He’s Smokin Now Wins $60,000 MTA Stallion Auction Stakes
He’s Smokin Now won the $60,000 MTA Stallion Auction Stakes by 1 1/2 lengths Wednesday at Canterbury Park, covering 6 1/2 furlongs in 1:17.34. Alonso Quinonez rode the winner for trainer Gerald Bennett and owner Winning Stables, Inc., who paid a $3,000 supplemental fee at the time of entry to be eligible for the race. […]
Canterbury Park First Half in Review
By The Oracle We recently passed the halfway point of the 2020 Canterbury Park live racing season. Here is a look inside-the-numbers- at what has transpired on the race track so far this summer. The following statistics are for thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are winning 35% of the thoroughbred races at Canterbury Park […]
Jess One Lane Fastest Qualifier for Northlands Futurity
Three trials were conducted Tuesday for the $86,900 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity with the 10 fastest 2-year-olds qualifying for the Aug. 11 final. Jess One Lane recorded the quickest time, 17.987 for 350 yards, by winning the second trial. The colt was ridden by Ismael Suarez Ricardo for trainer Vic Hanson. Suarez Ricardo won five […]
Where’d They Go?
When looking through the day’s entries the absence of certain jockeys becomes obvious. No longer named on thoroughbreds are Jareth Loveberry, Julio Felix, Constantino Roman, Alex Canchari and Leandro Goncalves. With various protective protocols at racetracks around the country to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the opportunity for riders to work at more than one […]
$60,000 MTA Stallion Auction Stakes Headlines Wednesday’s Program
Wednesday’s feature, the fifth in a nine-race production, has been run at Canterbury each summer since 1987, minus 1993 and 2001. The MTA Stallion Auction Stakes originated as a 2-year-old race but in 2002 the conditions changed to 3-year-olds only and the distance was extended to 6 1/2 furlongs. The first winner, Flux Capacitor, was […]
A Night Full of Quarter Horse Racing Tuesday
Two trials will be conducted Tuesday for the Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby with the 10 fastest horses qualifying for the Aug. 11 final. The final will be the 33rd running of the QH Derby dating back to the inaugural in 1986. That race was won by 3-year-old Throb for owner Pine Tree Racing Stable. […]
Trials for the History-Rich Northlands Futurity Tuesday
Tuesday continues the long history of the Northlands Futurity with the running of three trial races to determine 10 qualifiers for the Aug. 11 final with an $86,900 purse. Now in its 33rd rendition, the Northlands Futurity was first conducted in 1986 when this racetrack, in its second year, was called Canterbury Downs. The purse […]
Canterbury Park Mourns The Death of Chairman Curtis Sampson
Curtis Sampson, Chairman Emeritus of Canterbury Park Holding Corporation, died Thursday at the age of 87. Sampson is well-known for reopening Canterbury Park horse track in 1994 and leading it to the successful publicly held gaming, entertainment and development company that it is today. Under his chairmanship, Canterbury Park was transformed from a shuttered racetrack […]
Saratoga Open For Action; Road to Kentucky at Monmouth Saturday
Racing at Saratoga begins today and runs through Sept. 7 on a Wednesday through Sunday basis with a noon start time. Bet all the action in the Racebook and remember the club level opens 30 minutes before the first post of the first track each day and at 10 a.m. every Saturday. Here is the simulcast […]
Summer Assault Wins $100,000 Mystic Lake Derby in Stakes Record Time
Tut’s Revenge breaks one mile turf record in Mystic Lake Mile victory Jockey Jareth Loveberry had a very good night at Canterbury Park. He won the $100,000 Mystic Lake Derby on Summer Assault for trainer Michele Boyce and owners Kevin Marko, Last Call Racing Partnership, Union Park Thoroughbreds and Cherrywood Racing Stables II. He also […]