Thursday’s Turf Stakes Threatened By Possibility of Rain
Mother Nature is unforgiving. And unpredictable. Thursday’s three $50,000 turf stakes, the Honor the Hero, Minnesota HBPA Distaff and Brooks Fields had originally been scheduled for tonight. The opportunity arose a few weeks ago to be included in an America’s Day at the Races broadcast on FS2 if Canterbury’s stakes were moved to Thursday. It […]
Opening Night Handles $1,845,976; Pick 5 Carryover $91,333
Canterbury’s 65-day racing season got underway Tuesday with a small, but very lively crowd capped at somewhere around 2,500. The 50 cent Pick 5 was elusive to bettors who wagered $135,332 into the pool. With no winning tickets, the carryover into Wednesday evening is $91,333. “People, the fans, seem so happy to be back,” trainer […]
2021 Canterbury Park Live Meet Preview
by The Oracle Follow The Oracle on Twitter at @Oracle 65 He will provide selections daily. Opening day of the 2021 Canterbury Park live racing meet is Tuesday, May 18! That means it’s time to look back at the 2020 Canterbury Park live meet from a statistical standpoint and use that data to help us […]
Katlin Bedford Determined To Succeed
There is a certain resiliency required to overcome life’s biggest hurdles. Some have it. Others don’t. Onlookers at the Canterbury trainers’ stand early this month had to look twice to believe what they were seeing. Katlin Bedford? After all, she was involved in a frightful spill on Sept. 16 of last year at Canterbury; a […]
Canterbury Park Ready To Race Tuesday, May 18
65-day season begins amidst loosening of COVID-19 restrictions Canterbury Park’s 65-day horse racing season will begin Tuesday, May 18 with track officials having high hopes for a more traditional season of racing and promotional activities. Following a 2020 season that started later than usual and offered fewer race days with strict spectator capacity limits below […]
Looking Like A Racetrack
Traffic back and forth from the barns to the main track during morning training hours has increased dramatically this week. Stall Superintendent Andrew Vold estimates that 1,000 horses are now on the grounds. Jockeys have been arriving steadily. Agent Chad Anderson recently landed rider Lindey Wade who earlier this spring was planning to be here […]
The Connection To Make The Correction
The email came out of nowhere on Sunday. In the aftermath of another Kentucky Derby that did not quite end the way this writer planned or wagered, lands an email with the subject line screaming: Make the correction already !!! It has been decades !! It’s 12:19 pm central time. I’ve already read and replied […]
Horses Arriving For The Canterbury Race Meet
The Canterbury Park stable area opened to horses earlier this week. The steady arrival of equine athletes is underway with 100 head on grounds now per stall superintendent Andrew Vold. “I expect we will have north of 1,500 horses,” Vold said. The main track will open Monday for training and that will lead to an […]
Race Horse Owner Profile: Little Blue Bird Stables
Joe Tartaglia holds a record at Canterbury Park. Not as a trainer, not as an owner, not as a jockey, and no, not as a horse. He is a handicapper and bettor. He holds the record for hitting the largest pick 4 payout in Canterbury Park history. It happened on July 12, 2019. The 50 […]
Ruben Fuentes To Ride At Canterbury Park
Those that play California racing should be familiar with jockey Ruben Fuentes. He has ridden there nearly half a decade winning the Grade 1 Frank Kilroe Mile at Santa Anita in 2019 aboard Ohio, and the 2019 Bayaoka Stakes and 2020 La Canada Stakes, both Grades 3s, with Queen Bee to You. Canterbury Park horse […]