CANTERBURY PARK HOLDING CORPORATION CANTERBURY PARK
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2018 Canterbury Park Stakes Schedule Announced With Increased
Purses and New Races
MN Derby and Oaks offer record $100k purses; new $100k Turf Express added
For Immediate Release:
Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Contact:Jeff Maday
Media Relations Manager (952) 496-6408jmaday@canterburypark.com
Shakopee, Minn. -- Canterbury Park racing officials today announced a thoroughbred stakes schedule for the 2018 season with 35 races worth $2.375 million, including three new races and increased purses for nine existing stakes. The
Shakopee, Minn. track's richest race, the $200,000 Mystic Lake Derby, will be run Saturday, June 23 along with four other stakes totaling $500,000 in stakes purses alone. The six stakes races that make up the Minnesota Festival of
Champions will also be worth a half-million dollars. Scheduled for Sept. 2, each race sees a $15,000 purse increase. The
Sprint, Distaff Sprint, Classic, and Distaff Classic all have purses of $75,000 and the Northern Lights Futurity and
Debutante increase to $100,000.
"We will be offering the richest stakes schedule in Canterbury Park history, with two days offering half a million dollars
in stakes purses, and more total purse money than ever before," company president Randy Sampson said. Racing officials
expect that total purses will increase to $15 million or nearly $1.2 million more than the 2017 season.
New to the schedule are the $45,000 Minnesota Made Sprint and Minnesota Made Distaff Sprint on July 20 and the
$100,000 Canterbury Turf Express, run Aug. 24. The Minnesota Oaks and Minnesota Derby, whose history pre-dates
Canterbury, each will offer a record purse of $100,000.
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A 2012 cooperative marketing and purse enhancement agreement reached with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux
Community, owners and operators of nearby Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, will supplement purses by $7.28 million in the coming race season. The agreement extends through 2022 with more than $83 million going toward purse supplements and joint marketing of the two properties and the region known as RiverSouth-Land of Big Fun.
"The SMSC agreement was intended to improve racing at Canterbury on the whole, but also specifically to encourage
and reward those that breed horses in Minnesota and those that race those state-breds here," Sampson said. "We saw breeding increase when the agreement was announced and stabilize with the quality of horses improving along with the purses. The two horses with the highest purse earnings in the 31-year history of Canterbury both raced as recently as last season and both were bred in Minnesota."
The first condition book will be available February 2. Stall applications are due March 26 and are available at
www.canterburypark.com .
The 70-day live racing season begins May 4 and runs through Sept. 15.
The quarter horse stakes schedule, which also will contain purse increases and additional races, will be released next week.
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2018 Canterbury Park Thoroughbred Stakes Schedule
Date | Stake Race | Conditions | Distance | Purse |
5/5/2018 | Paul Bunyan Stakes | 3 & up | 6 Furlongs | $50,000 |
5/5/2018 | L'Etoile du Nord Stakes | 3 & up f/m | 6 Furlongs | $50,000 |
5/19/2018 | 10,000 Lakes Stakes | 3 & up MN | 6 Furlongs | $50,000 |
5/19/2018 | Lady Slipper Stakes | 3 & up f/m MN | 6 Furlongs | $50,000 |
5/28/2018 | Northbound Pride Oaks | 3yo f | 8T Furlongs | $50,000 |
5/28/2018 | Honor The Hero Stakes | 3 & up | 5T Furlongs | $50,000 |
6/9/2018 | Minnesota Turf | 3 & up MN | 7.5T Furlongs | $50,000 |
6/9/2018 | Minnesota Turf Distaff | 3 & up f/m MN | 7.5T Furlongs | $50,000 |
6/23/2018 | Hoist Her Flag Stakes | 3 & up f/m | 6 Furlongs | $50,000 |
6/23/2018 | Dark Star Cup | 3 & up | 6.5 Furlongs | $50,000 |
6/23/2018 | Lady Canterbury Stakes | 3 & up f/m | 8T Furlongs | $100,000 |
6/23/2018 | Mystic Lake Mile | 3 & up | 8T Furlongs | $100,000 |
6/23/2018 | Mystic Lake Derby | 3yo | 8T Furlongs | $200,000 |
7/3/2018 | Blair's Cove Stakes | 3 & up MN | 8.5T Furlongs | $50,000 |
7/3/2018 | Princess Elaine Stakes | 3 & up f/m MN | 8.5T Furlongs | $50,000 |
7/4/2018 | Victor S. Myers Stakes | 3yo MN | 6 Furlongs | $50,000 |
7/4/2018 | Frances Genter Stakes | 3yo f MN | 6 Furlongs | $50,000 |
7/20/2018 | Minnesota Made Sprint | Eligible 3 & up MN | 6 Furlongs | $45,000 |
7/20/2018 | Minnesota Made Distaff Sprint | Eligible 3 & up f/m MN | 6 Furlongs | $45,000 |
8/11/2018 | MTA Sales Graduate Stakes | Eligible 2yo | 5 Furlongs | $50,000 |
8/11/2018 | Minnesota Derby | 3yo MN | 1 Mile 70 Yards | $100,000 |
8/11/2018 | Minnesota Oaks | 3yo f MN | 1 Mile 70 Yards | $100,000 |
8/24/2018 | HBPA Distaff | 3 & up f/m | 8T Furlongs | $50,000 |
8/24/2018 | Brooks Fields Stakes | 3 & up | 8T Furlongs | $50,000 |
8/24/2018 | Canterbury Turf Express | 3 & up | 5T Furlongs | $100,000 |
9/2/2018 | Northern Lights Futurity | 2yo MN | 6 Furlongs | $100,000 |
9/2/2018 | Northern Lights Debutante | 2yo f MN | 6 Furlongs | $100,000 |
9/2/2018 | Crocrock Minnesota Sprint | 3 & up MN | 6 Furlongs | $75,000 |
9/2/2018 | Bella Notte Minnesota Distaff Sprint | 3 & up f/m MN | 6 Furlongs | $75,000 |
9/2/2018 | Wally's Choice Minnesota Classic | 3 & up MN | 8.5 Furlongs | $75,000 |
9/2/2018 | Glitter Star Minnesota Distaff Classic | 3 & up f/m MN | 8.5 Furlongs | $75,000 |
9/14/2018 | John Bullit Stakes | 3 & up | 8.5 Furlongs | $50,000 |
9/14/2018 | Tom Metzen H.B.P.A Sprint Stakes | 3 & up / NW Open Stk | 6 Furlongs | $50,000 |
9/15/2018 | MTA Stallion Auction Stakes | Eligible 3yo | 6.5 Furlongs | $60,000 |
9/15/2018 | Shakopee Juvenile Stakes | 2yo | 6 Furlongs | $75,000 |
Grand Total | $2,375,000 |
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