Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown Band, and Pitbull Headline Twin Cities Summer Jam
Carrie Underwood, Zac Brown Band, and Pitbull will headline the 2nd Annual Twin Cities Summer Jam outdoor music festival July 23, 24 & 25, 2020 at Canterbury Park. Last year more than 35,000 people attended Summer Jam, the first year of the unique multi-genre event. Carrie Underwood, a multi-format, multi-media superstar with achievements in music, […]
Thanksgiving Week at Canterbury Park Race Book
Tampa Bay Downs begins its 94th season of racing this Wednesday with an 11:25 a.m. first post. Long-time local race fans will notice a familiar face offering selections in the competitive fields as Matt Carothers will handle those duties for the 90-day season. Carothers was Canterbury’s racing analyst in the early Park years before leaving […]
Tom DiPasquale to Retire; Minnesota Seeks New Executive Director
MRC Press Release SHAKOPEE, Minn. (November 22, 2019) –Tom DiPasquale, Executive Director of the Minnesota Racing Commission since 2013, announced his intention to step down in February 2020. “It’s been an honor to serve in this capacity in the Dayton and Walz Administrations. During this period, the Commission, through the hard work of staff and […]
Canterbury Park Seeks 65 Race Days For 2020 Season
Meet planned for May 15 through Sept. 12; MRC approval expected in December Canterbury Park officials have submitted a 2020 racing dates request to the Minnesota Racing Commission asking for approval of a 65-day season beginning May 15 and concluding Sept. 12. Canterbury Park, located in Shakopee, Minn., is the state’s only thoroughbred and quarter […]
Jim Wells 1946-2019
Our friend and our storyteller Jim Wells passed away Sunday. His contributions to this blog were memorable and numerous and now irreplaceable. He made CanterburyLive during the summer racing season a must read. Jim’s horse racing coverage for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, beginning in the Downs’ days of the mid 80s through the early […]
Canterbury Park Announces Appointment of New Directors and Other Leadership Changes
Canterbury Park Holding Corporation announced today that Maureen Bausch and John Himle have been added to its Board of Directors, effective October 3, 2019. The Company also announced Randy Sampson, Canterbury Park’s President and CEO since 1994, has been appointed as Executive Chairman of the Board, and announced other changes in the Board’s structure. Ms. […]
Countdown to the Cup Contest Continues Saturday
With Breeders’ Cup just weeks away, it pays to handicap the prep races at major tracks across the country to be ready for Nov. 1 and 2. Countdown to the Cup, the free-to-enter handicapping contest that features the best horses on the way to the 2019 Breeders’ Cup at Santa Anita, pays weekly cash prizes […]
Mr. Jagermeister seeks graded stakes win in Saturday’s Ack Ack at Churchill Downs
Minnesota-bred Mr. Jagermeister will attempt to add a graded stakes win to his impressive resume on Saturday at Churchill Downs in the $150,000 Ack Ack Stakes, a grade three one-turn mile where he drew post six in a nine-horse field. Leandro Goncalves will ride in the Ack Ack for trainer Valorie Lund. The 4-year-old has […]
Closing Day Produces Riding, Training Champs
BY JIM WELLS Wherever you looked on Saturday there were signs that moving day was at hand. Some horse trailers and human trailers were in various stages of readiness for the road. Still, others had not yet begun to pack. Horse racing in many respects is not any different than the more sedentary existences many […]
Mac Robertson Breaks Records
The freight train was approaching, in fact keen observers knew it had been for years; it was only a matter of when it would arrive. That train is Mac Robertson and the station the historical trainer win total at Canterbury Park and Downs. A couple of weeks back Robertson overtook Canterbury Park Hall of Fame […]