Canonize wins Santana Mile at Santa Anita
March 18, 2012ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Canonize defeated Gladding by a half-length to win the $71,800 Santana Mile on Sunday at Santa Anita, giving trainer Ron Ellis a sweep of the weekend's major stakes races.
Ridden by Victor Espinoza, Canonize ran the distance in 1:33.89 and paid $5.40, $3 and $2.60 in winning a stakes race for the first time at age 6.
Gladding returned $3.40 and $3.20, while Honour the Deputy was another 8 1-4 lengths back in third and paid $4.20 to show.
Ellis also trains Include Me Out, who won the $300,000 Santa Margarita Stakes for fillies and mares on Saturday. Samantha Siegel's Jay Em Ess Stables owns both winners.
Siegel says the weekend was ``a blast'' and that she doesn't have winning weekends very often so she planned to enjoy it.
The victory, worth $43,080, increased Canonize's career earnings to $228,784, with five wins in 13 starts.