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Canterbury Park 2023 Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule

Canterbury Park Championship Challenge elevated to Grade 2. Canterbury Park’s racing department today announced that the 2023 mixed meet will include 11 quarter horse stakes races highlighted by the Northlands Futurity on Aug. 16 offering an estimated purse of $86,000. The purse for the 400-yard Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby, also Aug. 16, is estimated […]

Danjer Too Great In Canterbury Park Championship Challenge

Danjer, the 1 to 9 favorite in the Grade III $52,360 Canterbury Park Championship Challenge, easily won the 440 yard race over a sloppy track by 2 1/4 lengths on Tuesday returning $2.20 to win. Dean Frey trains and co-owns the 5-year-old quarter horse, who has won 12 of 22 lifetime starts and $1,093,770 in […]

Danjer Favored To Repeat in Canterbury Park Championship Challenge

Distance Challenge, Distaff Challenge and MQHRA Stallion Futurity provide solid quarter horse undercard Danjer, a five-year-old multiple grade one winning quarter horse trained by Dean Frey, is the 3/5 favorite to repeat in the $52,360 Canterbury Park Championship Challenge, a  440 yard, Grade 3 race Tuesday at Canterbury Park. Danjer won this race last year […]

Canterbury Park 2021 Quarter Horse Stakes Schedule features $175k est. Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity and across-the-board purse increases

Canterbury Park’s 2021 quarter horse racing season will offer 15 stakes races and increased overnight purses. The Shakopee, Minnesota racetrack’s 65-day mixed-breed meet begins May 18 with the first quarter horse races set for May 31.  The Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity, the richest race of the season featuring an additional $20,000-added in purse money in […]