ONLY THREE RACE DAYS REMAIN FOR 2016
BY JIM WELLS Alex Canchari brought in a horse named Daydreaming Diva in Saturday’s first race, in and of itself not a terribly significant event unless of course you are counting wins in the jockey, owner or trainer standings __ or maybe even days remaining to the racing season. For anyone without a calculator, what […]
Canterbury Park to Offer Lowest Takeout in U.S
Win, Place, Show 15 percent; Exotics 18 percent Canterbury Park racing officials today announced a sweeping reduction in pari-mutuel takeout that will result in the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack offering a wagering product priced lower, on average, than any track in the country. With win, place, show takeout set at 15 percent and all exotic wagers […]
Chalk Pub Talk with Eric Halstrom
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The Adventure That Never Happened
By Jeff Maday At some point in 2009 Dark Star told Canterbury Park president Randy Sampson that if Rachel Alexandra and Zenyatta were to meet on a racetrack that he would take the boss to see the spectacle. Dark’s thinking was that this magnificent match-up, as intriguing as any heavyweight bout, would take place that […]
Q and A with the man in charge of racing: Eric Halstrom
There’s a new (well, sort of) sheriff in town. Eric Halstrom has returned to Canterbury Park in the role of Vice President of Racing Operations after a successful run at Fair Grounds in New Orleans. With the changes in place for the fast-approaching live racing season, I took a few minutes to pick the brain of […]
Remembering Dark Star
On the morning before the 144th running of the Belmont Stakes, the racing community at Canterbury Park said goodbye and paid its respects to a man who would not only have been present but at his boisterous best if fate had not intervened. There was after all the disappointing defection of a horse pointed toward […]
