Mr. Jagermeister seeks graded stakes win in Saturday’s Ack Ack at Churchill Downs
Minnesota-bred Mr. Jagermeister will attempt to add a graded stakes win to his impressive resume on Saturday at Churchill Downs in the $150,000 Ack Ack Stakes, a grade three one-turn mile where he drew post six in a nine-horse field. Leandro Goncalves will ride in the Ack Ack for trainer Valorie Lund. The 4-year-old has […]
Closing Day Produces Riding, Training Champs
BY JIM WELLS Wherever you looked on Saturday there were signs that moving day was at hand. Some horse trailers and human trailers were in various stages of readiness for the road. Still, others had not yet begun to pack. Horse racing in many respects is not any different than the more sedentary existences many […]
New Jockey A Jill Of Many Trades
BY JIM WELLS Chel-c Bailey will tell you her weight, but not her age. She’ll ride a horse for you in the morning, and can apply a full nelson on you in the afternoon. She wrestled on the boys team in high school and won a state title. She won a junior college national championship. […]
Mac Robertson Breaks Records
The freight train was approaching, in fact keen observers knew it had been for years; it was only a matter of when it would arrive. That train is Mac Robertson and the station the historical trainer win total at Canterbury Park and Downs. A couple of weeks back Robertson overtook Canterbury Park Hall of Fame […]
Closing Time
By Noah Joseph It is that time of year again. The days are getting shorter, a chill is in the air, and the kids are back in school. Autumn is on the way, and with it, the end of another season of live racing at Canterbury Park. This is closing weekend for the live race […]
Street Sense Colt Tops MTA Yearling Sale
The annual Minnesota Thoroughbred Association Yearling Sale was held Sunday evening in the Canterbury Expo Center with the hammer dropping on the sales topper for $82,000. Forty-eight Minnesota bred yearlings and one Kentucky bred yearling went through the sales ring resulting in gross sales of more than a half-million dollars. The sale topper was Hip […]
The “A Team” Making Memories
By Mari Ballinger The “A Team.” Canterbury’s 25-year announcer Paul Allen says it every time he and fourth-year paddock analyst Brian Arrigoni handicap Canterbury races for the public. The “A Team.” The Announcer and the Analyst. Allen and Arrigoni. The ultimate Canterbury duo. Whether they are playing blackjack before a long day of racing or […]
Who is the Horse of the Meet?
Twenty-eight races will be run over two days to conclude the 2019 live race meet. Within a season of races is the race for the top honor of being named Horse of the Race Meet. It’s not a monetary award, to gain that honor much money has already been made on the track, rather an […]
Arrieta Has Slim Lead For Riding Title
By JIM WELLS When Franciso Arrieta hit the ground, fast and hard, a furlong into Saturday’s second race, the same thought occurred to many of those who saw the nasty fall. Does that give the riding title to Orlando Mojica ? Skat Happens fell, sending Arrieta crashing to the dirt. He had just enough time […]
This and That With Only 3 Days Left
BY JIM WELLS With a mere three racing days now left on the 2019 calendar, Friday’s card had a bit of everything on the agenda, including a display of female power, joy that spread from the racetrack to the photo department, and even a bit of comedy to top it all off. There was a […]