Even the Legends Lose Sometimes
By Noah Joseph This weekend Canterbury Park runs its first stakes race of the season, the 10,000 Lakes Stakes. This race, set for Minnesota breds, is one of the most popular stakes of the season. It has had some famous winners and exciting editions, but one horse made his mark in this race. Every racetrack […]
Hold for More becomes earnings leader at Canterbury Park
Hold for More, a 5-year-old Minnesota-bred thoroughbred, became the all-time leading money earner in the history of Canterbury Park or Downs when he won the ninth race Thursday. His $23,700 share of the purse boosted his earnings at the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack to $347,650, eclipsing Crocrock who earned $340,452 racing from 1999 to 2004. Hold […]
Thursday ‘Buck Night’ Racing Returns to Canterbury Park as Four-Day Race Weeks Begin
Saturday is ‘Belmont Stakes Block Party’ with four local stakes races Canterbury Park begins racing four days each week, Thursday through Sunday, when horse racing resumes tonight with the popular “Buck Night” promotion that offers $1 admission and other $1, $2 and $3 food and beverage specials. Post time on Thursdays and Fridays will be […]
Odds and Ends from the Weekend plus more to come….
Hold for More was victorious in this weekend’s running of the $50,000 10,000 Lakes Stake. He rated for the early parts of the race behind the three pacesetters, Cupid’s Delight, Bourbon County and Smooth Chiraz, before swinging four wide at the top of the stretch to overtake them all and win by a convincing 2 […]
‘Ice’ and ‘Eddie’ Headline Festival of Champions Day
The Festival of Champions, which began in 1992, is a day of racing restricted to horses bred in Minnesota. Keewatin Ice, owned by Camelia Casby of Shakopee, MN, is entered in the $50,000 Minnesota Distaff Classic Championship. The 1 1/16 mile race drew a field of seven. Keewatin Ice (pictured above) has won four of […]
Two of a Kind?
Heliskier has been dominant in all four career starts, sparking conversation about how good he might be compared to other Minnesota-breds in recent history. The name that immediately is mentioned in comparison is Crocrock (pictured above). While it would be premature to compare Heliskier at this point to the accomplishments of the great Crocrock, the […]
Duke Deluxe Notches 12th Canterbury Win
Trainers like Canterbury Park for their reasons, jockeys for theirs and now it appears that horses, too, like the racetrack for reasons revealed with a simple glance at their PPs. Look no further than Thursday’s first race and the No. 2 horse, an eight-year-old gelding named Duke Deluxe. Duke is mad about Canterbury and here is […]
