Robertson, Mojica Shine On A Cloudy Day
BY JIM WELLS There is a new way, other than cloud seeding, to open the heavens and guarantee that rains will follow. Canterbury Park simply needs to plan something special. This could become an added revenue source for the Shakopee track. Nearby farmers need their crops watered ? Canterbury can guarantee it by simply planning […]
Sunday’s Gopher State Futurity Offers $72,300 Purse
Sunday’s feature race is the $72,300 Gopher State Futurity. The 10 fastest 2-year-olds from trials held July 28 race 350 yards in the third of 11 races on a card that also includes The 1889 Futurity with a $15,000 purse and the $25,000 Skip Zimmerman Memorial. The two fastest qualifiers to the Gopher State, Royal […]
Y2 Claim
By Noah Joseph 1999: a year in pop culture that soon led to reality. From the song by Prince 17 years before the event itself to the Y2K bug scare leading up to it, 1999 was a year thought about before it happened. The year was also a banner one for thoroughbred racing. From the […]
Minnesota Derby and Oaks Head State-Bred Card Saturday
Trainer Mac Robertson has favored runners in four thoroughbred stakes A 10-race program, with all races restricted to Minnesota-bred racehorses, begins at 5:00 p.m. Saturday at Canterbury Park. The card includes two quarter horse stakes and four thoroughbred stakes. Trainer Mac Robertson has horses entered in all eight thoroughbred races, with a total of 15 […]
All Smiles, All The Time
Travel to the backside of Canterbury Park and you will find the Minnesota Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association office. The HBPA encourages and supports all thoroughbred horsemen while prioritizing the development of nationwide uniform rules that promote safe racing. You’ll also find Executive Administrator Wendy Hobson. Hobson began working for the MN HBPA Canterbury Park […]
Minnesota Made Me
Canterbury Park will celebrate the great state of Minnesota Saturday, August 10 with Made in Minnesota Day. The celebratory day will consist of onsite Made in Minnesota vendors and MN Beerfest with local beers and ciders, as well as the chance to pick up a copy of the book Minnesota Made Me written by Patrick […]
The Road That Always Led Home
BY JIM WELLS Sometimes it is difficult to overlook certain details of a race, whether they provide handicapping information or something altogether different. Every so often elements emerge that are somehow hard to dismiss without at least a remark or two, for whatever they might be worth. Take the fourth race on Saturday when a […]
Esqueda Wins 1st, Undergoes The “Hazing”
BY JIM WELLS He was almost certain that he had gotten to the wire first and then came the only confirmation he needed. “I could hear the boys yelling behind me and then I knew,” he said. “I was sure then that we won.” It is a milestone in a jockey’s career, that first win, […]
I’m New Here — The Call To The Post
Meet Lynn Diechert, long-time Canterbury Park bugler and a very talented musician. https://youtu.be/Z7DvGm2FUEg
Canterbury’s Pillars of the Turf
By Noah Joseph This week, much of the racing world will converge on Saratoga for the Whitney Stakes. The Whitney is one of America’s most prestigious races, but this year’s edition holds a somber piece. The racing world lost an icon recently in Marylou Whitney, who passed away at age 95. The heiress was a […]