TRAINER & JOCKEY BIOS
Canterbury Park has a long history of drawing some of the best jockeys & trainers from around the midwest. Below, you'll find short biographies of top trainers and jockeys from last season as well as Canterbury's top five trainers and jockeys of all-time. All rankings are done by number of wins.
CANTERBURY PARK 2012 LEADING JOCKEYS &TRAINERS
2012 Leading Jockeys 2012 Leading Trainers
tanner riggs
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Tanner Riggs won his first Canterbury riding title in 2012. He won 74 races and finished in-the-money 62% of the time.
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Mac Robertson
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Mac Robertson won his eighth consecutive thoroughbred training title in 2012. He won with 74 of 357 starters.
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Dean butler
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Dean Butler finished second in the rider standings in 2012. He won the riding title from 2009-2011.
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Bernell Rhone
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Bernell Rhone continued his reign amongst the top five leading trainers at Canterbury Park. He has now ranked among the meet leaders for 17 of the last 19 meets.
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Derek Bell
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Derek Bell, a six-time Canterbury leading rider ('08, '07, '04, '03, '01 and '00) finished third in the standings in 2012. Bell is Canterbury's all-time leading jockey in both Earnings and Wins.
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Gary Scherer
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Gary Scherer won with 20 of his 99 starters and finished in-the-money 57% of the time.
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Nik Goodwin
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Nik Goodwin was the leading Quarter Horse rider in 2012 and also finished fourth in the thoroughbred standings. His Q mounts won at a 37% rate and finished in the top three 82% of the time.
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Mike Biehler
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Mike Biehler won a stellar 24% of the time in 2012 and tied for second in the standings with 34 wins. Biehler was Canterbury's leading trainer in 1992.
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Lori Keith
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Lori Keith won the first running of the Mystic Lake Derby in 2012 aboard Hammers Terror. She finished 6th in the rider standings.
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Ed Ross Hardy
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Edward Ross Hardy won his 11th Quarter Horse training title at Canterbury. His horses won at a 37% rate.
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Canterbury park All-time leading jockeys & trainers
All-Time Leading Jockeys All-Time Leading Trainers
dEREK bELL
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Derek Bell is Canterbury's all-time leading rider. A six-time riding champion, Bell currently owns many of Canterbury's jockey records.
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bERNELL rHONE
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Bernell Rhone brought the first horse onto Canterbury's grounds in 1985. He has continued to summer at the Shakopee oval each summer the track has held racing. He is the winningest trainer in Canterbury history. |
Scott Stevens
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Canterbury Hall of Fame Jockey Scott Stevens has started more races than any other jockey in Canterbury history and he ranks second in all-time wins in Shakopee.
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Doug Oliver
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Doug Oliver won three consecutive training titles at Canterbury between 1999 and 2001. Additionally, he had multiple successful summers in the late 1980s and early 1990s prior to the track's closure.
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pAUL nOLAN
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Paul Nolan ranks third all-time in wins at Canterbury Park with 669. Nolan has persevered through multiple injuries to record more than 1,000 lifetime wins.
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Mike Biehler
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Mike Biehler ranks third in all-time wins and starts at Canterbury. Additionally, he captured the 1992 leading trainer title and has consistently ranked among the top 5.
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lUIS qUINONEZ
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Luis Quinonez owned the early days of Canterbury Park. He won the first five riding titles in Canterbury Park history (1995 - 1999).
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David van winkle
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David Van Winkle took Canterbury Park by storm when it reopened in 1995. He won with 30 of 86 starters that summer which translated to a 35% win percentage. |
dEAN kUTZ
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The late Dean Kutz is likely the most courageous jockey in Canterbury history having fought cancer to ride. He still holds the record for wins in a single season with 158 wins in 1987.
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Mac robertson
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Mac Robertson has been the leading thoroughbred trainer at Canterbury Park for the past eight seasons. He was inducted into the Canterbury Park Hall of Fame in 2010.
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