Canterbury Park

Two pairs of trials will be run Thursday at Canterbury Park qualifying quarter horses for finals on Aug. 20. Races 1 and 2 at 400 yards will send the 10 fastest 3-year-olds to the $36,675 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby while 2-year-olds compete at 350 yards in races 3 and 4 to determine 10 finalists for the $59,400 Northlands Futurity. Both races have history dating back...

How Bout That Curt won the $51,500 Victor S. Myers Stakes by three lengths Sunday at Canterbury Park making him the likely favorite for the $75,000 Minnesota Derby Aug. 15. The 3-year-old stalked in third behind pacesetters That Type Ofa Deal and Benz Lake Echo before swinging wide on the turn of the six-furlong race and forging to the lead at the quarter pole, racing unchall...

Top MN bred 3-year-olds compete in MN Oaks and Derby preps

Canterbury Park’s racing office acted quickly when it became evident that scorching heat in Shakopee would cause last Sunday’s seven races to be cancelled including a pair of $51,500 3-year-old state bred stakes, the Frances Genter and the Victor S. Myers. Racing secretary Rob Junk added the cancelled ...

The Frances Genter Stakes and Victor S. Myers Stakes, traditional preps for the richer Minnesota Oaks and Minnesota Derby, will be conducted Sunday. Both six furlong races for 3-year-old Minnesota breds offer $51,500 purses. Summer Winner and How Bout That Curt, winners of last season’s premiere 2-year-old races, the Northern Lights Debutante and Futurity, are entered to run ...

Sheza a Sugar Momma won by a head in the $49,354 MQHRA Stallion Auction Futurity Thursday at Canterbury Park. The 2-year-old Minnesota bred quarter horse filly has now won two of three starts and $43,970 in purses. Sheza a Sugar Momma is owned by Tom Maher and Paul Luedemann and was bred by Summer Run. Inc. She is trained by Jason Olmstead as was second-place finisher Ourrele...