Annual Road to Kentucky Contest Provides Test of Strength and Stamina
The annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest, always free to enter, begins Saturday, January 22 in the Canterbury Racebook. The marathon of a contest with an instant gratification component puts horse players to the test, offering weekly prizes as well as awards to top cumulative scorers over the 16-week event plus a Grand Prize contest […]
Canterbury Park 2022 Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule
15 stakes headlined by $150,000 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity Canterbury Park’s 2022 mixed meet will feature 15 quarter horse stakes races with the centerpiece being the 35th running of the Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity on Aug. 10 offering an estimated purse of $150,000. Quarter horse racing will be conducted on Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout the […]
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New Traditions Turn Amsoil Championship Snocross Towards 2022
National series opens at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn. AMSOIL Championship Snocross saw several major changes last season as the pandemic caused the series to move away from its traditional schedule and find new stomping grounds for its 17-race national championship. The 2022 version, which begins Jan. 7 and 8 at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, […]
Canterbury Park Requests 65-Day Season in 2022
Total purses expected to exceed $15 million; Saturday racing to return with evening post time. Canterbury Park officials intend to offer 65 days of live horse racing in 2022. A request for a meet that would run Wednesday, May 18 through Saturday, Sept. 17 has been submitted for approval to the Minnesota Racing Commission. Purses […]
Breeders’ Cup Weekend at Canterbury Park
Spend Breeders’ Cup, Nov. 5 and 6, in the Canterbury Park Racebook. Plenty of free seating on mezz and clubhouse levels. Food and beverage options galore. Live tellers and self-service betting machines on both floors. Friday Breeders’ Cup • Racebook Opens: 9 AM • Del Mar 1st Post: 1:55 PM / First BC race 4:50 […]
Play in the BCBC Big Ten Contest
On Thursday, Sept. 16, Canterbury Park is hosting the year’s biggest Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge qualifying contest of the year where 10 BCBC entries will be awarded as well as two National Horseplayer Championship entries and a minimum of $10,000 in cash. The total in prizes and cash is $120,000. The BCBC entry is valued […]
Wayne And Laffit’s Excellent Adventure
By Noah Joseph In the history of horse racing in America, very few people garnered more fame and respect than Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas and Hall of Fame jockey Laffit Pincay Jr. Throughout the 1980s, these two were on the top of the charts in wins and money earned for trainer and […]
Furlong Learning Provides On-Track Educational Assistance
The idea was “born in the barn” according to Meghan Riley who works in the stable of Tony Rengstorf but also has an education degree and has taught in the US and other countries. She would often meet children of other backstretch workers who were having trouble completing homework or families having difficulty navigating through […]
Brew Crew Triumphant In Indian Horse Relay
The Brew Crew relay team arrived at Canterbury Park ready to win the Indian Horse Relay Championship. The mile distance of the Shakopee racetrack was difficult for many of the teams accustomed to racing in bullrings at much shorter distances. Brew Crew won the title in 2018 and knew the type of horse needed to […]
