Maker’s Mark
By Noah Joseph On Monday, Shadow Rock won the $50,000 Honor the Hero Stakes at Canterbury Park. That win was just one of several stakes winners at the Shakopee, Minn. racetrack for trainer Michael Maker. Maker is a nationally acclaimed trainer who has horses, and wins races all over the country. During the past few […]
Lady Canterbury Stakes and Mystic Lake Mile draw fields of 11
Sunday’s Father’s Day race program at Canterbury Park features a pair of $100,000 stakes races: the 24th running of the Lady Canterbury and the fourth edition of the Mystic Lake Mile. Both races, conducted at one mile on the turf course and run as the seventh and eighth races respectively on the 11-race card, drew […]
RACING DOESN’T GET ANY BETTER
BY JIM WELLS The purse is $100,000, the racing is close the entire way. You separate from the field and set your horse’s nose toward the wire, only to discover there is another horse at your shoulder, eyeball to eyeball, stride for stride, over the final 150 yards of the stretch drive. You are […]
Awesome Flower blossoms again
Saturday’s rain drenched the racetrack, dampened spirits and put a damper on the day and its scheduled events, turning an expected festive occasion into a damp and disappointing drudgery on several fronts. Normally the Lady Canterbury and Mystic Mile turf races, both $100,000 events, could be expected to attract an enthusiastic turnout. Throw in […]
