Mr. Jagermeister Set To Race Monday at Turf Paradise
Minnesota-bred 3-year-old Mr. Jagermeister last raced on Feb. 10 at Santa Anita in the Grade 2 San Vicente. His trainer Valorie Lund had hopes of competing with the quality sprinters who were entered and envisioned a race where her colt sat off the pace in the early stages of the 7 furlong journey. The race […]
San Vicente Field Includes Mr. Jagermeister
The $200,000 Grade 2 San Vicente Stakes at Santa Anita on Saturday drew six entries including Minnesota-bred Mr. Jagermeister trained by Valorie Lund. Post time for the 7-furlong sprint is set for 4:30 p.m. central. Mr. Jagermeister, who will be ridden by Geovanni Franco, will start from post two just outside 6 to 5 morning […]
Mr. Jagermeister To Race Saturday in G2 San Vicente at Santa Anita
Unless something drastically changes in the next 24 hours, Minnesota-bred 3-year-old Mr. Jagermeister will be entered to race in the Grade 2 $200,000 San Vicente Stakes at 7 furlongs, trainer Valorie Lund indicated on Monday. Graded stakes appearances for horses foaled in Minnesota are rarified air. “I’m going to go ahead and enter Wednesday and […]
Mr. Jagermeister Back In Training
Minnesota-bred 2-year-old phenom Mr. Jagermeister has returned to the Valorie Lund barn following a two-month turnout. He worked Wednesday at Turf Paradise in Phoenix, covering three furlongs in 34.60 seconds, the fastest of 31 horses at the distance that day. “He worked faster than I wanted him to,” Lund said. “But he did it, believe […]
Turf Paradise Meet Begins Saturday; Canterbury Horses Prominent
Turf Paradise begins a 132-day meet Saturday with a nine race program where 93 horses have been entered, no fewer than 20 last raced at Canterbury Park. This will be the 62nd season at the Phoenix-area racetrack. Trainer Robertino Diodoro, who has won the trainer title the past four seasons, has 11 horses entered Saturday, […]
Amy’s Challenge Earns 92 Beyer Speed Figure and other news
Yesterday’s Shakopee Juvenile on the final day of the meet should be enough to satisfy the desires of local racing fans as they wait for spring and the start of the 2018 meet. What was hyped both here and nationally as the race of the Canterbury season, the $80,000 six furlong sprint featuring some of […]
RACE OF THE YEAR CLOSES THE SEASON
BY JIM WELLS Considering Minnesota’s place in the horse racing universe, it truly doesn’t get any better than this, a race with this much talent on closing day, featuring not only three locally stabled speedsters but one of them a Minnesota-bred to boot. And 2-year-olds at that. For sheer star power, the $75,000 Shakopee Juvenile […]
Trainer Valorie Lund Has Mr. Jagermeister Ready for Shakopee Juvenile
Mr. Jagermeister is a talented Minnesota-bred 2-year-old from trainer Valorie Lund. On Saturday he faces perhaps the fastest filly in the country in Amy’s Challenge. In this video Valorie discusses her colt and the upcoming race.
Odds and Ends With Four Days To Go
Entries close Friday for the final three stakes of the 67-day meet that ends Sept. 16. The $50,000 John Bullit will be run Sept. 15 while the $50,000 Tom Metzen HBPA Sprint and the $75,000 Shakopee Juvenile Stakes will be held on closing day. The purse of the six-furlong Shakopee Stakes, restricted to 2-year-olds, was […]
Shakopee Juvenile Stakes Purse Increased to $75,000
Race expected to include fastest 2-year-old in North America, Amy’s Challenge Canterbury Park racing officials today announced that the purse for the Sept. 16 Shakopee Juvenile Stakes will be increased to $75,000 from the originally announced $50,000. To encourage owners to enter state bred horses, a $25,000 bonus exclusively for horses foaled in Minnesota will […]
