Sniper Kitten Purrs in Derby
By Jim Wells Trainer Mike Maker has been bringing horses to Canterbury Park the past several years. For stakes races. He ships in and cashes in….sometimes running against horses that appear to have more talent. That wasn’t quite the case in the richest race of the season on Saturday night, the $200,000 Mystic Lake Derby. […]
Hardboot Has Passed His Test of Fire
BY JIM WELLS The barn thirty feet away is engulfed in flames. Black smoke billows from the inferno into your stalls and shed rows, making it difficult to breathe at times and nearly impossible to see at others. There are 500 horses on the grounds, many of them on the loose, fear driving them up […]
Barn Hopes To Toast Jagermeister
BY JIM WELLS He has a name that elicits respect and perhaps a bit of homage, at the very least a nod or a tip of the hat accompanied by a certain savoir faire. Mr. Jagermeister. What a splendid name to consider, with all that it suggests…..Mr. Von Buckingham, meet Mr. Jagermeister. Almost regal, you […]
Big Day Flashbacks
By Noah Joseph This Saturday, Canterbury Park is hosting one of its biggest days in track history. Saturday will consist of the Jockeys and Jeans benefit, a national fundraiser aiding the Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund. Jockeys and Jeans is a traveling event which is being held at Canterbury this year. The day will also include […]
Lori Keith: Most Winning Rider in Mystic Lake Derby History
By Rebecca Roush Since arriving at Canterbury Park in 2007, Lori Keith has made her way into the winner’s circle after winning some of the most prestigious races. She has a career record of 532 wins, achieved at tracks across the country, and has earned nearly $6.2 million for her connections. Keith is a multiple […]
Hardboot Ships from California for Mystic Lake Derby
Trainer Michele Dollase has what she considers a pretty good California bred 3-year-old colt but nowhere to run him at home. That 3-year-old is Hardboot, winner of the $100,000 Silky Sullivan at Golden Gate Fields in April, and most recently second in the $200,000 Snow Chief Stakes, both restricted to state breds and both on […]
Racehorse Owner Randy Howg
By Rebecca Roush The sport of horse racing has been a longtime passion for owner Randy Howg. When he was just 10-years-old, he was giving his brothers and sisters horse names and having them race against each other. The full-time farmer is from Enchanta, Alberta, where he currently tends to his irrigation crop in the […]
First Mount, First Win
Jockey Kelsi Harr made her career riding debut a winning one when she guided Bandit Point to a one length victory in the third race on Father’s Day for trainer Robert Cline. The 25-year-old from Arkansas positioned her charge just off the pace and swung into action in the stretch to challenge the favorite, R […]
Northlands Brings Out The Best
By Jim Wells You’ve heard the advice in various forms and probably a couple of hundred times over the years….. Don’t put all of your eggs in one basket, diversify your investments…axioms that have worn thin, lost some of their influence simply through repetition over time. Sometimes, though, you don’t have a choice. Take the […]
35 Nominated to Canterbury Park’s Richest Race
Nominations closed Friday for five stakes races that will be run at Canterbury Park Saturday, June 23, the richest night of racing at the Shakopee, Minn., racetrack. The five stakes making up the Mystic Lake Northern Stars Racing Festival will pay a total of $500,000 in purse money with the seventh running of the Mystic […]
