La Cantera (2022) Horse
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La Cantera is a 4yo horse trained by Carlos A. David. It is by Persian King out of Desert Lantern. To date La Cantera has earned four wins, and on 27 Dec 2025 at Gulfstream it captured its biggest victory, taking the $40,000 Race 10.
Race Record
| Event Summary | Runner Stats | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| Churchill Downs 21-Sep-26 1710m R7 Race 7 (of $178,524) Barrier 8, Winning Time: 01:40.100, SP: 17.00 bumped at the start, raced six wide into the upper lane and raced evenly to the wire. 1st Define ( T Gaffalione 118 ) 2nd Sneakily ( A Concepcion 118 ) 1.75L 3rd High South ( V R Carrasco 122 ) 1.85L 7th La Cantera ( B Curtis 122 ) 8.35L See full results | B Curtis 55.3kg 8.35L | 7 (10) |
| Ellis Park 23-Aug-26 1710m R8 Race 8 $867 (of $143,024) Barrier 12, Winning Time: 01:40.370, SP: 6.00 laid off of the pace four to five wide, progressed outside of foes into the far turn to offer a bid at the five sixteenths pole, but flattened out while fanning to the seven path entering the lane and tired. 1st Spin A Tune ( J Torres 118 ) 2nd Jalila ( A Beschizza 124 ) 1.00L 3rd High South ( C Torres 124 ) 0.75L 8th La Cantera ( F Arrieta 124 ) 12.75L See full results | F Arrieta 56.2kg 12.75L | 8 (10) |
| Ellis Park 10-Jul-26 1609m R7 Race 7 $2,066 (of $146,983) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:33.530, SP: 5.00 brushed an outer rival rounding the first turn, stalked three to two wide into the backstretch, pressed before vying around teh fa turn, led in upper stretch but got outkicked by an outer pair at the sixteenth pole then yielded show late. 1st Icona ( F Geroux 123 ) 2nd Winning Streep ( V Cheminaud 123 ) 0.75L 3rd High South ( C Torres 123 ) 1.50L 5th La Cantera ( A Concepcion 123 ) 2.55L See full results | A Concepcion 55.8kg 2.55L | 5 (11) |
| Churchill Downs 20-Jun-26 1811m R9 Race 9 $18,106 (of $181,058) Barrier 7, Winning Time: 01:46.820, SP: 9.00 stalked two wide, bid rounding the far turn but was repelled in midstretch, dueled for place with an inner bidder late but missed. 1st Amberglen ( I O Jr 118 ) 2nd Miss Pharaoh ( M Gutierrez 126 ) 5.00L 3rd La Cantera ( L Saez 124 ) 5.05L See full results | L Saez 56.2kg 5.05L | 3 (9) |
| Gulfstream 19-Apr-26 1710m FIRM R8 Race 8 $19,512 (of $97,559) Barrier 3, Winning Time: 01:39.760, SP: 3.50 was rated along the inside and advanced on the inside on the far turn and tipped out three wide leaving the turn to have aim but could not get to the winner and had to settle for being second best. 1st Turino ( M Husbands 123 ) 2nd La Cantera ( S Camacho 123 ) 2.25L 3rd Altamira Sur ( Y Torres 123 ) 4.25L See full results | S Camacho 55.8kg 2.25L | 2 (9) |