Hardy, Olmstead Look To Continue Dominance In Festival Races, But First……..
Tomorrow is a new twist for the traditional Minnesota Festival of Champions quarter horse races, the Minnesota QH Derby and Minnesota QH Futurity. Trial races. In the past the Derby and Futurity entrants gained access to the races based on earnings. But now payments and sustaining payments made by hopeful owners begat trial races to […]
The Quinonez Name Means Success At Canterbury
The Quinonez name is synonymous with success in the early days of Canterbury Park. Jockey Luis Quinonez won the riding title five times here, from 1995 to 1999. He is sixth in all-time wins at the track with 548. This season his younger brother Alonso Quinonez is carrying on that tradition of success. “My brother […]
Marabel Nova is the Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
Marabel Nova works for trainer Tony Rengstorf, grooming six horses. Rengstorf nominated Marabel because she does an excellent job grooming and taking care of those horses which include Lady Hideaway, Little Instigator, Stay My Favorite, That Would Be Nice, Twoko Bay and Zoe’s Delight. Another quality of Marabel that Rengstorf appreciates is that she has […]
Made In Minnesota Night Combines Favorites and Upsets
Upsets were sandwiched by favorites in the five stakes races run on the Made In Minnesota program Wednesday evening at Canterbury Park. The first stake, the $50,000 MTA Sales Graduate Futurity, went to 2 to 5 favorite Westa Waverly and the final stake, the $50,000 Glitter Star, to 1 to 5 winner Ready to Runaway. […]
Five Stakes Featuring Minnesota Breds Wednesday at Canterbury Park
Hot Shot Kid seeks 15th local victory. Canterbury Park’s 10-race Wednesday program, named Made In Minnesota Day, includes five Minnesota-bred thoroughbred stakes races offering $350,000 in purses. The Minnesota Oaks and Minnesota Derby, each at 1 mile and 70 yards and each with $100,000 purses, are the headliners as the seventh and eight races respectively. […]
Big Jake Mauer 1931-2020
“It’s a jungle in there,” visitors would hear the voice bellow as they entered the Canterbury Park grandstand. “Don’t go in without it.” The ‘it’ referred to was Big Jake’s Green Sheet and the voice was that of Jake Mauer. A Canterbury legend. Big Jake, patriarch of the Mauer baseball family, passed away on Aug. […]
51 Minnesota-bred Yearlings to be featured in 2020 MTA Yearling Sale
from a Minnesota Racing Commission news release: New Health and Safety Protocols Established for Sale The Minnesota Thoroughbred Association will host its annual MTA Yearling Sale on Sunday, August 30 beginning at 3pm at Canterbury Park’s Expo Center in Shakopee, MN. Previews of the 51 Minnesota-bred yearlings will begin Saturday, August 29 from 6pm to […]
Tonya Williams is Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
Tonya Williams has been working in the Ed Kereluk barn for more than four years. She grooms and cares for four four horses. She is also responsible for the feed program for the entire stable. According to trainer Kereluk, Tonya “keeps all things in order. She’s the one that runs the barn and is on […]
Eva the Diva Wins Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity at 30 to 1
Zoomn On Bye takes Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby Eva the Diva won the $86,900 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity on Tuesday evening at Canterbury Park at 30 to 1, the longest odds in the nine-horse field. The 2-year-old filly is trained by Mark Barnes for owners Becky Lowell and Lynn Husman. Jockey Julian Serrano was […]
Goodwin Seeks First Northlands Futurity Victory
Jockey Nik Goodwin has accomplished much during his quarter horse racing career at Canterbury Park. The native of Bemidji, Minn. is the all-time leader in wins, 140, and in purse earnings, $1.59 million, in the history of Canterbury Park and Downs. Goodwin was late to the party this year, not arriving until the end of […]