Racebook The Place To Be This Weekend
Another busy weekend of horse racing awaits punters this Saturday through holiday Monday in the Canterbury Racebook. Belmont Park has four grade 1 races Saturday and a grade 2. The grade 1 events are Breeders’ Cup Win and You’re In races. On Sunday the New York racetrack conducts a pair of grade 3s with one […]
Bodenheimer Wins Indian Summer; On To Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint
Trainer Valorie Lund spoke highly of the 2-year-old colt Bodenheimer before his smashing 11 ¼ length win at Canterbury Park on July 29. She dared mention Breeders’ Cup. On Sunday at Keeneland, Bodenheimer proved her accurate with a gate-to-wire victory in the win-and-you’re-in Indian Summer Stakes, earning a place in the starting gate at Keeneland […]
Hawthorne Meet Opens Friday With 35 Days Through Dec. 27
Hawthorne Race Course did not run a Spring meet in 2020 as the facility underwent a facelift that will eventually accommodate slot machines. The Chicagoland racecourse will however run a Fall season beginning this week with a Friday through Sunday schedule into December when the race week slims down to Saturday and Sunday only, through […]
Preakness Saturday at Pimlico Plus Stakes Action From Keeneland, Belmont, Santa Anita
Entries were taken yesterday for Pimlico’s Saturday Preakness Day program consisting of 12 races, all stakes, beginning at 10 a.m. The Preakness Stakes attracted 11 entries with Authentic , winner of the Kentucky Derby, drawing post 11 as the 9/5 morning line favorite. Art Collector, who bypassed the Derby due to a heel injury that […]
Racebook Action Galore
Santa Anita delayed its autumn race meet due to fires in the nearby hills but commences Friday at 2:30 p.m. with a 10-race program that includes the G3 Chillingsworth Stakes and the G2 Eddie D. On Saturday, Santa Anita rolls out five graded stakes, all with Breeders’ Cup implications: G2 Chandelier, G1 Rodeo Drive, G1 […]
Canterbury Park Season Concludes With Wednesday And Thursday Racing
Canterbury Park’s 53-day horse racing season will conclude with 4:00 p.m. post times on Wednesday and Thursday. Each evening, 13 thoroughbred races will be run. A total of 247 horses were entered over the two programs for an average field size of 9.5, exceeding the season average of 7.2 horses per race. The racing season, […]
A Remarkable Career
Most of you have no idea who David Hooper is and what he does at Canterbury Park, and he likes it that way. Mr. Hooper is one of our stewards (“track referees”) and is one of the very sharpest racing minds I have met in my 31 years working in this game. His opinions on […]
Dog Days of Summer Handicapping Tournament Tests A Bettor’s Skills
Handicapping is a crucial piece to solving the horse racing puzzle and many horse players spend so much time on that exercise that they neglect an equally important part: the wagering. Canterbury’s Dog Days of Summer Handicapping Tournament combines the importance of both. This is a live bankroll contest that allows players to determine how […]
Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week — Estefany Hernandez
Estefany Hernandez is the Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week. Estefany has been working for trainer Tony Rengstorf since 2016. Tony is quick to point out her work ethic and how much she genuinely cares about the race horses. Estefany takes care of six horses including recent allowance winner Papa’s Isla Doll, Vegan Goes Best […]
Ready to Runaway Wins Again At Minnesota Festival of Champions
Wagering handle exceeds $2 million, an event record Rain may have forced scratches and surface changes Wednesday at Canterbury Park, but it did not dampen the spirit of participants in the 27th Minnesota Festival of Champions, an evening of racing restricted to horses bred in the state and designed to celebrate the industry. The 12-race […]