Canterbury Park : May 5, 2018 - DERBY DAY STAKES GO TO ROBERTSON AND DIODORO >

CANTERBURY PARK

1100 Canterbury Road Shakopee, MN 55379

Malibu Max Wins $50,000 Paul Bunyan Stakes

Fight to Glory wires L'Etoile du Nord field in 1:09.46

For Immediate Release:

Saturday, May 5, 2018

Contact:Jeff Maday

Media Relations Manager (952) 496-6408jmaday@canterburypark.com

Shakopee, Minn. -- Two of the most dominant trainers in Canterbury Park's recent history, Mac Robertson and

Robertino Diodoro, won the two richest races on Saturday's 10-race program. Malibu Max was victorious by two lengths in the $50,000 Paul Bunyan Stakes for Robertson, beating Diodoro's Bourbon Cowboy. One race earlier, Diodoro-trainee

Fight to Glory went gate to wire in the $50,000 L'Etoile du Nord Stakes in a rapid 1:09.46 for six furlongs, the fastest

three-quarter mile time since the 2016 season. Robertson's Hotshot Anna finished second, four lengths behind.

Malibu Max, who completed the six-furlong Paul Bunyan in 1:10.28, is owned by Novogratz Racing Stables and was

ridden by last season's leading jockey Jareth Loveberry. The five-year old paid $3.80 to win. Fight to Glory, a 4-year-old

filly owned by Charles Garvey, paid $5.00, and was ridden by Orlando Mojica.

A crowd of 19,326 turned out for a simulcast of the 144th Kentucky Derby. Racing continues Friday at 6:30 p.m. and

Saturday at 12:45 p.m.

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For a Paul Bunyan photograph please use this link:https://canterburypark.egnyte.com/fl/n9S81bjIUK

For a L'Etoile du Nord photograph please use this link:https://canterburypark.egnyte.com/fl/AAjMLNycQl

Please Credit Coady Photography