Graded stakes winner Fox News will head Thursday's $35,904 Cox Ranch Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge at Canterbury Park.

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SHAKOPEE, MN—JULY 23, 2024—Thursday’s feature AT Canterbury Park is the $35,904 Cox Ranch Canterbury Park Distaff Challenge, a 400-yard race that will qualify the winner to the Oct. 26 Grade 1 Cox Ranch Distaff Challenge Championship at Albuquerque Downs.

Trainer Jason Olmstead will saddle three of the five fillies and mares, including the 8 to 5 favorite Fox News, a graded stakes winner with $187,996 in career earnings. Tom Maher owns the 4-year-old filly and will be ridden by Ramiro Garcia.

Olmstead also entered Aj Fast Corona and Beep Beep Rev Rev, which was defeated as the odds-on favorite July 3 at 350 yards by Five Bar Fantasy, who drew the outside in Thursday’s Challenge.

Five Bar Fantasy, a 5-year-old mare owned by Joy Gorra’s Tailored for Gold Stables, is trained by Jerry Livingston and will be ridden by Kelsi Harr.

Following Thursday’s program begins at 5:10 p.m., racing continues Saturday at 5:10 and Sunday at 1 p.m.

For more information, visit www.canterburypark.com.