Santa Anita
Canchari to ride in California for first time this fall
Coady Photography Alex Canchari, 18, rode his first two career winners on opening day at Oaklawn.
ARCADIA, Calif. – Alex Canchari, the leading rider at Hawthorne Racecourse on the Chicago circuit last fall, will ride in Southern California beginning next Friday.
Canchari, 20, arrived Thursday from Canterbury Park in Minnesota, where he has been riding this summer. Canchari has won 82 races this year, including stakes at Canterbury Park and Oaklawn Park.
The upcoming Santa Anita race meeting will be his first in California.
“I’ve been dreaming of this since I was a kid,” Canchari said. “People said I should try to move up to the next level.”
Jim Pegram is working as Canchari’s agent.