Take This Chalk and……. R2K Week 8 Recap
After the Road to Kentucky contest at Turfway Park had ended, a familiar song kept running through my mind that I couldn’t shake. It was a song from my youth, a song that the son of two country music loving parents would hear on WDGY in the late summer evenings of 1977. Johnny Paycheck was […]
The Spiral
While the madness begins in Basketball, the prep action comparatively dies down in the horse racing ranks on the Road to Kentucky. While the Sunland Derby will take place Sunday, The Spiral at Turfway Park is the only double-point event for this week’s contest and the gate is JAMMED. For once there’s a fairly balanced […]
Road to Kentucky Week 7 Recap
Rain started falling about midway through the Oaklawn Park contest card on Saturday, but that didn’t spoil an excellent day of racing in Hot Springs, Arkansas. The featured Rebel Stakes resulted in an exciting four horse stretch battle between Hoppertunity, Tapiture, Strong Mandate and Ride on Curlin. When Tapiture tried to split horses in mid-stretch, […]
The Road to Kentucky Week 6 Recap
As we near the halfway point of Road to Kentucky 2014, so far a similar theme has played out in each of the first six weeks. Favorites and low-priced contenders are dominating the action, and achieving competitive weekly scores has meant conceding to the chalk on a regular basis. Those of us unwilling to do […]
The Road to Kentucky Week 5 Recap
Week 5 in the Road to Kentucky contest played out similarly to the first four weeks, as big points were hard to come by and the contrarian opinion continued to be up against the chalk parade. Six of the eleven contest races returned less than 200 points, and only two of the eleven races were […]
The Gotham
…..and the John Battaglia Memorial This week differs from last week in the impact these preps have made on the Triple Crown Trail in recent times – Whereas both preps last week produced winners in last year’s event, these two have made little to no impact come Derby Day. A number of reasons could account […]
Gorg’s Oscar Line and Road to Kentucky Week 4 Recap
The 86th Academy Awards will be held this Sunday and Kevin Gorg, a film authority with an at-the-theater movie viewing average of 1.65 per week, shares his Best Picture odds again this year. The general consensus and favorite on the European sports books is 12 Years A Slave. Gorg agrees and makes it his 3/5 […]
Opportunities Galore at Canterbury
Everyone needs cash around the holidays. Canterbury Park has the answer. With the cold snap stretching through the weekend, spending an afternoon at the racetrack hunkered down with the Daily Racing Form is a solid option. Take a long look at Sunday. Not only is there racing from top tracks across the country but also […]
Main Track Training Begins
Now that the snow has finally melted, the track crew has been feverishly pepping the main oval for use on Friday. The training track opened Wednesday mid-morning and traffic has been steady. Roughly 140 horses are on site now with major loads expected to arrive this weekend. Hawthorne wraps up their spring meet Sunday and […]
Less Than a Month…
With just less than a month until the 2013 racing season begins, there is much happening at Canterbury Park. The construction stage of the new infield toteboard is on schedule for completion in early May. Then the technically inclined folks get involved to make it work. Evidently the 150 feet of digital capability and video monitor […]