Slowly But Surely The Barn Area Fills at Canterbury Park
Horses, grooms, trainers and jockeys continue to arrive in Shakopee for the start of the 54-day Canterbury Park season on May 27. The process of moving from one track to another is a bit of a jigsaw puzzle requiring multiple trailers and trips, paperwork and phone calls. It eventually gets done, just rarely as planned. […]
Backstretch Opens For 2023 Canterbury Park Season
The Canterbury Park stable gate opened Friday morning for horses arriving to what is expected to be a near-capacity barn area. The 54-day racing season begins Saturday, May 27 and runs through Sept. 16. As of this morning there are nearly 100 horses on the grounds for trainers including Tony Rengstorf, Tim Padilla, Lynn Rarick, […]
Canterbury Park Completes Sale of Land to Swervo Development
Construction of 19,000-Capacity Amphitheater Expected to Begin in Spring 2023 Canterbury Park Holding Corporation today announced that that it has completed the sale of 37 acres of land to Bloomington Investments, LLC, an entity related to Swervo Development, for total consideration of $8.8 million. The land sold is situated adjacent to County Road 83 and […]
Canterbury Park Announces Return of Industry Low 10% Takeout on Post Time Pick 4 and Pick 5
All-Turf Pick 3 with 14% takeout added to Wednesday wagering menu Canterbury Park will again offer a 10 percent takeout $.50 Pick 4 wager that will begin with the first race each day as well as a 10 percent takeout $.50 Pick 5 on the final five thoroughbred races daily. The takeout rate on both […]
Canterbury Park’s 2023 Live Horse Racing Entertainment Includes Food, Fireworks and Dog Races
Tickets on sale April 4 at tickets.canterburypark.com Canterbury Park’s horse racing season runs May 27 through Sept. 16 and will again be enhanced by various promotions throughout the summer including race-day themes, special events and food-centric offerings. Proven popular and returning to the calendar are dog races for corgis, dachshunds, bassets and bulldogs, culminating in […]
Gulfstream Park featured in Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest Saturday with Florida Derby
EARLY post time alert!! First post and contest entry deadline at 10:30 a.m. The featured track this week in the free-to-enter weekly contest series that runs each Saturday through Kentucky Derby Day is Gulfstream Park and the Florida Derby. Weekly and overall prizes are awarded throughout the 16-week event. The Arkansas Derby from Oaklawn is […]
Gulfstream Park featured in Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest Saturday
10Entry deadline is 11:40 a.m. The featured track this week in the free-to-enter weekly contest series that runs each Saturday through Kentucky Derby Day is Gulfstream Park. Weekly and overall prizes are awarded throughout the 16-week event. Gulfstream Park has 12 races in all. This week there are no Kentucky Derby prep races but to […]
Locals Headed to Vegas for National Horseplayers Championship
No fewer than 16 horseplayers with a Canterbury connection are headed to Las Vegas this week seeking a share of $3.2 million in prize money in the 24th National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) National Horseplayers Championship (NHC) presented by Caesars Entertainment, Horseshoe Las Vegas, and Racetrack Television Network (RTN). They will convene with more than […]
Alex Canchari 1994 – 2023
Alex Canchari was a heck of a jockey. He had immense talent and drive. His arrival on the racing scene in 2011 was a source of pride with Canterbury Park horse players for Alex was one of us. He was a local and quickly became known as The Shakopee Kid. Alex died Wednesday. His sister […]
Oaklawn Featured in Saturday’s Road to Kentucky Contest
The next step to the Kentucky Derby is The Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. Canterbury Park’s annual Road to Kentucky Contest will feature the entire 12-race program from the Hot Springs, Arkansas racetrack. First post, and thus the contest entry deadline, is noon central. Entrants to this free contest select one horse in […]