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$125,000 Mystic Lake Mile at Canterbury Park on Saturday
Post time for Saturday's 10-race program is 1:30 p.m.
Canterbury Park is featuring a 10-race program on Saturday.
The races consist of the 21st $100,000 Lady Canterbury Stakes, the 26th Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby, and the $125,000 Mystic Lake Mile, the park announced in a news release.
The park credits its agreement with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community last summer that increased the purse fund by $75 million over 10 years. Already, Canterbury Park has seen increases in the stakes schedule and purse size has almost doubled.
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“The agreement with SMSC allows us to create new races like the Mystic Lake Mile and continue the tradition of the Lady Canterbury, but more importantly it revived racing in Minnesota,” Track President Randy Sampson told Canterbury Park. “Breeders are back in business in this state. Our stable area is at capacity and field size is growing.”
"The Mystic Lake Mile has a field of 12 with graded stakes winner Mister Marti Gras drawing the rail," according to the park. Bob Lothenbach from Eden Prairie at Lothenbach Stables Inc. owns the horse.“Owners like Mr. Lothenbach used to race in Minnesota but moved their operations to other states with more lucrative purses,” Sampson said in the release. “Now, with the purse enhancement agreement in place they are looking to Minnesota again.”
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