OLIVER WANTS TO RIDE AWAY QUIETLY
BY JIM WELLS Sometime in the coming days, perhaps next week, maybe not until closing day, he will decide. The date might not be determined until it’s clear there are no more races to fit his horses, the three still in the barn. Hall of Fame trainer Doug Oliver, a fixture at every Canterbury Downs/Park […]
Doug Oliver – Hall of Fame trainer has been here from the beginning
By Megan Johnson Canterbury Hall of Famer Doug Oliver has been involved in the racing industry for a majority of his life and has been a thoroughbred trainer at Canterbury more than 20 years. He has earned champion training titles at Turf Paradise in Phoenix and was the leader at Canterbury Park from 1999 to […]
As Tough As Nails (With Video)
Say it to anyone around the track and you’ll get an immediate look of understanding or a nod of respect. He works the gate. Stories abound around any racing community about accidents in the gate, about horses stomping, tearing or kicking a member of the gate crew into the next county. “I’ve seen horses throw […]
