The starting gate stalls will open in unison and it will be up to handicappers to determine which horses will be the best when the horses finish at the same finish line in front of the grandstand. Canterbury Park officials have analyzed the varying speed of the turf and dirt courses as well as the class of the horses competing, and have judged that the closest finish would result from the turf horses racing an extra one-sixteenth of a mile. The two starting gates will be staggered so that the final time of the race is approximated to be the same for both the turf and dirt.
Exhibition races with camels, ostriches, and zebras have become the main draw on Extreme Day, last year’s attendance was a record 20,291, but this season the program will include the return of ‘The Battle of the Surfaces.’ This pari-mutuel race will feature 20 horses, the largest field in North American racing in 2014, competing against each other simultaneously at one and one-sixteenth miles on the turf and one mile on the dirt. To add to the fun, Canterbury will host a 110-yard quarter horse stakes race (last year’s edition pictured above).Canterbury Park’s Extreme Race Day, now in its eighth year, will be held Saturday, July 19. If horse racing alone isn’t extreme enough for you, come to Canterbury Park this weekend for Extreme Racing Day, featuring ostrich and camel races in addition to thoroughbred and quarter horse races.
Exhibition races with camels, ostriches, and zebras have become the main draw on Extreme Day, last year’s attendance was a record 20,291, but this season the program will include the return of ‘The Battle of the Surfaces.’ This pari-mutuel 16,071 Witness Extreme Race Day! (W/Video)Įxtreme day had something for everyone on Saturday, and everyone totaled 16,071 patrons on hand to watch Red Hot Zoomer win one of the shortest races in track history, Wild Jacob repeat as John Bullit champion, the mayor of Shakopee win another race, this time on a camel, and a one-eyed horse steal the HBPA Don’t Blink – You’ll Miss It It is an occasion of fun and games along with the regularly featured thoroughbred races, including a Extreme Day features The Battle of the SurfacesĬanterbury Park’s Extreme Race Day, now in its eighth year, will be held Saturday, July 19. There was something for everyone during Extreme Day Saturday: Short races for anyone in similar financial straits, a race run simultaneously on the turf and the dirt for those who watch a couple of NFL games on side-by-side television sets, camel races for those trying to surmount a hump of one kind of another and, Thrills and Chills of Extreme DayĬanterbury Park will send out exotic animals and accompanying jockeys for Saturday’s annual Extreme Day, an occasion when caution and civility are thrown to the wind and some people are caught downwind from the camels, zebras and ostriches. Will Donald Hump be able to make racing great again or will he hit a wall? While Hilary Camelton is the AN EXTREME YET INVIGORATING DAY
Evidence suggests that would reverse what is now Extreme Memoriesīy Noah Joseph Saturday is Extreme Race Day, a highlight of the year at Canterbury Park, now in its 11th edition. The afternoon includes events you might otherwise expect to see EXTREME DAY A WILD, WOOLY, FEATHERY AFFAIRīY JIM WELLS It has been proposed once before and this additional suggestion is not based on settled science but on mounting evidence: Canterbury should consider running a 67-day meet featuring ostrich, zebra and camel racing each year, mixing in a thoroughbred/quarter horse day here and there. BY JIM WELLS There is the short, quick race at a distance you expect to see in the summer Olympics, another that tests your eye/brain coordination by watching a race being conducted on different racing surfaces simultaneously, and yet another at a mere two furlongs.
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