Compari wins Santa Anita feature
January 5, 2012ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Compari won the $77,400 Gutenberg Purse on Thursday at Santa Anita to snap a five-race losing streak, leading all the way en route to a three-quarter length victory.
Ridden by Rafael Bejarano, Compari ran a mile on the turf in 1:34.38 and paid $3.60, $2.60 and $2.20 as the 4-5 favorite for his first win since April 3, 2010, in the Arcadia Handicap.
Willyconker returned $4.40 and $2.80, while El Gato Malo was another half-length back in third and paid $3.20 to show.
Compari had won six in a row before his losing streak. The 6-year-old gelding was sidelined for nine months during one stretch, and a splint problem took him out of action last May.
The victory, worth $50,700, increased Compari's career earnings to $510,430.