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Minnesota Horse Racing Quality of Life Foundation: A summarized history

The Minnesota Horse Racing Quality of Life Foundation was established in 1990 to provide services that would improve the quality of life for licensed backside personnel during the live racing season. These services included the chaplaincy program, organized athletic games, English as a second language classes and treatment for those individuals dealing with substance abuse […]

Otto Johnson works to improve others’ lives.

Otto Johnson has been a fixture at Canterbury Park for many years. Although born and raised in North Dakota, he moved to Prior Lake when he was 21 and has been here ever since. Otto has been instrumental, through his involvement with the Quality of Life Foundation, in helping those involved in horse racing who […]