Saturday Racebook Action Starts Early, Runs Late
International racing begins Saturday at 6AM with Dubai World Cup Super Saturday from Meydan with multiple ‘Group’ races previewing the March 27 Dubai World Cup program. The Racebook opens for self-service betting at 5:45AM. The Club Info Center will open at 7AM. The excitement and wagering opportunities continue all day and into the evening when Los […]
Canterbury Eats Delivers To You
Launching today is Canterbury Park’s new mobile food ordering app: Canterbury Eats Now you may order your favorite culinary items directly from your mobile device and have them delivered without ever leaving your gaming table or the Racebook. Using the app you order from the menu, add the items you want, check out, and either […]
Fountain of Youth Featured in Road to Kentucky Contest
Week 5 of the annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest on Saturday focuses on the 14-race Gulfstream Park program with the feature race being the $300,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes, a stepping stone to the May 1 Kentucky Derby. A field of 10 is assembled with the usual suspects Shug McGaughey, Dale Romans and Todd […]
Canterbury Park Announces 2021 Participation Incentive and Shipping Assistance Program
Open Race Overnight Starters in May to Receive Additional $1,000 Incentive Payment Canterbury Park racing officials, with support from the Minnesota HBPA, have announced new 2021 participation incentive programs designed to reward owners that send horses ready to race at the start of the meet. In addition, trainers and owners wishing to participate at the […]
Road to Kentucky Contest Saturday; Saudi Cup Wagering Offered
While there are no Kentucky Derby prep races scheduled for this week, Canterbury’s Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest continues nonetheless, awarding cash weekly to the top five entrants as well as entry for the top three to an exclusive National Horseplayers Championship qualifier with a grand prize valued at $10,000. The featured track Feb. 20 […]
Van Winkle Settled In At Tampa
Trainer David Van Winkle had been racing at Turf Paradise in Phoenix since late 1995. Phoenix became home for the native Nebraskan, wife Pam who he met in Minnesota, and their three kids. He would annually race at Canterbury for four months of summer and return to Phoenix for the meet that traditionally ran October […]
Laissez le bon temps rouler
Let the good times roll! Saturday’s 13-race program at Fair Grounds in New Orleans is a Mardi Gras celebration on its own, just days before Fat Tuesday. Six stakes, four of them graded, make for a competitive feature track for the third week of the Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest. The $400,000 Risen Star Stakes […]
Canterbury Park Offers $2 Million In Thoroughbred Stakes Purses For 2021
Mystic Lake Derby’s $150k purse is richest of 27 stakes; 2021 condition book now available featuring increased overnight purses Canterbury Park racing officials today announced that 27 stakes races with purses totaling $2,060,000 will be run during the 65-day 2021 race meet that begins May 18. The richest of the stakes is the $150,000 Mystic […]
Oracle vs Brady
Local horse handicapper Bruce ”The Oracle’ Meyer might not have a lot in common with quarterback Tom Brady but each has six titles. Brady won six Super bowls, while Oracle has six Canterbury Park Handicapper of the Year belts. Brady may have the bigger stage; millions of people are watching him, while Oracle toils away […]
Canterbury Park 2021 Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule features $175k est. Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity and across-the-board purse increases
Canterbury Park’s 2021 quarter horse racing season will offer 15 stakes races and increased overnight purses. The Shakopee, Minnesota racetrack’s 65-day mixed-breed meet begins May 18 with the first quarter horse races set for May 31. The Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity, the richest race of the season featuring an additional $20,000-added in purse money in […]