Female routers take center stage in Saturday’s GIII La Canada
At 0h02, on January 9, 2023 • By SANTA ANITA
After two blockbuster weekends of high-class action at Santa Anita, the lone stakes at The Great Race Place next week is the Grade III, $200,000 La Canada for older fillies and mares going 1 1/16 miles.
There were 13 horses nominated to the La Canada including six who are exiting the Grade I La Brea going seven furlongs at Santa Anita on Dec. 26. In the La Brea, Bob Baffert’s Fun to Dream earned her third win in a row when edging Doug O’Neill’s Awake at Midnyte by three-quarters of a length. Kristenbosch was third for trainer John Sadler while Midnight Memories, the La Brea favorite for Baffert, checked in fourth. All are nominated to the La Canada.
Among the potential new shooters are Chancery Way, who is exiting a restricted stakes win at Golden Gate for trainer Jamey Thomas; and Anacapa, a sharp allowance winner going two turns at Del Mar two starts back for trainer Carla Gaines. Anacapa would be wheeling back on short rest as she was cut back to seven furlongs for the Grade III Las Flores on Dec. 31 and finished seventh.
