ARCADIA, 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.
