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 […]
Canterbury Park Concert Series Begins Monday – Old Crow Medicine Show headlines first of six concerts
Canterbury Park, long known for hosting large-scale concert events, kicks off a series of six shows Monday, Aug. 2 featuring talented and award winning musicians, singers and songwriters in an intimate setting in the racetrack grandstand. From 1997’s Lilith Fair with 30,000 music fans crowding the horse racetrack infield, through a successful run of Soundset […]
Tyler Stein – Quarter Horse Trainer
He had to wait until he was 18 to get his racehorse trainer license, but Tyler Stein had been teaching and learning from horses long before, running primarily quarter horses at bush tracks in South Dakota since he was 14. The official licensing process in 2019 was a formality as soon as he was of […]
Canterbury Park First Half in Review
By The Oracle We recently passed the halfway point of the 2021 Canterbury Park live racing season. Here is a look inside the numbers at what has transpired on the racetrack so far in 2021. The following statistics are for thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are winning 43% of the thoroughbred races at […]
Canterbury Returns To Horse Racing Wednesday After Nine-Day Break
First 36 days of season show handle increases and stability Horse racing resumes Wednesday at Canterbury Park following a nine-day break while the Shakopee, Minn. entertainment facility hosted Twin Cities Summer Jam, a three-day music festival held in the racetrack infield. The pause allowed horse trainers and their equine counterparts to prepare for the final […]
-Canterbury Firsts –
by Noah Joseph While Canterbury Park takes a break from live racing due to hosting the Twin Cities Summer Jam concert festival, let’s take a look at something a little bit different than usual. Here are some interesting facts about some of the first occurrences in Canterbury history. The first horse on Canterbury stable grounds […]
A Race Of Epic Proportions
By Noah Joseph Each year, there is always one stakes race that receives major attention. Sometimes it has to do with the history and prestige behind it. Other times it has to do with the purse money involved; or perhaps the quality of the horses competing in the race. In 2017, Canterbury had a race […]
Mary Green – 2021 Canterbury Park Hall of Fame
If there was a job to be done in the early days of Minnesota horse racing, you could count on Mary Green to do it. As one of the horsewomen and men who so badly wanted to bring a racetrack to their home state, Green attended meetings, met with legislators and lobbied for the state […]
Steve and Dorothy Erban – 2021 Canterbury Park hall of Fame
Horse racing has brought Steve Erban many rewards since 1972, when he promoted two weekends of racing at the Anoka County Fairgrounds in his first foray into the industry. The greatest came 34 years ago in Hot Springs, Ark., when he was a horse trainer new to town. His friend Terry Wallace, race caller at […]