The Canterbury Park Corridor of Fame’s latest members, breeders Cheryl Sprick and Richard Bremer and Minnesota-bred Thoroughbred racehorse Scorching Shot Child, can be inducted throughout a ceremony July 12 on the Shakopee racetrack. These inductees be part of a gaggle of greater than 50 people and horses that comprise the perfect of Minnesota horse racing.
Sprick and Bremer have for greater than three many years bred and raised thoroughbred racehorses on the couple’s Steepwood Farm, outdoors of Lake Metropolis, Minn. They’ve raced at Canterbury since 1989, supporting the Minnesota racing trade via ups and downs. Sprick and Bremer race and promote their homebreds and have produced a number of stakes winners. Horses bred by the couple have gained greater than 100 races at Canterbury, 15 of these wins being stakes.
Canterbury divisional champions bred by Sprick and Bremer embody champion 2-year-old of 2009 Guess Your Boots, True West, claimer of the meet in 2016 and Jose Patio, 3-year-old colt of the meet in 2023. Badge of Glory, 2-year-old of the meet in 2012 and champion three-year-old filly in 2013, is certainly one of 4 fillies to win the Northern Lights Debutante, the Francis Genter and the Minnesota Oaks. No filly has gained all three stakes since.
Scorching Shot Child raced from 2016 till 2023 when at 9 years outdated he gained the ultimate begin of his profession. He was retired because the all-time main Minnesota-bred cash earner with $708,816. Scorching Shot Child earned a document $555,243 at Canterbury alone. In all, he raced 54 instances, successful 17. Fifteen of the wins got here in Shakopee the place he gained 10 stakes.
Scorching Shot Child, by Majestic Warrior out of the mare Our Candy Mary B, was bred in Minnesota by the late Warren Bush who died in 2022. Linda Bush, Warren’s spouse, campaigned Scorching Shot Child the next yr. Corridor of Famer Mac Robertson was his coach all through his profession.
As a 3-year-old Scorching Shot Child gained the Victor S. Myers and the Minnesota Derby and was voted champion 3-year-old of the meet. In 2018 he gained two stakes. It was in 2019 that Scorching Shot Child defied the percentages successful 5 stakes in a single season: the ten,000 Lakes, Minnesota Turf, Blair’s Cove, Wally’s Selection Basic and the Tom Metzen HBPA Dash. He gained going quick and lengthy on each dust and turf and was the unanimous selection for horse of the meet.
Following his racing profession Scorching Shot Child started his second profession as an occasion horse at Stargazer Farm in Lakeville beneath the steering of Dr. Jennifer Selving who plans to showcase his skills on the Retired Racehorse Undertaking Thoroughbred Makeover on the Kentucky Horse Park in October.
The Canterbury Park Corridor of Fame was based in 1995 to acknowledge individuals and horses which have made vital and lasting contributions to the racing trade throughout the state. The choice committee consists of representatives of native horsemen organizations, media, and Canterbury Park. The brand new members can be acknowledged in the course of the races on Corridor of Fame Night time this Saturday.
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