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Minnesota Thoroughbred Association Stallion Season Auction Begins Jan. 3

The Minnesota Thoroughbred Association will conduct its 2021 Stallion Season Auction Jan. 3 through Jan. 11, featuring more than 50 premier stallions from Kentucky, Florida, Oklahoma and Minnesota. The on-line auction will be hosted at www.thoroughlybred.com.

A new incentive is also being offered for this year's auction from the Minnesota Breeders' Fund. Any breeder who purchases a stallion season through the 2021 MTA Stallion Season Auction and foals in Minnesota will receive a $1,000 check when the foal is registered with the Minnesota Racing Commission in 2022.

“As we leave 2020 behind, organizers at the Minnesota Thoroughbred Association are excited to provide breeders with many terrific stallions to build on in the future,” said Kay King, executive director of the MTA.

Bids will be placed on a rolling bases for all eight days of the sale. Stallion seasons can be searched by state or name on the website. New stallion seasons may continue to be added through the duration of the sale.

For the current Stallion Season Auction list, visit minnesotabred.com/.

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Canterbury’s 2021 Race Dates Approved; Purses Projected To Increase 35 Percent

Canterbury Park's request for a 65-day 2021 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing season, May 18 through Sept. 16, was unanimously approved on Thursday by the Minnesota Racing Commission.

The Shakopee, Minn. track will conduct a Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday race schedule with racing also held on Memorial Day and Labor Day. as well as Saturday, July 3.

Purses are anticipated to be approximately $14 million, $220,000 per day, a projected increase of more than 35 percent in total and 12 percent per day as compared to 2020. A 2012 cooperative marketing and purse enhancement agreement reached with the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, owners and operators of nearby Mystic Lake Casino Hotel, will supplement purses by $7.28 million. The agreement extends through 2022 with more than $80 million going toward purse supplements and joint marketing of the two properties.

Post time on Sundays and holidays will be 1:00 p.m. while weekday racing on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday racing will begin at 5:00 p.m. On July 3, racing will begin at 4:00 p.m. The 2021 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse stakes schedules are expected to be announced in January with stall applications and the first condition book available shortly thereafter.

Canterbury Park's 24/7 card casino and simulcast racebook remain temporarily closed due to Executive Order 20-103 issued by Gov. Tim Walz to slow the spread of COVID-19. Visit www.canterburypark.com for more information.

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Diodoro Given 60-Day Suspension For Hydroxylidocaine; Stewards Stay Penalty For One Year

Trainer Robertino Diodoro has been suspended 60 days and fined $5,000 to for two hydroylidocaine positives in runners at Canterbury Park, but he won't be serving those days immediately. A ruling from the Minnesota Racing Commission's board of stewards last week indicated the officials ordered a stay of the suspension for 365 days due to unspecified “mitigating factors.”

The stay means that Diodoro will not serve the 60 days unless he has Class 1, Class 2, Category A or Category B medication violations in the 365 days following Dec. 1 of this year.

Minnesota Racing Commission executive director Steve May was unable, per Minnesota law, to offer comment on what mitigating factors prompted the stewards to stay the suspension.

Hey Kitten, the runner-up in the third race on Aug. 26 at Canterbury, tested above the legal threshold for 3-hydroxylidocaine, as did Catty Krys, sixth place finisher in Canterbury's fifth race Sept. 1. Both horses have been disqualified and are unplaced in those races. Split samples requested by Diodoro confirmed the positives.

Because the second violation happened before Diodoro could be notified of the first, the stewards also elected to treat both violations as one, which is common practice.

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Racing Steward And Judge Needed For Minnesota Racing Commission

The Minnesota Racing Commission is accepting proposals for racing steward and judge positions for the live Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse race meet at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota and the live Standardbred race meet at Running Aces Casino, Hotel and Racetrack in Columbus, Minn. Both meets will be held May 2021 through September 2021 and work for these positions is expected to begin in April 2021.

The approximate term of contract would be from April 15, 2021 through April 14, 2022, with the option to extend an additional four years in increments determined by the state.

Prospective bidders can obtain a copy of the request for proposals by sending a written request, by email, to Bob Schiewe, deputy director of the Minnesota Racing Commission, at bob.schiewe@state.mn.us.

Proposals may be submitted throughout the calendar year 2021, but preference will be given to responses received by January 30, 2021 at 4:30 p.m. central time for the initial award of contract(s).

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