Olmstead, Garcia, Maher win $80,400 Northlands Futurity and $50,075 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby
Relentless Robin takes Derby; Relentless Rocket wins Futurity Owner Tom Maher, trainer Jason Olmstead and jockey Ramiro Garcia teamed up to win the $80,400 Northlands Futurity with Relentless Rocket and the $50,075 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby with Relentless Robin on Thursday at Canterbury Park. The Futurity winner paid $3.60, winning the richest race of […]
With a majority of entrants, Olmstead will be a force in Northlands Futurity and Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby
Top trainer has three fastest qualifiers in each race Thursday’s program at Canterbury Park features the two richest quarter horse races of the season: the $80,400 Northlands Futurity at 350 yards and the $50,075 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby at 400 yards. Leading trainer Jason Olmstead qualified five 2-year-olds for the Futurity and six 3-year-olds […]
Jess Rocket Man favored in Cash Caravan Stakes
Olmstead seeks to win race seventh consecutive time Jess Rocket Man, a 6-year-old thoroughbred gelding owned and bred in Minnesota by Bruce and Judy Lunderborg’s Lunderborg LLC, is the 2 to 5 morning line favorite to win Thursday’s $22,000 Cash Caravan Stakes at 440 yards. The stakes will be the eighth race on a nine-race […]
Aj Fast Corona wins $35,904 Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge
Olmstead trainees run first and second in Grade 3 race When favorite Fox News stumbled at the start of the 400-yard Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge, stablemates Aj Fast Corona and Beep Beep Rev Rev took advantage of the misfortune, finishing first and second in the Grade 3 race Thursday at Canterbury Park. Aj Fast Corona […]
North Star State Derby and Futurity kick off mixed meet Thursday
Top trainer Olmstead looks for fourth consecutive futurity win Canterbury Park will now run races for both thoroughbred and quarter horses as the mixed meet begins Thursday night with a pair of quarter horse races, the $22,800 North Star State Derby and the $23,200 North Star State Futurity, concluding the eight-race program. First post is […]
Cash Caravan Stakes Wednesday; First Post Shifted to 6:30pm
With high heat indexes expected Wednesday, Canterbury Park racing officials, after consulting with the Minnesota Racing Commission and the Minnesota HBPA, proactively shifted post time to 6:30 p.m. CT from the originally scheduled 5:00 p.m. Last Saturday officials postponed the live racing program because of projected excessive heat, rescheduling the eight-race card for Thursday, August […]
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 […]
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 […]
A look at the Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity Qualifiers
The richest quarter horse race of the Canterbury Park season is July 6: The $122,000 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity. Here is a look at the 10 qualifiers. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEJ7Vm5gHd8&w=560&h=315]
