Road To Kentucky Contest Begins Saturday
Canterbury Park’s annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest begins its 16-week run this Saturday and continues each Saturday through Kentucky Derby Day, May 4. Each week the entire card from a feature track will be used for the contest. Bonus races will be Derby Prep races, sometimes held at tracks other than the feature. Players […]
Oaklawn Featured in Saturday’s Road to Kentucky Contest
The next step to the Kentucky Derby is The Rebel Stakes at Oaklawn Park on Saturday. Canterbury Park’s annual Road to Kentucky Contest will feature the entire 12-race program from the Hot Springs, Arkansas racetrack. First post, and thus the contest entry deadline, is noon central. Entrants to this free contest select one horse in […]
Gulfstream Park with Holy Bull featured in Road to Kentucky Contest
Week three of the 16-week Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest in the Canterbury Park Racebook centers around the 12-race program at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. The Derby prep at Gulfstream, and for contest purposes a double-point race, is the Holy Bull Stakes. Two additional Derby preps are also part of the contest: The Withers from […]
Road to Kentucky Contest on to Oaklawn
This Saturday in the Canterbury Park Racebook the Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest continues with racing from Oaklawn The free-to-enter contest series that runs each Saturday through Kentucky Derby Day is underway. Weekly and overall prizes are awarded throughout the 16-week event. Get ‘capping and get to the Racebook for your chance at cash prizes. […]
Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest begins Saturday, January 21
The 16-week Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest begins this Saturday with 14 races from Fair Grounds in New Orleans. R2K has been an annual staple of winters in the Canterbury Racebook since originating in 1998. While formats, prizes and scoring have changed over the years, the consistency has not. The contest features the best Kentucky […]
Better Than Spring Break. Road to Kentucky in Florida
This Saturday the weekly and free-to-enter Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest will feature racing at Gulfstream Park including the Florida Derby, a crucial stepping stone to the The First Saturday in May. Also Saturday is an additional Derby prep race, the Jeff Ruby Steaks, from Turfway Park. Contest rules are here. Come to the Racebook, […]
Louisiana Derby Featured In Road To Kentucky Contest
The Fair Grounds is in deep stretch of the 2020-2021 race meet with just eight days remaining. This Saturday the New Orleans racetrack hosts the G2 Louisiana Derby along with six other stakes on a 14-race card that begins at 11:20am. The field of eight includes six runners from the Feb. 13 Risen Star. Mandaloun […]
Can Mr. Jagermeister Steal The Hot Springs Stakes?
Saturday’s Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest passes through Hot Springs, Arkansas and Oaklawn Park for the running of the $1 million Grade 2 Rebel Stakes. Also on the card are the Azeri Stakes with the return of 2020 Kentucky Oaks winner Shedaresthedevil, the $500,00 Essex Handicap, the Temperence Hill, and the $200,000 Hot Springs Stakes […]
Fountain of Youth Featured in Road to Kentucky Contest
Week 5 of the annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest on Saturday focuses on the 14-race Gulfstream Park program with the feature race being the $300,000 Fountain of Youth Stakes, a stepping stone to the May 1 Kentucky Derby. A field of 10 is assembled with the usual suspects Shug McGaughey, Dale Romans and Todd […]
Road To Kentucky Handicapping Contest Begins Saturday
It is time again, as it has been each year at Canterbury Park for more than two decades, to kick off the annual Road to Kentucky Handicapping Contest. R2K, as it has come to be known, is a popular fixture on the calendar and helps winter-weary horse gamblers make it to spring by following the […]
