R2K Handicapping Contest visits Pegasus Saturday
The Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest, featuring the top 3-year-olds headed toward the first Saturday in May, continues each Saturday through May 2 but takes an occasional diversion on weeks when there are no Kentucky Derby prep races. This coming Saturday is an example when the contest with a $300 weekly top prize will feature […]
“Even the Losers…Get Lucky Sometimes”
Ah yes, Tom Petty had it right so many years ago. Russ Jubert has been playing the ponies at Canterbury since it was called “Downs”, not “Park”. Over the past 30+ years, he has been a weekend warrior, handicapping the races, betting a couple of dollars, enjoying a small beer and building friendships. Russ is […]
Canterbury Park Shakes Up Stakes Schedule For 2020
$3 million in total stakes purses; change in Minnesota Festival of Champions lineup Canterbury Park racing officials today announced a $3 million thoroughbred and quarter horse racing stakes schedule for the 2020 season that runs 65 days, May 15 through Sept. 12. Several changes and date adjustments have been made with an emphasis placed on […]
Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest begins Saturday
$25k tournament runs through Kentucky Derby Day The annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest kicks-off Saturday with races from the Fair Grounds including the Lecomte Stakes, an early Kentucky Derby prep race. The free-to-enter contest runs every Saturday through Kentucky Derby Day and awards $25,000 in cash and prizes including an entry to the $3 […]
Meyer Does It Again, Sixth Handicapper of the Year Title In Nine Years
Bruce Meyer won his sixth Canterbury Park Handicapper of the Year title, defeating Shaun Rau by four points in the year-long battle for local horse-handicapping supremacy that concluded Dec. 28. “It’s never easy,” Meyer said. “I enjoy the challenge. I’ll be back at it in 2020.” In fact, the 2020 handicapping contest schedule is underway […]
Canterbury Park 2020 Racing Dates Approved By MRC
Canterbury Park’s 2020 thoroughbred and quarter horse racing season will run May 15 through Sept. 12, a 65-day meet approved Thursday by the Minnesota Racing Commission. Thursday and Friday racing in 2020 will begin at 6:00 p.m. Saturday post time, which has historically been early afternoon, has been moved to 5 p.m. while Sundays and […]
Robert Junk to return to Canterbury Park as Racing Secretary
Canterbury Park racing officials today announced that Robert Junk will return to the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack as Director of Racing and Racing Secretary, a position he held previously from 2016 through 2018 before leaving for a similar job at Turf Paradise in Phoenix. Because Turf Paradise conducts racing during a timeframe that Canterbury is not […]
Paul Nolan Wins Ron Turcotte Courage Award
Former jockey Paul Nolan received the Ron Turcotte Courage Award on Monday during the Jockeys’ Guild Annual Assembly held at TopGolf, adjacent to the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas. Nolan, who spent much of his career at Canterbury Park, was injured in a racing accident in April 2017 at Will Roger Downs. He has […]
Governor Tim Walz Appoints Goodman, Gingold and Idelkope to Minnesota Racing Commission
The Minnesota Racing Commission announced in a press release earlier this week that Gov. Tim Walz reappointed Commissioners Lisa Goodman and Alan Gingold for six year terms beginning November 24, 2019. Walz also appointed Julie Idelkope to the MRC. Acting Commission Chair James Lane has been designated as the Chair of the Commission. Per the […]
Claiming Crown Saturday
Saturday marks the 21st edition of the Claiming Crown. This day of racing now held at Gulfstream Park was created to celebrate claiming horses and their owners. The event began in 1999 at Canterbury Park as a collaboration between the National HBPA and TOBA. The Shakopee, Minn. racetrack hosted Claiming Crown 10 times from 1999 […]