Meet Not Nearly Over For Some Trainers, Riders
On a cool, autumnal-like evening in Shakopee Friday night horsemen discussed plans for their departures once Canterbury racing concludes next Saturday. With four days left in the 2014 meet in Shakopee, arrangements are being made way to ship horses to other racing venues, make arrangements for their arrival and to clear up outstanding bills […]
FINAL DAYS WILL DETERMINE RIDING CHAMP
The season is winding down, a mere 12 racing cards remain, and one of the most watched features of these final days is the race for leading rider of the year, the champion jockey of the 2014 meet. Will it be Alex Canchari, who came close last year but was handcuffed over the final days […]
Canterbury Park First-Half Review
Hey now, you’re an All-Star – Smash Mouth As we round the far turn of this years’ Canterbury Park live meet, let’s take a look inside-the-numbers at what has transpired on the race track so far in 2014. The following statistics are for the thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are winning at a 38% […]
Alex on the Lead
The calls came from different sources informing Alex Canchari that a longtime friend had been found dead in a barn at Prairie Meadows. Other calls followed informing him that it might be someone else. He wasn’t sure what to believe. When he tried to contact the friend, there was no answer. He continued calling.Eventually, the […]
Catching Up with Alex Canchari
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Dorsett to Tackle Hawthorne Derby
The first set of Canterbury Connections was a complete bust, We were seeking prices and found overmatched horses. More combatants are taking to other racetracks now that the season’s been done for a few weeks, so we’ll try again. Many Canterbury horses are showing up in the entries at Hawthorne, and even though I only […]
2013 Meet Closes with Significant Increases
Canterbury Park’s 69-day racing season, the longest since 2006, concluded on September 14 with gains in average handle and attendance. Off-track wagering, dollars bet on Canterbury races at other tracks and through internet sites, increased by 46.7 percent while average daily on-track wagering was up 4.8 percent. Average daily attendance was 6,656, a Canterbury Park […]
2013 Champions Determined
The skies were forbidding and dark much of the day, but the finish was one of the most colorful in Canterbury Park history as the 2013 race meet came to a stirring conclusion. The weather was really not a factor until light rain began falling midway through the card. It was somewhat heavier by the […]
Relays & Riding Title Drama
The spectacle is every bit as good the second time around, although a miscue before the first heat of Friday night’s Indian relay racing shortened the field to three teams. A horse reared up while his rider attempted to mount and then disappeared into the gloaming of the overhead lights with an outrider in hot […]
Race of the Week: The Finale
As the meet draws to a close for 2013, a marathon on the turf has been drawn up as the tenth race on Saturday evening. Why is this claimer the race of the week? Because it’s such a rarity at Canterbury that more often than not, the favorite misses the mark. Front runners have a […]
