Horse Skijoring Returns To Canterbury Park Saturday
Horse racing in the snow, with a twist, is back at Canterbury Park this Saturday. A horse, most often a quarter horse, and a rider in a stock saddle, run down the stretch pulling a skier through a demanding course complete with gates and jumps as they compete against the clock and another team to […]
No Derby Prep But Free Handicapping Contest Continues
This Saturday lacks a Kentucky Derby prep race but Canterbury’s Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest, with $850 in weekly prize money and $25,000 overall, continues nonetheless using Gulfstream Park’s 12-race program. Post time in Florida, and thus the contest entry deadline, is 11am. There will be no double-point prep bonus race but the mythical $20 […]
Shakopee Juvenile winner Sassy Seneca returns Saturday in Oaklawn stake
Sassy Seneca won the $75,000 Shakopee Juvenile on closing day of the 2019 Canterbury Park meet, her second win in as many starts. The 3-year-old filly owned by Novogratz Racing Stables Inc. has been training well for Mac Robertson, working a bullet six furlongs at Oaklawn Park on Feb. 9. Robertson entered Sassy Seneca along […]
Week 5 of Road to Kentucky Saturday
The Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest this past Saturday began with favorites winning the first two races. There would be just one more betting choice victorious on the 12-race program as winning prices ranged from $13.80 to $50.80 in the other nine events. Contest entrant Alberto Dabu found several of those longshots and recorded a […]
R2K Continues, NHC news and Derby Future Pool 2
Canterbury Park’s Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest, the weekly skills test that takes horse players right up to the First Saturday In May, continues Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs as they conduct the $250,000 Sam F. Davis Stakes, a Grade 3 race at 1 1/16 miles. First post of the 12 race card, which also […]
Spring Tune-Up Super Satellites Begin This Week With New Twist
The nine-week series of Spring Tune-Up Super Satellite Handicapping Contests begin this week, culminating in the Satellite Contest April 11 that will award three entries to the 24th annual Dog Days of Summer Handicapping Contest and three entries to the Ultimate NHC Handicapping Contest, both in September. The Super Satellites run Thursday through Saturday each […]
First Condition Book For 2020 Meet Now Online
The first condition book for the upcoming Canterbury Park live meet is now online along with other important information for trainers and owners including the stall application due by March 27. The 65-day meet at the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack begins May 15 and runs through Sept. 12. Purses are anticipated to exceed $14 million, at […]
Longshot Key to Win in Road to Kentucky; This Saturday Features Three Derby Prep Races in Free Contest
There was only one winning favorite in the 12-race Pegasus card last Saturday which was the focus for week 2 of Canterbury’s $25,000 Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest. That meant a mix of prices with one standout that was a must-have to win the week. Spooky Channel, a 5-year-old who started his career at Turf […]
R2K Handicapping Contest visits Pegasus Saturday
The Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest, featuring the top 3-year-olds headed toward the first Saturday in May, continues each Saturday through May 2 but takes an occasional diversion on weeks when there are no Kentucky Derby prep races. This coming Saturday is an example when the contest with a $300 weekly top prize will feature […]
“Even the Losers…Get Lucky Sometimes”
Ah yes, Tom Petty had it right so many years ago. Russ Jubert has been playing the ponies at Canterbury since it was called “Downs”, not “Park”. Over the past 30+ years, he has been a weekend warrior, handicapping the races, betting a couple of dollars, enjoying a small beer and building friendships. Russ is […]