Canterbury Park Alters Post Times Wednesday and Thursday with high heat indexes expected; First races on July 26 and 27 will be at 7:00 p.m. CT
With high heat indexes expected Wednesday and Thursday afternoon, Canterbury Park racing officials, after consulting with the Minnesota Racing Commission and the Minnesota HBPA, proactively changed post time each night to 7:00 p.m. CT from the originally scheduled 5:00 p.m. “The decision to race later in the evening as temperatures drop is in the best […]
Stein wins biggest purse of career; Roman scores four; One in Vermillion to head east
Tyler Stein won the biggest race of his career Wednesday night when Relentlessly Fast won the $69,531 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity by a head at odds of 23 to 1. “I’ve won some futurities in South Dakota before,” Stein said, “but this is the first legitimate purse.” He’d been trying to win this race since […]
Jess Special Folly V wins Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge; Relentlessly Fast upset winner of $69,531 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity
Jess Special Folly V won the $30,000 Grade 3 Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge by 3/4 lengths Wednesday night. The 4-year-old mare bred in Oklahoma is trained by Durk Peery and was ridden by Fernando Fonseca-Soto. She is owned by MOK 4 Racing. Final time for the 400 yards was 19.672 seconds. Jess Special Folly V […]
Noel and Sergio Trujillo– Minnesota HBPA Grooms of the Week
Each week the Minnesota Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Agency, the organization that represents trainers, grooms and owners, honors a groom in a winner’s circle presentation. They’re the dynamic duo of the Tony Rengstorf barn. The Brothers’ Trujillo, Noel and Sergio. They are both so good at what they do, we have an unprecedented dead heat […]
Handicapping the G3 Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge with Ed Burgart
Ed Burgart, legendary race caller and quarter horse handicapper, has a look at the Q-Racing Video Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge. The race will be run Wednesday evening, the eighth on a nine-race program. A cross-breed 10% takeout Pick 5 begins in race five. Video tape observers will be lining up to wager on NSM Parks […]
Two Quarter Horse Stakes Cap Wednesday Racing at Canterbury Park
Canterbury Park’s nine-race Wednesday program is highlighted by a pair of quarter horse stakes, the $30,000 Grade 3 Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge at 400 yards and the $69,531 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity at 350 yards. The Distaff Challenge will be run for the eighth time. This will be the 36th rendition of the Futurity, first […]
Cupids Crush wins by 11 3/4 lengths in Genter Stakes
Midnight Current beats stablemate in MN Turf Distaff Trainer Nate Quinonez and jockey Eduardo Gallardo won the first two stakes on Canterbury Park’s Hall of Fame program Saturday evening at Canterbury Park. Cupids Crush drew off to win the $50,000 Frances Genter Stakes by 11 3/4 lengths as the prohibitive favorite and in the next […]
KG and Angela preview Hall of Fame Stakes Night
On Saturday night Canterbury Park celebrates the newest inductees into the Hall of Fame with a nine-race card including four stakes for Minnesota breds. Ample wagering opportunities including the 10% takeout wagers: Post Time Pick 4 ; Late Pick 5 and All-Turf Pick 5. KG and Ang give you some pointers on the road to […]
Minnesota’s best thoroughbreds featured on Hall of Fame Race Night Saturday
Nine-race program with four state-bred stakes begins at 5 p.m. CT Saturday’s Hall of Fame Night racing program at Canterbury Park will bring together many of the best Minnesota-bred thoroughbreds in four $50,000 stakes races. Three-year-old fillies run in the Frances Genter and 3-year-old colts and geldings in the Victor S. Myers, both at six […]
Dickey Bob wins $22,400 Bob Morehouse by 2 3/4 lengths
All-time leading Minnesota bred has earned $417,723 Dickey Bob, the all-time leading Minnesota-bred quarter horse money earner, won the $22,400 Bob Morehouse Stakes on Wednesday night at Canterbury Park, the fourth time in six years the 8- year-old has won the stake. Dickey Bob, owned and bred by Lunderborg LLC, has career earnings of $417,723 […]