Gulfstream Park featured in Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest Saturday
10Entry deadline is 11:40 a.m. The featured track this week in the free-to-enter weekly contest series that runs each Saturday through Kentucky Derby Day is Gulfstream Park. Weekly and overall prizes are awarded throughout the 16-week event. Gulfstream Park has 12 races in all. This week there are no Kentucky Derby prep races but to […]
Locals Headed to Vegas for National Horseplayers Championship
No fewer than 16 horseplayers with a Canterbury connection are headed to Las Vegas this week seeking a share of $3.2 million in prize money in the 24th National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) presented by Caesars Entertainment, Horseshoe Las Vegas, and Racetrack Television Network (RTN). They will convene with more than […]
Alex Canchari 1994 – 2023
Alex Canchari was a heck of a jockey. He had immense talent and drive. His arrival on the racing scene in 2011 was a source of pride with Canterbury Park horse players for Alex was one of us. He was a local and quickly became known as The Shakopee Kid. Alex died Wednesday. His sister […]
Oaklawn Featured in Saturday’s Road to Kentucky Contest
The next step to the Kentucky Derby is The Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. Canterbury Park’s annual Road to Kentucky Contest will feature the entire 12-race program from the Hot Springs, Arkansas racetrack. First post, and thus the contest entry deadline, is noon central. Entrants to this free contest select one horse in […]
Service for ‘Pastor Ed’ Underwood Saturday
Ed Underwood, who passed away last week following a lengthy illness, will be remembered Saturday during a service in the Dean Kutz Memorial Chapel in the Canterbury Park stable area. Known as ‘Pastor Ed’, Underwood served as Racetrack Chaplain at Canterbury Park for more than a decade but also assisted previous chaplains at the Shakopee, […]
Canterbury Park Releases First Condition Book for 2023 Race Meet
Canterbury Park racing officials today released the first condition book for the 54-day race meet that begins Saturday, May 27. Daily average purse distribution is expected to be $220,000. The initial book covers the first 11 days of racing through June 18 with turf and dirt races offered each day. “We are happy to be […]
Live Music Returns to Canterbury Park this Summer with Concerts Featuring National Artists
Four shows announced with more to follow; Tickets on sale February 9 at tickets.canterburypark.com Canterbury Park today announced four of several outdoor concerts featuring national artists to be held throughout the summer in its open air grandstand. The concert area offers excellent sight lines in an intimate setting with stellar acoustics, placing music lovers close […]
Renowned Racetrack Superintendent Javier Barajas Returns to Canterbury Park
Expert in the field of track maintenance has consulted on racing surfaces worldwide Canterbury Park racing officials announced today that track maintenance expert Javier Barajas, whose consulting services are in demand around the world, will return to the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack as track superintendent for the 2023 racing season. Barajas previously held the position at […]
Canterbury Park Announces Starter Incentive For Race-Ready Thoroughbreds When Meet Begins May 27
$700 bonus for every overnight starter May 27 – June 11, travel loan program, and guaranteed minimum purse payments Canterbury Park racing officials today announced their intention to continue an incentive program that will reward owners of thoroughbreds arriving ready to run when the meet begins. A $700 bonus will be paid to the owner […]
Gulfstream Park with Holy Bull featured in Road to Kentucky Contest
Week three of the 16-week Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest in the Canterbury Park Racebook centers around the 12-race program at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The Derby prep at Gulfstream, and for contest purposes a double-point race, is the Holy Bull Stakes. Two additional Derby preps are also part of the contest: The Withers from […]