Opening Night Handle $1.6m; Limited Fans But Still Good To Be Racing
The gates popped for the first time on Wednesday. There was no crowd. There was no noise other than the voice of Paul Allen. “I might have missed it if I didn’t know what to expect,” said a photojournalist on site to capture the opening night of the first professional sporting event in the Twin […]
2020 Canterbury Park Live Meet Preview from The Oracle
Opening day of the 2020 Canterbury Park live racing meet is tomorrow, Wednesday, June 10! That means it’s time to look back at the 2019 Canterbury Park live meet from a statistical standpoint and use that data to help us better predict the outcomes of the 2020 Canterbury Park races. Also, please note that the […]
Field Size Average For First Two Days Of Racing Exceeds 9
Entries have been strong for the first two days of racing, June 10 and 11. Opening night’s nine-race card drew 86 entries for an average of 9.56 and Thursday’s nine averages 9.11 per race. The announcement Friday of the lowest Pick 5 takeout (10%) on the planet has been well received as has the decision […]
Canterbury Park Pick 5 Wager Will Have Industry-Low 10% Takeout
Canterbury Park racing officials announced today an industry-low 10 percent takeout rate on the Pick 5 wager. The pari-mutuel wager, offered each race day on the final five thoroughbred races, requires the participant to select in order the winners of those five consecutive races, placing the bet before the first race in the series begins. […]
Horses Ready To Race; Entries for June 10 Friday
Training continues at Canterbury Park each day on both the main and training surfaces beginning at 6 a.m. With more than 1,000 horses, mostly thoroughbreds, on the grounds there is continual activity until the 10:30 a.m. close. Anyone with the ability to gallop or proclivity to be a groom or hot walker could begin employment […]
Grunder The Agent Always In The Mix
Richard Grunder has been a fixture at Canterbury Park since 1985. Many know him as the race calling voice of Tampa Bay Downs, others as an extraordinary jockey agent in Shakopee. A race meet here would not be the same without him. Grunder has been involved in racing his entire life, calling races, grooming horses […]
Canterbury Park Announces Purse Structure and Stakes Schedule For Revised 52-Day Race Meet
Daily purses to average $200,000; 27th Minnesota Festival of Champions Sept. 7 After last week submitting for approval to the Minnesota Racing Commission a revised 52-day race meet schedule beginning June 10, Canterbury Park officials today announced an estimated $10 million purse structure and stakes schedule. Daily purse distribution will average nearly $200,000 per race […]
Backside Beginning To Take Shape
Trailers carrying racehorses began pulling through the stable gate at Canterbury Park on May 9, primarily arriving from Phoenix. But soon stables from other areas such as Hot Springs, Arkansas will make their way north. It is a slow arrival process and there now are 267 horses in stalls with more arriving daily. Joel Berndt, […]
Canterbury Park Requests Revised 2020 Racing Season of 52 Days Beginning June 10
Live horse racing schedule would require approval of Minnesota Racing Commission; Operational procedures and protocols to be implemented during racing will be provided to state and local officials for review. Canterbury Park officials today submitted a revision of their request for live racing dates for 2020 to the Minnesota Racing Commission. The amended request asks […]
Canterbury Commons Update: Land Sales Agreements
Sales Agreements for 14 Acres of Land to Bring More Than 160 Additional Residential Units to Canterbury Commons Agreements with Pulte Homes and Lifestyle Communities, LLC Further Develop Vision of Live, Stay, Work and Play Experience at Canterbury Commons Canterbury Park Holding Corporation, (NASDAQ: CPHC) (“Canterbury” or the “Company”) today announced two real estate sales […]