Canterbury Park Calls The Dogs: Registration opens for popular summer dog races
Canterbury Park will open registration Saturday morning for its popular summer dog races. Known locally and nationally for horse racing, the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack introduced wiener dog races as an entertainment feature more than two decades ago and has since added four more distinct breeds as the popularity grew. The list now includes the original […]
Canterbury Park issues 2025 condition book and stakes schedule
31st season runs 51 days, May 24 through Sept. 20 Canterbury Park racing officials have released a condition book for the first 10 days of the 2025 season that runs 51-days, May 24 through Sept. 20. Also announced are the thoroughbred stakes schedule, several named allowance races that were formerly stakes and a shipping loan […]
Road to Kentucky Contest Saturday w/ Oaklawn races + Pegasus World Cup Day
The annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest got underway last Saturday at a sloppy Fair Grounds Race Course and continues this Saturday, Jan. 25, at Oaklawn Park home of the Grade 3 $1 million Southwest Stakes. The Southwest played an important role on the Kentucky Derby trail last year as the race was won by […]
Canterbury Park announces 2025 Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule
MQHRA Stallion Breeders’ Futurity estimated at $80k; 38th Northlands Futurity Aug. 21 Canterbury Park, with the approval of the Minnesota Quarter Horse Racing Association, today announced the 2025 quarter horse stakes schedule for the 51-day mixed meet that begins May 24. The MQHRA Stallion Breeders’ Futurity will have an estimated purse of $80,000, the largest […]
Annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest begins Saturday
Canterbury Park’s Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest, which has been held annually for more than 25 years, begins Saturday and continues each Saturday through Kentucky Derby Day, May 3. The contest is free to enter and each week offers prize money. In each contest the five players with the highest scores receive prize money. To […]
Shaun Rau wins 2024 Canterbury Park Handicapper of the Year title
Quest for 2025 championship begins Thursday Shau Rau captured the 2024 Canterbury Park Handicapper of the Year title, his second in five years, by a two-point margin over Ray Davis. Rau, who has not finished worse than second in the past six renditions of the year-long contest, earned 16 points with scores in the […]
Canterbury Park 2025 racing dates approved by MRC
Commission supports request for 51-day season running May 24 – Sept. 20 Canterbury Park’s request for a 51-day horse racing season in 2025, running Saturday, May 24 through Saturday, Sept. 20, was unanimously approved today by the Minnesota Racing Commission. Racing will be conducted on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 5 p.m. central and Sundays at […]
Canterbury Park & Shakopee Schools Formalize Partnership to Empower Students
Canterbury Park, a long-time supporter of Shakopee Public Schools, has solidified its commitment to real-world student learning by recently signing an Academy Champion agreement. This partnership, alongside that of HomeTown Bank, strengthens the Business & Entrepreneurship Academy at Shakopee High School – home of the Academies of Shakopee, a wall-to-wall learning model found in only […]
Canterbury Park Proposes 51-Day Race Season in 2025
Meet would run May 24 through Sept. 20. Canterbury Park racing officials submitted a request to the Minnesota Racing Commission for a 51-day thoroughbred and quarter horse season in 2025 that would run from Saturday, May 24 through Saturday, Sept. 20. Racing would be conducted primarily on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 5 p.m. central and […]
TAAM to hold inaugural Turkish Festival of Minnesota Dec. 1 at Canterbury Park
Celebration offers cultural journey through history, art, music, and cuisine The Turkish American Association of Minnesota will hold the inaugural Turkish Festival of Minnesota on Sunday, Dec. 1 at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn. This celebration of the culture of Türkiye, made possible through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, is free to […]
