Amanda Poston – Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week
Amanda Poston is the Minnesota HBPA Groom of the Week. She currently works for trainer Tony Rengstorf. After leaving her job as a software engineer, she reinvented her life in the way that made her the happiest, working with horses. Amanda started her journey being around horses by taking lessons as a kid, but broke […]
Drop of Golden Sun Races Tuesday at Will Rogers Downs
The race meet at Will Rogers Downs in Claremore, Oklahoma begins Monday. The meet is 29 days, running Monday through Wednesday, March 22 through May 26. It will likely be the starting point of 2021 campaigns for several thoroughbreds that will race at Canterbury Park this spring and summer. Canterbury mainstay Francisco Bravo has for […]
Canterbury Park First Half in Review
By The Oracle We recently passed the halfway point of the 2020 Canterbury Park live racing season. Here is a look inside-the-numbers- at what has transpired on the race track so far this summer. The following statistics are for thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are winning 35% of the thoroughbred races at Canterbury Park […]
The ROI All-Stars
By The Oracle We are nearing the halfway point of the 2017 Canterbury Park live racing season. Here is a look inside-the-numbers at what has transpired on the race track so far.. The following statistics are for thoroughbred races only. The Odds: Favorites are winning 35% of the thoroughbred races at Canterbury Park. This is […]
Aroney – A Class Act
Aroney is a 9-year-old bay gelding, non-descript aside from the heart-shaped white marking on his face, just below his forelock. His strong muscles ripple underneath his gleaming coat and his ears are pricked, sensitive and alert, belying his age. Aroney was recently acquired by Nextgen Racing Stable, a group of owners that run their horses […]
Opening Weekend Highlights; More to Come Friday
The first race of the Canterbury 2017 live race meet, an allowance optional claimer, was won by Aces High. The 6-year-old chestnut gelding is owned by Pocket Aces Racing, LLC, trained by Eric Heitzmann, and ridden by Alex Canchari. “I’m leading trainer!” joked Heitzmann in the winners’ circle after the race. “It feels great to […]
Tony Rengstorf
By Kristin Bechthold Trainer Tony Rengstorf currently trains 20 horses at Canterbury Park. Rengstorf also trains at Remington Park in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and Oaklawn Park in Hot Springs, Arkansas. Originally from Minnesota, he now owns a house in Hot Springs, Arkansas in addition to his house in Nicollet, Minnesota on Spring Lake. Since Rengstorf […]
Mystic Lake Derby – 9/13/14
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Video: The Exercise Riders
Exercise riders serve the valuable purpose of getting all horses ready to race by riding them throughout the early morning hours day in and day out. They are some of the unheralded heroes behind the success of every horse, trainer and jockey. This week’s Canterbury Spotlight checks in with Tiny Volby, an exercise rider at […]
Chairman Heads Juvenile
There are two distinguishable features about this precocious two-year-old – his name and his physical appearance. He is stout, muscular and powerful looking. He is Chairman Crooks; and If that sounds familiar, it should. The horse was named for the late Stanley Crooks who died last August, the chairman of the 420-member Mdewakanton Sioux Community and […]
