Leg Up Day Sunday, July 28
Sunday you can support jockeys injured while riding at Canterbury Park. The Leg Up Fund was established in 2014 to provide temporary, transitional support to riders injured at Canterbury as they recover and return to the saddle. The fund provides direct resources to Canterbury Park jockeys who are hurt while riding and helps give them […]
A Winning Gait Requires Harmony In The Gate
BY JIM WELLS Can you scoff at danger and inevitable injury, laugh off what happened twenty minutes earlier and focus on what’s about to take place? Can you forget about a throbbing leg kicked earlier in the day or an aching shoulder that acts up every time you lift an arm? Can you do all […]
Canterbury Park First Half in Review
by The Oracle Before racing took a short break for the summer concerts, we passed the halfway point of the 2019 Canterbury Park live racing season. Here is a look inside-the-numbers- at what has transpired on the race track so far in 2019. The following statistics are for thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are […]
Canterbury Park Live Horse Racing Resumes Thursday
Event-packed week follows 10-day break for music festival Live horse racing resumes at Canterbury Park Thursday following a 10-day hiatus to allow for Twin Cities Summer Jam, a music festival held in the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack’s infield July 18 through 20. The concert required extensive set up and take down to accommodate the 40,000 […]
He Has The Bloodlines
It’s what every little boy dreams of: growing up to be exactly like their dad. For Mark Anderson, his dream was extra special because he got to follow in the footsteps of his brother, dad and grandpa. Originally from Grand Island, NE, Anderson grew up at the horse track and knew his calling was in […]
Cam Mahlum : Race Horse Owner
From having family horses in the 1970s to accompanying his grandpa to the track at eight years old, Cameron Mahlum has been around horses for as long as he can remember, and wants to keep it that way. His luck at the track started at age nine. Mahlum was spending the day at Assiniboia Downs […]
Seabiscuit and 15 Minutes of Fame
BY JIM WELLS Remember Seabiscuit? If you’re a racing fan, you’ve surely read about the diminutive champion and the positive influence he had on Americans from coast to coast during the Great Depression. Or maybe you saw the movie! As Oscar Quiroz did…several times. He bought the DVD when it came out, for personal reasons […]
Schedules of the Past
By Noah Joseph One of the surprises when Canterbury Park’s 2019 racing schedule was released was a week-long break, from July 15-July 24, due to the Twin Cities Summer Jam music festival. Now that this hiatus is upon us, it seemed like a good time to take a look at Canterbury’s past schedules and how […]
Into The Break
When Primarily Gold crossed the wire to win the 12th race Sunday, it meant a hiatus for live horse racing until Thursday, July 25 at 6:00 p.m. — 264 hours to post time. Racing action takes a break to make way for Twin Cities Summer Jam, a three-day music festival July 18 through 20, the […]
Mojica Having Magical Summer
BY JIM WELLS Orlando Mojica seldom changes expressions, seemingly focused on the task at hand, frequently an upcoming race on a horse he will shortly ride out of the paddock. He changes little afterward either, on the way back to the jockeys’ lounge, win or lose, his mind already refocusing on what awaits, at the […]