Sat. Best Bets. 12/27

all day Festival

The Shady Ladies of the Mother Lode, the New Buffalo Soldiers, the Long Beach Mounted Police Honor Guard, the Medieval Times riders and a dozen other equestrian groups will strut their stuff in the Tournament of Roses Equestrian Festival. The annual event offers a chance for the public to see the 16 equestrian units do what they do best, before their walk through the streets of Pasadena in the Rose Parade on New Year’s Day. The Tournament of Roses queen and her court are also scheduled to attend the festival.

* Tournament of Roses Equestrian Festival, Santa Anita Park, 285 W. Huntington Drive, Arcadia. 10 a.m.-noon. Included in racetrack admission (post time, 12:30 p.m.): $4; ages 17 and younger, free. (626) 574-7223.