While much of Minnesota was shoveling snow Monday, Canterbury Park provided a glimpse of summer.
The Shakopee horse racing track announced its thoroughbred stakes schedule for the 2019 season, which includes 31 races worth $2.235 million. The track has grouped several of those stakes races on big-event cards scattered throughout the 66-day season.
The Northern Stars Racing Festival, a hit with horseplayers when it was introduced last year, will be June 22 and is anchored by the richest race of the season, the $200,000 Mystic Lake Derby. The event’s five stakes races also include the $100,000 Lady Canterbury and the $100,000 Mystic Lake Mile.
Is Horse Racing Dead? Not in Minnesota horse racing
The Northern Stars festival generated $2.068 million in wagering last summer, a Canterbury Park record…
