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2023 Canterbury Park Live Meet Preview – – By The Numbers

by  The Oracle Opening day of the 2023 Canterbury Park live racing meet is Saturday, May 27!  That means it’s time to look back at the 2022 Canterbury Park live meet from a statistical standpoint and use that data to help us better predict the outcomes of the 2023 Canterbury Park races.   Canterbury Park […]

Oracle vs Brady

Local horse handicapper Bruce ”The Oracle’ Meyer might  not have a lot in common with quarterback Tom Brady but each has six titles. Brady won six Super bowls, while Oracle has six Canterbury Park Handicapper of the Year belts. Brady may have the bigger stage; millions of people are watching him, while Oracle toils away […]

Meyer Does It Again, Sixth Handicapper of the Year Title In Nine Years

Bruce Meyer won his sixth Canterbury Park Handicapper of the Year title, defeating Shaun Rau by four points in the year-long battle for local horse-handicapping supremacy that concluded Dec. 28. “It’s never easy,” Meyer said. “I enjoy the challenge. I’ll be back at it in 2020.” In fact, the 2020 handicapping contest schedule is underway […]

Meyer wins Canterbury Handicapper of the Year a fourth time

Bruce Meyer captured Canterbury Park’s Handicapper of the Year title for the fourth time. He did so by out-performing other local handicappers throughout the 2016 calendar year in various contests for which points are awarded to top finishers. Meyer finished second in the 20th annual Dog Days of Summer Tournament which helped cement the HOY […]

The New Year Begins

Welcome to 2017. Horses all celebrate their birthday on Jan. 1. Horse players can honesty claim to be even for the year. The Road to the Kentucky Derby begins in earnest for the newly turned 3-year-olds. Canterbury’s annual R2K Handicapping Contest begins Jan. 21. Opinions soon can turn to cash. Bruce Meyer won the Handicapper […]

Chasing the Dream: An NHC Odyssey Part 3

  Let’s check in with local handicappers as they try to qualify for the National Handicapping Championship.  Both The Oracle and Super Stats Dave plan to play Saturday in the $50 Dog Days Satellite. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9Kiro4pMAA&w=560&h=315]

Chasing the Dream: An NHC Odyssey

  Three local handicappers are on a quest to qualify for the National Handicapping Championship held each year in Las Vegas. Each has a chance to qualify this Saturday, June 4 in a Canterbury NHC qualifier. The contest is open to everyone. Bruce Meyer: Three-time Canterbury Handicapper of the Year has played once in the […]