Stable Area Welcomes Horsemen; Track Opens for Training Thursday

Canterbury Park’s stable area officially opened today.  Horses by the trailer and van load will be arriving over the next several weeks to ready for opening day, Friday, May 5. The main track opens for morning activity Thursday at 6:00 a.m. The training track will open April 25. Stall superintendent Andrew Vold expects the 33 […]

BLAZING ANGEL, PENSADOR WIN OAKS, DERBY

BY JIM WELLS Follow the thread of time connected to Saturday’s stake races at Canterbury Park and it will lead slowly back to those early days of racing. The Minnesota Derby and the Minnesota Oaks were won for the first time in Shakopee by Blair’s Cove and Princess Elaine, later lionized for their victories in […]