Road to Kentucky Contest Saturday; Saudi Cup Wagering Offered
While there are no Kentucky Derby prep races scheduled for this week, Canterbury’s Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest continues nonetheless, awarding cash weekly to the top five entrants as well as entry for the top three to an exclusive National Horseplayers Championship qualifier with a grand prize valued at $10,000. The featured track Feb. 20 […]
Van Winkle Settled In At Tampa
Trainer David Van Winkle had been racing at Turf Paradise in Phoenix since late 1995. Phoenix became home for the native Nebraskan, wife Pam who he met in Minnesota, and their three kids. He would annually race at Canterbury for four months of summer and return to Phoenix for the meet that traditionally ran October […]
Laissez le bon temps rouler
Let the good times roll! Saturday’s 13-race program at Fair Grounds in New Orleans is a Mardi Gras celebration on its own, just days before Fat Tuesday. Six stakes, four of them graded, make for a competitive feature track for the third week of the Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest. The $400,000 Risen Star Stakes […]
Canterbury Park Offers $2 Million In Thoroughbred Stakes Purses For 2021
Mystic Lake Derby’s $150k purse is richest of 27 stakes; 2021 condition book now available featuring increased overnight purses Canterbury Park racing officials today announced that 27 stakes races with purses totaling $2,060,000 will be run during the 65-day 2021 race meet that begins May 18. The richest of the stakes is the $150,000 Mystic […]
Oracle vs Brady
Local horse handicapper Bruce ”The Oracle’ Meyer might not have a lot in common with quarterback Tom Brady but each has six titles. Brady won six Super bowls, while Oracle has six Canterbury Park Handicapper of the Year belts. Brady may have the bigger stage; millions of people are watching him, while Oracle toils away […]
Canterbury Park 2021 Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule features $175k est. Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity and across-the-board purse increases
Canterbury Park’s 2021 quarter horse racing season will offer 15 stakes races and increased overnight purses. The Shakopee, Minnesota racetrack’s 65-day mixed-breed meet begins May 18 with the first quarter horse races set for May 31. The Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity, the richest race of the season featuring an additional $20,000-added in purse money in […]
Something’s Gotta Give Saturday On Road to Kentucky
The annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest was off to a good start last Saturday. With plenty of room to spread out on both Clubhouse and Mezzanine levels, race fans were treated to a competitive day of racing including the R2K feature track Gulfstream Park. Handicapper Michael Tindall earned 1,912 points in R2K to win […]
Star of the North Shines In Texas
Star of the North, a 3-year-old Minnesota bred filly, won the $75,000 Darby’s Daughter by a convincing 2 1/4 lengths at Sam Houston Race Park Saturday evening. The 5 1/2 furlong race, a division of the Clarence Scharbauer, Jr. Texas Stallion Stakes, was restricted to 3-year-old fillies that are progeny of nominated Texas-based stallions. Star […]
Mr. Jagermeister Prepares For Return
Mr. Jagermeister is “starting to get fit” trainer Valorie Lund said Friday following the six-year-old Minnesota bred’s fourth workout since returning to training. All the works have come at Turfway Park in Florence, KY with the latest a very sharp 1:00.40 for five furlongs. The goal for Jag is the Feb. 6 $150,000, six furlong, […]
Rassier Wins Last Chance NHC Qualifier Contest
Spring Tune Up Super Satellites begin Thursday In The Money Contest Force-Out on Saturday Jack Rassier’s final mythical bankroll of $119.80 was $8.20 better than Bill Ender, allowing Rassier to qualify for the $3 million National Horseplayers Championship held in Las Vegas this August. The Chaska, Minn. handicapper won a coveted entry to NHC, his […]