Leonel Garcia – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
The Minnesota HBPA has honored a Groom of the Week each Wednesday with a winner’s circle presentation, providing recognition to an individual that has done an outstanding job. This week’s honoree is Leonel Garcia who works for trainers Patrick and Tomey Swan. Leo, who has worked as a groom since 1989, has been with the […]
Furlong Learning Provides On-Track Educational Assistance
The idea was “born in the barn” according to Meghan Riley who works in the stable of Tony Rengstorf but also has an education degree and has taught in the US and other countries. She would often meet children of other backstretch workers who were having trouble completing homework or families having difficulty navigating through […]
Efrain Cambray – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
Each week the Minnesota HBPA presents the Groom of the Week award in a Wednesday winners’ circle presentation. Those in racing recognize that the grooms are important members of any stable’s team and that the success of the racehorses depends on the care and dedication of the grooms. The groom of the week this week […]
Dickey Bob Again Best in $38,900 Cash Caravan Stakes
Maudest Maven wins The 1889 Futurity Dickey Bob, a six-year-old Minnesota bred quarter horse, won the $38,900 Cash Caravan Wednesday night at Canterbury Park. This was the third Cash Caravan win in four years for Dickey Bob, who is owned and was bred by Judy and Bruce Lunderborg of Gibbon, Minn. He also won the […]
Shinny Does Nothing But Win
The 4-year-old thoroughbred Shinny arrived at Canterbury Park this spring with trainer Robertino Diodoro having recently won a route race at Turf Paradise as the 4/5 favorite. In all, he had five wins from 13 starts. He had run for as little at $3,500, the price for which Diodoro had claimed Shinny, making him eligible […]
All That Glitters
By Noah Joseph Throughout the history of horse racing, there have always been some horses that just make everything look easy — from their running styles, to their ability to adapt to different surfaces and distances, to their overall gift to win. At Canterbury, few horses personified that ability more than Glitter Star. Glitter Star […]
Ismael Ortiz – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
Weekly the Minnesota HBPA recognizes an outstanding groom during a winner’s circle presentation following the first race on Wednesdays. The grooms, the daily caretakers of racehorses, often go unnoticed and unrecognized by the public. Their names do not appear in the official program nor are they announced when a horse they tend to wins a […]
Ready to Runaway Could Three-Peat in Glitter Star Stakes
Wednesday’s Made in MN Night race card includes the $100,000 Minnesota Derby and Oaks as well as the $50,000 Wally’s Choice and the $50,000 Glitter Star Stakes. Both of the races for older statebreds could produce a repeat, or in the Glitter Star a three-peat, winner. Drop of Golden Sun won the 2020 Wally’s […]
BCBC Big Ten Satellite Handicapping Contest Wednesday
Wednesday offers opportunities to win a $3,000 entry to the $120,000 BCBC Big Ten Handicapping Tournament on Sept. 16 when two contests will be offered : one on track at Canterbury Park and one through Xpressbet.com for those not residing in Minnesota. The Sept. 16 Big Ten Contest is the largest Breeders’ Cup Betting Challenge […]
Bulk Shipping : Canterbury Park 2-year-old contingent invades Iowa Saturday
Five 2-year-olds that have won at Canterbury this summer are shipping to Prairie Meadows for stakes races Saturday evening. Doctor Oscar, Jacks Willie and Pepper Spray go six furlongs in the $100,000 Prairie Gold Juvenile while Viva El Capitan and She’s My Warrior run in the $100,000 Prairie Gold Lassie for fillies. Why are Minnesota-breds […]