Canterbury Park Announces 2013 Divisional Champions

• Related: Canterbury Park Celebrates Gains at Close of 2013 Live Racing Season

The park credits the purse enhancement agreement with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community and an increase in average field size of 8.3 starters per race as part of the reason for the increases.

Canterbury also announced the 2013 divisional champions:

• Horse of the Year - Heliskier  (owner: Marlene Colvin; trainer: Mac Robertson)
• Sprinter – Heliskier  (owner: Marlene Colvin; trainer: Mac Robertson)
• Older Horse – Heliskier  (owner: Marlene Colvin; trainer: Mac Robertson)
• Three-Year-Old Colt or Gelding –  Dorsett (owner: Terry Hamilton; trainer: Michael Stidham)
• Three-Year-Old Filly – Badge of Glory (owner: Richard Bremer and Cheryl Sprick; trainer: Bernell Rhone)
• Grass Horse – Dontrattlemycage (owner: Nicholas Raver; trainer: Nevada Litfin)
• Older Filly or Mare – Second Street City (owner: Al and Bill Ulwelling; trainer: Gary Scherer)
• Two-Year-Old – Appeal to the King (owner: Wayne Simon; trainer: Robert Johnson)
• Claimer – Machorina (owner: Emerald Bay Stables; trainer: Michael Biehler)
• Quarter Horse – Stone Cottrell (owner: Terry Riddle; trainer: Stacy Charette-Hill)

More from Canterbury Park:

Mac Robertson won his ninth consecutive training title with 51 victories. He set a single-season earnings record of $1,340,429.

Dean Butler won the riding title for the fourth time. He finished the season with 67 wins, two more than Alex Canchari.

Heliskier was voted Horse of the Year for the second consecutive season. The 4-year-old Minnesota-bred gelding won three of five starts including the $50,000 10,000 Lakes Stakes and the $55,000 Crocrock Minnesota Sprint Championship. Heliskier is owned by Marlene Colvin of Ethan, SD and is trained by Robertson. Heliskier also earned divisional titles in the categories of Sprinter and Older Horse.

Stacy Charette-Hill won the quarter horse training title with 19 wins from 37 starts. Her starters finished in the top three at a 92 percent rate. Charette-Hill won Canterbury’s two most prestigious quarter horse races, the $54,100 Canterbury Park Quarter Horse Derby and the $133,525 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity.

Jorge Torres was the leading quarter horse jockey with 20 wins. Brenda Reiswig of Bismarck, N.D. repeated as leading quarter horse owner with eight wins. Stone Cottrell, winner of the Skip Zimmerman and Dash In A Flash Stakes, was named quarter horse of the meet. He is trained by Charette-Hill.