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Larry Cronin has a History of Fast Horses

By Rebecca Roush Growing up in Mill Bank, South Dakota, Larry Cronin had never been around race horses. That was until 1987 when his friend and eventual racing partner, Paul Hook, convinced him to purchase a horse in partnership and run it at Canterbury Park. Since then, Cronin’s horses have gone on to win multiple […]

Cowboy Luke Home on the Range

BY JIM WELLS Sometimes a racehorse is not merely a racehorse. Sometimes he is something more. Much more. Cowboy Luke is that. At least to the family that first owned a large chunk of him, fawned over him, loved him, and agonized when his whereabouts became unknown after the hurricane in Puerto Rico last September. […]