expected in Northern California until the start of the five-stop fair circuit at Pleasanton in mid-June. Calvario said on Thursday that his stable will need to be active in coming months, and that some runners cannot be waited with for that long. Some of his horses, he said, will not fit at Santa Anita. “I may try to move a little stable over there,” he said of Santa Anita. “The rest I’ll move to Texas. “I have a lot of cheap horses that won’t compete there. We’ll see what happens. It’s a bad situation. It’s a problem.” Calvario’s Santa Anita group will include Sunset Grazen, winner of the Golden Gate Debutante at 1 1/16 miles at Pleasanton on Dec. 7. She is a candidate for the $175,000 California Cup Oaks at a mile on turf for 3-year-old statebred fillies on Jan. 11. “She may have a good chance,” Calvario said. Calvario, 43, said he has a 52-horse stable, the largest of his career, which began in 2017. “I finally got a big stable and good horses, and then comes this situation,” he said. McCanna said some of his lower-level runners will have wintertime vacations in Washington State with the expectation they will race at Emerald Downs in Auburn, Wash. The track begins its spring-summer meeting on April 27. “I may stash a few for Emerald Downs,” he said. McCanna said he envisions having five to 10 runners based at Santa Anita, and utilizing the free shipping for the 700-mile roundtrip between Pleasanton and Santa Anita that Santa Anita has promised northern-based stables. “I’ll get some stalls down there and ship back and forth to Pleasanton,” he said. “They sounded open to fitting us guys in.” Duly Noted, an undefeated California-bred 3-year-old filly who won the minor Livermore Valley Stakes against older fillies and mares at six furlongs at Pleasanton on Nov. 30 in her fourth start, will be sent to Santa Anita, McCanna said. McCanna, who turns 63 on Friday, won the final race on Wednesday to tie Calvario when Brother o’ Brien ran in a conditional $8,000 claimer at a mile and 70 yards. :: Bet with the Best! Get FREE All-Access PPs and Weekly Cashback when you wager on DRF Bets. Much of his stable will remain at Pleasanton, as will his employees. “I feel for all the grooms and all the jockeys and gallop boys who are there,” he said. “I hope to keep enough horses to keep my guys working. “No one is happy about it. Racetrackers are tough. We roll with the punches.” Cecil memorial service scheduled A memorial service for trainer Ben Cecil, who died on Nov. 29, will be held in the 100-to-1 suite from 1 to 3 p.m. at Santa Anita on Dec. 28. Cecil was 56. Cecil trained in Southern California from 1996 until last month, winning 325 races from 2,420 starters who earned more than $24.9 million. :: Want to learn more about handicapping and wagering? Check out DRF's Handicapping 101 and Wagering 101 pages.