Minnesota Derby and Oaks Head State-Bred Card Saturday
Trainer Mac Robertson has favored runners in four thoroughbred stakes A 10-race program, with all races restricted to Minnesota-bred racehorses, begins at 5:00 p.m. Saturday at Canterbury Park. The card includes two quarter horse stakes and four thoroughbred stakes. Trainer Mac Robertson has horses entered in all eight thoroughbred races, with a total of 15 […]
A P is Loose, Some Say So Stakes Winners
BY JIM WELLS There is something about horses that can put a guy’s stomach right where his throat should be sometimes. Take the $50,000 Blair’s Cove Stakes Tuesday night. It’s not just the horses, of course, it’s the connection they have to so many other elements around us, including family, memories…. The race drew a […]
ON A WARM DAY MOJICA GETS HOT
By JIM WELLS There was a heat advisory on Saturday as the area got a taste of what typically doesn’t occur until the depths of summer in the Twin Cities, yet even what Minnesotans refer to as oven-like was mitigated significantly by a stiff breeze. It was warm, 95 degrees at 3 p.m. with a […]
HALL OF FAMERS UNITE FOR FESTIVAL WIN
BY JIM WELLS People sitting nearby couldn’t make out the words, but when the rider change for Rockin the Bleu’s was announced, the nature of the fellow’s exclamation was unmistakable. He was clearly pleased, or as he later confirmed: “I was really excited.” That reaction by Jeff Hilger was to an announcement that Hall of […]
RECORDS ARE MADE TO BE BROKEN IN SHAKOPEE
BY JIM WELLS Ah…..the records keeping falling at Canterbury Park, where what is true one minute is ancient history the next. Attendance records, wagering records, all-time returns _ all within the span of two race cards, Thursday’s and Friday’s. There was a Canterbury Park record return on a $2 ticket Thursday in addition to […]
