Looking Back to Plan Ahead
By The Oracle Understanding statistics in horse racing is a valuable tool in the handicapping process. Having knowledge of historical results can add perspective and insight as we watch the current year’s races play out. Using prior year’s statistics, we can identify certain trends that we would like to take advantage of in 2015, and […]
Meet Not Nearly Over For Some Trainers, Riders
On a cool, autumnal-like evening in Shakopee Friday night horsemen discussed plans for their departures once Canterbury racing concludes next Saturday. With four days left in the 2014 meet in Shakopee, arrangements are being made way to ship horses to other racing venues, make arrangements for their arrival and to clear up outstanding bills […]
FESTIVAL DAY MAKES LASTING MEMORIES FOR SOME
Festival Day. It means different things to different people, has enduring memories for some, forgettable ones for others. Correctly put, it is the Minnesota Festival of Champions, a day on which Minnesota owners and breeders trot out their best to determine how they stand up to others bred here, in the land of 10,000 Lakes. […]
Canterbury Park First-Half Review
Hey now, you’re an All-Star – Smash Mouth As we round the far turn of this years’ Canterbury Park live meet, let’s take a look inside-the-numbers at what has transpired on the race track so far in 2014. The following statistics are for the thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are winning at a 38% […]
Familar Names in Familar Places
A mare with a name right out of a 50s sitcom won the Princess Elaine Stakes Thursday. A gelding once given the kind of respect reserved for Rodney Dangerfield won the Blair’s Cove Stakes. Trainer Mac Robertson saddled a Princess Elaine winner for the third time. Trainer Bernell Rhone and rider Martin Escobar […]
Canterbury Connections – October 18-19
Friday, October 18: Canterbury Connections Hawthorne – Race 8 – Princess Dinah – We only saw one race out of this filly in Minnesota, but her first career start was a doozy for Clay Brinson. She beat a highly-regarded (and heavily bet) Mac Robertson firster named Where’s Alayna after breaking slowly from her rail draw. […]
Canterbury Connections – Week 1
The live season has ended for 2013, but the blogging shall not. The bulging fields put forth at times for our race cards this year increased difficulty for both horseman and handicappers. It may not necessarily translate to national prominence, but already a few faces from our live racing have popped up in winners’ circles […]
2013 Meet Closes with Significant Increases
Canterbury Park’s 69-day racing season, the longest since 2006, concluded on September 14 with gains in average handle and attendance. Off-track wagering, dollars bet on Canterbury races at other tracks and through internet sites, increased by 46.7 percent while average daily on-track wagering was up 4.8 percent. Average daily attendance was 6,656, a Canterbury Park […]
2013 Champions Determined
The skies were forbidding and dark much of the day, but the finish was one of the most colorful in Canterbury Park history as the 2013 race meet came to a stirring conclusion. The weather was really not a factor until light rain began falling midway through the card. It was somewhat heavier by the […]
Relays & Riding Title Drama
The spectacle is every bit as good the second time around, although a miscue before the first heat of Friday night’s Indian relay racing shortened the field to three teams. A horse reared up while his rider attempted to mount and then disappeared into the gloaming of the overhead lights with an outrider in hot […]