Canterbury Park Announces Pre-Paid Starter Incentive Program to Assist in Recruiting Trainers for 2024 Race Meet
Approved trainers could receive as much as $37,500 in advance. Canterbury Park racing officials today announced a Pre-Paid Starter Incentive program designed to entice trainers to race their thoroughbreds at the Shakopee, Minn. track this summer. The incentive, as much as $37,500 per trainer, would be paid upon arrival at Canterbury to approved trainers that […]
Canterbury Park 2024 Thoroughbred Stake and Handicap Schedule
Open and state-bred stakes clustered on featured Saturday nights throughout 54-day season. Canterbury Park racing officials announced a stake and overnight handicap schedule spread across the 54-day season, offering opportunities for open-company and Minnesota-bred thoroughbreds to race on both turf and dirt at various distances. Twenty-five stakes and handicaps will be conducted with purses totaling […]
Canterbury Park 2024 Racing Dates Approved by Minnesota Racing Commission
54-day meet will run May 18 through Sept. 28 Canterbury Park’s request for a 54-day 2024 horse racing season, Saturday, May 18 through Saturday, Sept. 28, was unanimously approved today by the Minnesota Racing Commission. Racing will be conducted on Thursdays and Saturdays at 5 p.m. central and Sundays at 1 p.m. Three Wednesdays will […]
Canterbury Park Backstretch Project Moving Right Along
With the unseasonably warm and dry weather in Minnesota, much progress has been made on the $15m backstretch redevelopment and improvement project. Several pieces of the plan came to fruition last spring and summer with the redesign of the training track, installation of main track and paddock area lighting and construction of a 36-room dormitory. […]
Canterbury Park First Half in Review
By The Oracle We recently passed the halfway point of the 2023 Canterbury Park live racing season. Here is a look inside-the-numbers- at what has transpired on the race track so far in 2023. The following statistics are for thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are winning 48% of the thoroughbred races at Canterbury Park […]
Trainer Joel Berndt nears milestone
A visitor to the Joel Berndt barn Saturday morning approached the leading trainer as chores were wrapping up with an observation that all the employees seemed quite happy. “It’s payday,” Berndt quipped as he made the rounds distributing paychecks. But the happiness is not an aberration constrained to that moment in time. “I have a […]
Slowly But Surely The Barn Area Fills at Canterbury Park
Horses, grooms, trainers and jockeys continue to arrive in Shakopee for the start of the 54-day Canterbury Park season on May 27. The process of moving from one track to another is a bit of a jigsaw puzzle requiring multiple trailers and trips, paperwork and phone calls. It eventually gets done, just rarely as planned. […]
Backstretch Opens For 2023 Canterbury Park Season
The Canterbury Park stable gate opened Friday morning for horses arriving to what is expected to be a near-capacity barn area. The 54-day racing season begins Saturday, May 27 and runs through Sept. 16. As of this morning there are nearly 100 horses on the grounds for trainers including Tony Rengstorf, Tim Padilla, Lynn Rarick, […]
Canterbury Park Announces Return of Industry Low 10% Takeout on Post Time Pick 4 and Pick 5
All-Turf Pick 3 with 14% takeout added to Wednesday wagering menu Canterbury Park will again offer a 10 percent takeout $.50 Pick 4 wager that will begin with the first race each day as well as a 10 percent takeout $.50 Pick 5 on the final five thoroughbred races daily. The takeout rate on both […]
Canterbury Park Seeks 54-Day Racing Season for 2023
Meet would run May 27 through Sept. 16 Canterbury Park racing officials have submitted a request to the Minnesota Racing Commission for a 54-day mixed-breed horse racing season in 2023. The proposed meet would begin Saturday, May 27 and conclude Saturday, Sept. 16. Four days of racing per week would be conducted from July 12 […]
