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Grandview Equine purchased a colt by Lookin At Lucky for $120,000 to lead Friday sales at the Keeneland September Yearling Sale on the next-to-last day of the auction.
The 2023 Minnesota Thoroughbred Association Yearling Sale closed with declines in gross and average sale price, but an increased median, led by a $49,000 Maximus Mischief colt.
Entries for the 29th Minnesota Festival of Champions, a night of racing on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Canterbury Park restricted to Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses bred in the state, attracted a total of 107 horses for 12 races.
Love the Nest held off stablemate Cousvinnysacanuck to win the $100,000 Minnesota Derby for state-breds by a nose on Saturday at Canterbury Park. Both are owned by Lothenbach Stables' Bob Lothenbach of Wayzata, Minnesota, and trained by Joel Berndt.
Canterbury Park’s Made in Minnesota night on Saturday features the $100,000 Minnesota Derby and the $100,000 Minnesota Oaks.