A HORSEMAN IN MANY, MANY WAYS
by Jim Wells When you ask him a question, be prepared for an answer that is not black and white or yes or no, that is somewhat involved and complex yet easy to track nonetheless. Then again, portraying a lifetime in the horse business is not a simple task, and it might help to know […]
BUTLER LEARNED FROM THE BEST
by Jim Wells It is called the graveyard of champions, but Saratoga Race Track is also the birthplace of hope, where a boy’s dream flashed across his mind in vivid technicolor on his numerous visits there as a youngster. His father sold programs there as a youngster himself, buying them for ten cents, selling them […]
VON OHLENS RAISED STATE-BRED CHAMPS
Someone tells you that if you take the plunge, you’ll win a $200,000 stakes race nearly off the bat, you’ll have success wherever you go and you just generally won’t believe your good luck, would you do it? Would you hop in the vehicle one day and leave rural Alpha, Minnesota, for rural Oklahoma City, […]
Heliskier Rose To The Top
by Jim Wells They purchased the land 50 years ago and at various times it teemed with horses, but now when she looks out the back door there is only one. He is lord of a spacious paddock and moves slowly from place to place, grazing as he does, easy-going and amiable as always in […]
Canterbury Park Hall of Fame to Add Four Members
The Canterbury Park Hall of Fame Committee today announced the Class of 2018 inductees. The four newest members, who will be honored in a Sept. 1 ceremony, include jockey Dean Butler; Minnesota HBPA President and racehorse owner and breeder Jack Walsh; quarter horse breeders Rodney and Sylvia Von Ohlen; and retired Minnesota-bred racehorse Heliskier. These […]
