Wednesday's Santa Anita Feature Named for Great Filly La Zanzara

Santa Anita's feature race tomorrow, the La Zanzara Handicap, is named for the outstanding Irish filly who in 1975 became only the second female to defeat males in 38 runnings of the San Juan Capistrano Handicap. The San Juan Capistrano, an invitational handicap for 4-year-olds and up at about one mile and three-quarters on the turf, was also won by Miss Grillo in 1949.

Trained by the great Charlie Whittingham for Aaron and Marie Jones, La Zanzara also won back-to-back runnings of the Beverly Hills Handicap at Hollywood Park in 1974-75.

Here's the field for the La Zanzara:

La Zanzara Handicap
Four Year Olds and Upward - Fillies and Mares
Purse: $70,000 - Distance: One And One Half Miles (Turf)

Post  Horse Name          Age   Sex     Weight  Jockey
1     Caprice (GER)       6     Mare    117     Rafael Bejarano
2     Powerofvoodoo       5     Mare    110     Joseph Talamo
3     Forest Melody       5     Mare    115     Victor Espinoza
4     Exquisite (NZ)      5     Mare    115     Alex O. Solis
5     Lickety Lemon       4     Filly   117     Chantal Sutherland
6     Restless Soul (GB)  5     Mare    113     Joel Rosario
7     Brushed Gold        5     Mare    115     Garrett K. Gomez