Jerry Hill – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
The racetrack presents many possibilities. Jerry Hill has explored a lot of them. He’s been an exercise rider, a groom, a hotwalker; he recently got his trainer license and may train one of his own at some point. Jerry is being honored by the Minnesota HBPA as Groom of the Week. This is his first […]
True Wins $137,100 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity
Canterbury Park’s richest quarter horse race of the season, the $137,100 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity was won by 2-year-old colt True for trainer and owner Hipolito Michel-Valverde. True, who paid $17.00 to win, was ridden by Ramiro Garcia. Final time for the 350 yard race was 18.086 seconds. Hes Resilient finished second, one-half length behind […]
The Northlands Futurity Has History
Tonight’s tenth race is the 34th running of the $137,100 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity. This 350-yard race for 2-year-olds has been a fixture on the quarter horse stakes calendar since 1986. The inaugural Northlands, with a $60,554 purse, was won by Ms Gold Bug in a final time of 17.77 seconds. The stakes record belongs […]
Trainer Jason Olmstead sweeps two quarter horse stakes
Tuesday night at Canterbury Park belonged to the track’s leading quarter horse trainer Jason Olmstead as he swept the co-featured Skip Zimmerman Memorial Stakes and the North Star State Futurity. Juice Is Loose won the $28,500 Skip Zimmerman by one-half length under Edwin Escobedo for owners Tom Maher and Stephen Williams, covering 350 yards in […]
Ron Westermann – Racehorse Trainer
Ron Westermann‘s first recorded win as a trainer came in 1993 at Columbus Racecourse, not far from where he grew up in the small town of Snyder, Nebraska, population 300. Ron had been involved with horses since he was a young kid but did not make his first trip to a racetrack until he was […]
Hardy and Olmstead Major Players In Quarter Horse Derby
Two names synonymous with Minnesota quarter horse racing account for seven of the 10 starters in the $83,000 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby on Wednesday evening. Hall of Fame trainer Ed Ross Hardy qualified four 3-year-olds in the three trials held July 28 while Jason Olmstead, a lock to win his seventh consecutive training title, […]
Canterbury Park and American Red Cross Team Up to Encourage Blood Donations in August
Canterbury Park and American Red Cross have teamed up to encourage blood donations during the month of August. To thank donors who help ensure a strong blood supply this month, those who give at select metro-area Red Cross mobile blood drives through August 31 will receive a free admission ticket to horse racing at Canterbury […]
Ida Schneck – Love of the Sport Led To Horse Ownership
Her father brought her to Canterbury on Kentucky Derby Day when she was 12 or 13 and that was all it took for Ida Schneck to become enamored with horseracing. “I loved the data and the handicapping,” she recalled. “I fell in love with the sport.” A few years later, in 2010, she joined the […]
Victor Cisneros – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
Trainer Bernell Rhone considers himself fortunate to have a groom like Victor Cisneros. Rhone has for years had a staff that has remained loyal. Cisneros, who estimates he has been with the Hall of Fame trainer for 20 years, is a perfect example. The native of Zacateca, Mexico has traveled with Rhone to Canterbury each […]
An Olympic Horse
By Noah Joseph While horse racing may not be a part of the Olympic events in Tokyo right now, there once was a horse that raced at Canterbury who ran like an Olympic champion and had the name of one too. That horse was Gold Medal Dancer. Gold Medal Dancer was bred in Kentucky by […]