ST. PAUL DERBY WINNER CLEVER TREVOR DIES
BY JIM WELLS The news arrived as if it had been delivered by carrier pigeon, from a window sill in the past to a ledge in the present, connecting a part of Canterbury history to the summer of 2016. A message winging its way across time: Clever Trevor is dead. The name stirred up memories […]
A Derby by Any Other Name is Just as Sweet
The sportscasts percolated with the details that evening and banner headlines blared the news the next morning. A longshot – 72-1 mind you – had won the inaugural running of the $300,000 St. Paul Derby, a race that became at first asking the crown jewel of Minnesota horse racing. The year was 1986 and the […]
