Horsemen, Join Us for Our 2019 Live Racing Season
Canterbury Park is enthusiastically planning for the 2019 live racing season, our 25th under current management. Looking to build on a fantastic 2018 season that saw record purses and handle, our 2019 meet begins May 3. And we have several exciting announcements about this summer and the 66 race days on tap. Track Improvements Following […]
Extreme Horse Skijoring Competitor: ‘We’re Just Going to Go for It’
Rachel Sather has participated in several equine events over the years. And when she saw Extreme Horse Skijoring at Canterbury Park last year, she thought: “Why not?” Sather will be one of the participants at the Feb. 23 event, which involves a skier being towed by rope behind a horse. Competitors can reach speeds of […]
Canterbury Park Enhances Starter Incentive Program for 2019
Preparation for the 25th season of horse racing at Canterbury Park, which begins May 3, is well underway. Officials recently announced enhanced incentives to lure trainers and owners with race-ready thoroughbreds to the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack by offering programs that will reward those that arrive and start horses early in the meet, pay more purse […]
Mr. Jagermeister Returns To Action Saturday
Mr. Jagermeister, the Canterbury Park 2018 Horse of the Year, makes his 4-year-old debut Saturday in the $75,000 Phoenix Gold Cup, the seventh race that day at Turf Paradise. The Minnesota-bred colt drew post four in the six-horse field that includes three trained by Robertino Diodoro. However one of his, Bourbon Cowboy, is training at […]
Own a Racehorse with Paul Allen and Mike Zimmer
Ever wanted to own a racehorse that runs at Canterbury Park? Better still, how about owning one in partnership with track announcer Paul Allen and football coach Mike Zimmer? We are looking for eight people to start a partnership called The Double A Gap Group, each contributing $5,000*. In this exclusive partnership, open only to […]
Canterbury Park 2019 Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule
Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity one of seven stakes on Fastest Day in Minnesota Sports, July 7 Canterbury Park’s quarter horse racing stakes schedule was announced today and includes 17 races during the 66-day season that begins May 3. The premier race, the Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity, with a purse estimated to reach $150,000, will be […]
2019 Twin Cities Summer Jam Artists To Be Announced Feb. 21
Shakopee, January 31, 2019 – A group of local investors announced today a brand new music festival coming to Canterbury Park July 18-20, 2019. Twin Cities Summer Jam will be the only music festival in the Twin Cities and the Upper Midwest that combines music formats – rock, pop and country – for three days of great […]
Canterbury Park 2019 Stakes Schedule Features Record MN Festival of Champions Purses
Canterbury Park’s 2019 thoroughbred stakes schedule includes 31 races worth $2.235 million and will again cluster many of the most popular and lucrative races on single days. The Shakopee, Minn., horse track’s richest race, the $200,000 Mystic Lake Derby on Saturday, June 22, will be the highlight of the Northern Stars Racing Festival along with […]
Flash Back/ Fast Forward
Arguably the most anticipated horse race in the past five years at Canterbury Park was conducted Sept. 16, 2017, the final day of that meet. The $80,000 Shakopee Juvenile at a distance of six furlongs. A showdown between Amy’s Challenge and Mr. Jagermeister. Amy’s Challenge was a 2-year-old filly that had raced just once five […]
Jason Haugen Joins Canterbury Park As Director of Development
Industry expert will oversee $400 million redevelopment of Canterbury Commons in Shakopee, Minn. Jason Haugen has been named Director of Development for Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn. Haugen’s primary focus will be the redevelopment of 140 acres of underutilized property known as Canterbury Commons. This property is envisioned as a multi-use redevelopment and is expected […]