Ur Favorite Tio upset winner in $57,156 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity. Jason Olmstead trainees run first through seventh.
Canterbury Park’s leading trainer Jason Olmstead not only won the $57,156 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity with 19 to 1 Ur Favorite Tio, he saddled the first through seventh finishers in the nine-horse field. Favorite Holliewood ran second a neck behind the winner, with Relentless Cachet, Hezz All That, Kyndling, McGreggor and Shes Got This finishing […]
Olmstead Saddles Seven in $57,156 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity Thursday
Quarter horse trainer Jason Olmstead has the makings for a very good night Thursday at Canterbury Park. He has seven 2-year-olds in the $57,156 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity and entered two in the $22,400 Bob Morehouse Stakes. Olmstead ran nine horses in the MQHRA Futurity trials June 24 and qualified seven including the six fastest […]
Dickey Bob makes his final Canterbury Park appearance on Wednesday
Dickey Bob, the richest Minnesota bred quarter horse of all time, will make what is likely his final start at Canterbury Park on Wednesday in race eight. Trainer Jason Olmstead refers to this as the 10-year-old Dickey Bob’s retirement tour. “They got this race to go for him,” he said of the racing office. “I […]
Mixed Meet begins Wednesday at Canterbury Park with two Quarter Horse Races
Hall of Fame trainers Olmstead and Hardy look for fast start With seven thoroughbred race days already in the books, Canterbury Park will begin the mixed meet portion of its 51-day season Wednesday. Nine races have been carded, seven for thoroughbreds and two for Minnesota bred quarter horses, the $29,000 North Star State Futurity and […]
Olmstead, Garcia, Maher win $80,400 Northlands Futurity and $50,075 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby
Relentless Robin takes Derby; Relentless Rocket wins Futurity Owner Tom Maher, trainer Jason Olmstead and jockey Ramiro Garcia teamed up to win the $80,400 Northlands Futurity with Relentless Rocket and the $50,075 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby with Relentless Robin on Thursday at Canterbury Park. The Futurity winner paid $3.60, winning the richest race of […]
With a majority of entrants, Olmstead will be a force in Northlands Futurity and Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby
Top trainer has three fastest qualifiers in each race Thursday’s program at Canterbury Park features the two richest quarter horse races of the season: the $80,400 Northlands Futurity at 350 yards and the $50,075 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby at 400 yards. Leading trainer Jason Olmstead qualified five 2-year-olds for the Futurity and six 3-year-olds […]
Jess Rocket Man favored in Cash Caravan Stakes
Olmstead seeks to win race seventh consecutive time Jess Rocket Man, a 6-year-old thoroughbred gelding owned and bred in Minnesota by Bruce and Judy Lunderborg’s Lunderborg LLC, is the 2 to 5 morning line favorite to win Thursday’s $22,000 Cash Caravan Stakes at 440 yards. The stakes will be the eighth race on a nine-race […]
North Star State Derby and Futurity kick off mixed meet Thursday
Top trainer Olmstead looks for fourth consecutive futurity win Canterbury Park will now run races for both thoroughbred and quarter horses as the mixed meet begins Thursday night with a pair of quarter horse races, the $22,800 North Star State Derby and the $23,200 North Star State Futurity, concluding the eight-race program. First post is […]
Dickey Bob headlines $22,800 Bob Morehouse Stakes Wednesday at Canterbury Park
Richest Minnesota-bred quarter horse has won race three times Dickey Bob is the 9 to 5 morning line favorite in Wednesday’s $22,800 Bob Morehouse Stakes at 350 yards, a race he won each season from 2018 through 2020. The 8-year-old Minnesota-bred gelding settled for runner up the past two years, losing in 2022 to his […]
Olmstead Seeks Continued Dominance in North Star State Futurity and Derby
Canterbury’s eight-time training champion could three-peat in each race The $23,600 North Star State Futurity and $22,000 North Star State Derby will each be run for the third time when the quarter horse racing season begins Wednesday night at Canterbury Park and trainer Jason Olmstead has never lost either race. Olmstead, currently among the top […]
