Julio Canani

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Julio Canani
Occupation
San Clemente Handicap (2005, 2006)
San Pasqual Handicap (2007)
Del Mar Handicap
(2008, 2009) Breeders' Cup wins:
Breeders' Cup Mile (1999, 2001)
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (2004)
Significant horses
Silic, Val Royal, Tranquility Lake, Sweet Catomine

Julio Canani (November 13, 1938 – February 5, 2021) was a Peruvian-born American

Thoroughbred horse racing. He won three Breeders' Cup
races.

Biography

Canani emigrated to the United States in 1954, and settled in California where he began working for racehorse trainer Tommy Doyle. In 1968, he obtained his trainer's license and over the next few years earned a reputation for developing claiming horses into stakes race winners. In 1993, having won numerous major California races including the prestigious Santa Anita Handicap, Canani took a break from racing until the spring of 1997 when he returned to operate the Nick Canani Racing Stable at Hollywood Park Racetrack. He went on to win the 1999 and 2001 editions of the Breeders' Cup Mile and in 2004 the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies.

Canani was afflicted with dementia in recent years. He died on February 5, 2021, at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, California. He was 82, and contracted COVID-19 in the time leading up to his death.[1]

References

  1. ^ "Trainer Julio Canani Dies". Thoroughbred Daily News. 5 February 2021. Retrieved 9 February 2021.