Honey’s Sox Appeal – 2021 Canterbury Park Hall of Fame
The first time her owner Bob Lindgren met her, Honey’s Sox Appeal showed how elusive she could be. “She was running all over the place,” Lindgren said. “She wouldn’t let me catch her.” Fitting, as the Minnesota-bred mare spent her race career not letting other horses catch her at the finish line. She won 11 […]
A P Is Loose – 2021 Canterbury Park Hall of Fame
Joel Zamzow didn’t even need to see the race. All he had to do was listen to Canterbury Park announcer Paul Allen to know when his horse, A P Is Loose, was about to win. “I’d just listen for Paul’s call of ‘A P Is Loose!’ in the last 50 yards,” Zamzow said. “I think […]
Canterbury Park Hall of Fame Class of 2021 Announced
Inductees to be honored in July 17 ceremony The newest members of the Canterbury Park Hall of Fame were announced today. The Class of 2021 includes A P Is Loose and Honey’s Sox Appeal, thoroughbreds that are among the all-time leaders in purse earnings in the history of the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack, as well as […]
Ramon Villalobos – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
Congratulations to the Minnesota HBPA groom of the week Ramon Villalobos. Ramon works for trainer Dick Cappellucci. This is his first season at Canterbury Park. Ramon worked for Richard Mandella in California before moving to New Mexico where he worked for several years. In 2017, Ramon was the groom for Conquest Mo Money who ran […]
Coty Rosin – Racehorse Trainer
There must be something in the water around Wautoma, Wisconsin, hometown of Coty Rosin. The area has spawned many a racehorse trainer including Rosin. “The Rice family, D. Wayne Lukas,” Rosin said. “There were many good horsemen. “My dad had horses and was race caller at the fair meets,” he said, so Rosin began learning […]
Danjer Too Great In Canterbury Park Championship Challenge
Danjer, the 1 to 9 favorite in the Grade III $52,360 Canterbury Park Championship Challenge, easily won the 440 yard race over a sloppy track by 2 1/4 lengths on Tuesday returning $2.20 to win. Dean Frey trains and co-owns the 5-year-old quarter horse, who has won 12 of 22 lifetime starts and $1,093,770 in […]
Danjer Favored To Repeat in Canterbury Park Championship Challenge
Distance Challenge, Distaff Challenge and MQHRA Stallion Futurity provide solid quarter horse undercard Danjer, a five-year-old multiple grade one winning quarter horse trained by Dean Frey, is the 3/5 favorite to repeat in the $52,360 Canterbury Park Championship Challenge, a 440 yard, Grade 3 race Tuesday at Canterbury Park. Danjer won this race last year […]
Hometown Heroes
By Noah Joseph Last Wednesday during the Mystic Lake Northern Stars Turf Festival, locally based Jazzy Times ran down invaders High Crime and Wellabled to win the $100,000 Dark Star Turf Sprint under jockey Chad Lindsay for owner Dennis Smith and trainer David Van Winkle. Throughout Canterbury’s history there have been many instances in which […]
Rachel LaCount – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
Rachel LaCount is the latest Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week. Her first ever day at the races, she’s been told, was when she was two weeks old. Her parents owned racehorses at Canterbury Park and Downs. As soon as she was old enough to get a racing commission license, Rachel started working as a […]
Why Is Horse Racing Awesome?
Twelve friends contributed $20 apiece and hit the Pick 5 for $6,900 A recounting of a tale told by Dave Handeland It all started in February with an innocent tweet from Austin, MN’s Martin Zellar about horses with mustaches. One connection led to another which resulted in Zellar performing at Canterbury Park on Thursday, June […]