The Debates – Round 2
As discussed last week, there’s plenty of speculation going around about the Eclipse Awards and the front-runners in each category. Some are formalities, but a few more difficult categories are starting to arise as the date approaches (January 18). Today will involve the dirt only, as juvenile turf races just aren’t numerous in this country […]
The Great (Eclipse Award) Debates by Angela Hermann
Gulfstream Park hosts the Eclipse Awards in a couple of weeks, and the best of the best (granted, like the Breeders’ Cup there’s a category for EVERYONE) assume their respective thrones as the champions of 2013. Some awards are obvious, some are going to cause eight day debates on Facebook, and others deserve multiple winners. […]
Farewell 2013
Change is in the air. The final days of the year are upon us, Hollywood Park (I refuse to refer to it as Betfair posthumously) has made its final race official, and a new era of racing in California has begun. Santa Anita has taken its short strolls through the spring/fall and made their season […]
Race of the Week: Awesome Again
Santa Anita’s made its way back into the picture, as their fall meet begins this Friday. While the opening day feature, the Eddie D., is an intriguing race, we’ll focus on Breeders’ Cup Preview day on Saturday. I mention the Eddie D. because of its significance as a prep for the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint. […]
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 […]
Hermann Calls History
History, they say, is made one minute at a time, one day at a time, over the course of time. Angela Hermann, Canterbury Park’s own, presented a new take on an old expression Saturday afternoon, a new look at the entire concept. Ms. Hermann carried herself and Canterbury Park – married as they are in […]
Hermann to Make History
Racing fans know her as the vivacious woman in the paddock, dispensing information with the rapid-fire delivery of a Gatling gun. She can overwhelm the cerebral senses with a volley of facts and details that roll off her tongue with the authority and understanding of someone who knows her stuff inside and out. Right or […]
Sunday Saratoga Connections
Most of the attention Sunday in the $20,000-added Cash Caravan Stakes was on defending champion Streak N Hot, Bob Morehouse winner Western Fun and a well-rested Naketa, making her first start in 13 months. That’s the fun of a 440-yard quarter horse dash, as Explosive Guns demonstrated with an explosive burst under Jorge Torres, enabling […]
Race of the Week: Jim Dandy
What was billed to be a showdown between the three Triple Crown race winners this spring only contains one, but brings much diversity in a ten horse package. Its runners made their last starts in Iowa, Maryland, New York and Kentucky – Most of the usual suspects but not always this many off layoffs. A […]
20,291 Enjoy Extreme Day
You could have looked high and low and not found anything ordinary about the day or its trappings. It was extreme in every sense of the word, from the camels, ostriches and zebras to the crowd itself. Extreme Day on Saturday evoked scenes from the 1980s. The extremely large crowd was a Canterbury Park record […]
