Olmstead, Garcia, Maher win $80,400 Northlands Futurity and $50,075 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby
Relentless Robin takes Derby; Relentless Rocket wins Futurity Owner Tom Maher, trainer Jason Olmstead and jockey Ramiro Garcia teamed up to win the $80,400 Northlands Futurity with Relentless Rocket and the $50,075 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby with Relentless Robin on Thursday at Canterbury Park. The Futurity winner paid $3.60, winning the richest race of […]
Tyler Stein – Quarter Horse Trainer
He had to wait until he was 18 to get his racehorse trainer license, but Tyler Stein had been teaching and learning from horses long before, running primarily quarter horses at bush tracks in South Dakota since he was 14. The official licensing process in 2019 was a formality as soon as he was of […]
THE QUARTER HORSES HAVE THEIR DAY
BY JIM WELLS The day was dedicated to the Qs, the quarterpounders, or more appropriately and accurately, the quarter horses, those speedy sprinters on the racetrack who gobble up ground in the same fashion that Usain Bolt covers 100 yards. They are out of the blocks and rocketing toward the finish line in the blink […]
Charette-Hill Claims QH Title
Maybe someone will give Stacy Charette-Hill a dictionary for Christmas or another upcoming occasion appropriate for gift-giving. She sure could use one. She has simply run out of adjectives. Charette-Hill, the top quarter horse trainer in Shakopee this meet, repeatedly falls short of ways to describe what she thinks of Canterbury Park and how she would […]
Races Heat Up
Thursday’s card was the 51st of the meet. So, let’s see now, that means there are 18 racing days remaining in this, the 19th meeting since racing resumed in Shakopee after a two-year-shutdown, under the name Canterbury Park instead of Downs. Naturally, the focus on the leading rider, trainer and owner will draw increased scrutiny […]
Blair Stable Flush with Talent
Well, it was a week late in coming and the money wasn’t quite the same, but she’ll take it just the same. A win is a win after all. Amber Blair got her stakes win on Saturday with BP Painted Lady in the Minnesota Stallion Breeders’ and North Central Derby. A nice stakes win in a […]
