Mr. Jagermeister Ready For $100k Crocrock Sprint Championship
He won the premier Minnesota-bred sprint race in 2019 as the 2 to 5 favorite, drawing off to win by more than five lengths. Now Mr. Jagermeister is again entered in the Crocrock Minnesota Sprint Championship, one of six $100,000 statebred stakes that make up Wednesday’s Minnesota Festival of Champions. Mr. Jagermeister missed the race […]
Stakes in Festival of Champions Honor Four Exceptional MN-Breds
by Dave Valento Canterbury Park’s Festival of Champions has always been one of the most popular racing days on the calendar at the Shakopee oval. It brings together the top Minnesota-breds in highly anticipated match-ups at various surfaces and distances. The 2021 version is scheduled for Wednesday, September 8th. Four of the stakes races on […]
Prep In Her Step
By Noah Joseph In the early years of racing in Minnesota, few horses received more attention and praise than Hoist Her Flag. There was a good reason for such attention, for she was a constant winner on the track. An 11-time stakes winner, she often beat the best horses at Canterbury. During that time, she […]
Leonel Garcia – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
The Minnesota HBPA has honored a Groom of the Week each Wednesday with a winner’s circle presentation, providing recognition to an individual that has done an outstanding job. This week’s honoree is Leonel Garcia who works for trainers Patrick and Tomey Swan. Leo, who has worked as a groom since 1989, has been with the […]
Fire N Guns Upset Winner of $40,400 Bob Morehouse Stakes
Three-time Morehouse winner Dickey Bob loses by a nose Longshot Fire N Guns defeated prohibitive favorite Dickey Bob by a nose in the $40,400 Bob Morehouse Stakes Monday at Canterbury Park. Six-year-old quarter horse Dickey Bob, who has won 11 of 17 starts at Canterbury, failed to win his fourth consecutive Morehouse when a late […]
Dickey Bob Favored To Win Fourth Bob Morehouse
Quarter horse racing returns Memorial Day Monday to Canterbury Park with a pair of races highlighted by the $35,000 Bob Morehouse Stakes. The field of 10 in this 350 yard dash, all Minnesota breds, includes three promising 3-year-olds as well as older runners with credentials but none more accomplished than 6-year-old Dickey Bob. The multiple […]
Lori Biehler On The Mend
Racing fans have for years known the jockey as Lori Keith. She has long been a fan favorite. Easily approachable by young fans inspired by her skills. She is now Lori Biehler, married to trainer Mike Biehler. Wednesday evening looked promising for Lori, having won race four aboard Rasmus by 9 1/2 lengths. “Things were […]
Best Kept Secret Provides Jockey Kelsi Harr With First Stakes Win
Lord Dragon closes for Brook Fields victory; Drena’s Star best in Honor the Hero Weather was no friend on Thursday to Canterbury Park which had three $50,000 turf stakes scheduled. Relentless rain in Shakopee that began in the early morning hours and continued into late afternoon forced those stakes races to be transferred from the […]
Thursday’s Turf Stakes Threatened By Possibility of Rain
Mother Nature is unforgiving. And unpredictable. Thursday’s three $50,000 turf stakes, the Honor the Hero, Minnesota HBPA Distaff and Brooks Fields had originally been scheduled for tonight. The opportunity arose a few weeks ago to be included in an America’s Day at the Races broadcast on FS2 if Canterbury’s stakes were moved to Thursday. It […]
Diodoro Wins Four On Tuesday
Trainer Robertino Diodoro did not spend much time in Minnesota in 2020. He may have come to town once, on closing week. He had a pared down stable that in 2019 had 277 starts but just 78 last season. Even with reduced runners the three-time Canterbury champion trainer finished fifth in the trainer standings. This […]
