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Canterbury Park (formerly Canterbury Downs), is a horse racing track in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States.Canterbury Park Holding Corporation ("Canterbury Park") hosts parimutuel wagering on live thoroughbred and quarter horse racing at its facilities in Shakopee and parimutuel wagering on races held at out-of-state racetracks that are simulcast to the racetrack.
All the ingredients were in place for a grand finale Saturday at Canterbury Park. The Shakopee track was set to end a 53-day season with 13 races, and Canterbury officials anticipated the large ...
Canterbury Park's final day of the season ended after three races Saturday, with the rest of the card canceled because of unsafe track conditions caused by heavy rains Friday. The Shakopee track ...
Canterbury Park has announced plans for a 54-day racing season next summer, running the same number of days as this year but spreading them out over a longer time frame. The Shakopee racetrack ...
SHAKOPEE, Minn., Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Canterbury Park Holding Corporation (“Canterbury” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: CPHC) today reported financial results for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024. ($ in thousands, except per share data and percentages)
The first horse racing in Canterbury was in 1852 when Cornelius Proud cleared part of his property for use as a racecourse, this was used regularly by locals. In 1871, after a few years with no race meetings being held, Frederick Clissold and Thomas Austen Davis held a race meeting on land that had been leased by Davis close to the existing racecourse. [1]
It acquired the four major tracks in the state: Churchill Downs, Latonia Race Track, the Kentucky Association track in Lexington, and Douglas Park in Louisville. [3] [4] Douglas Park was closed and eventually donated to the American Legion, [5] [6] while the Lexington track was sold to a group of local businessmen in 1923. [7]
There is also greyhound racing on the Thursday, including the following Group 1 races: the New Zealand Galaxy - C5f 295m ($40,000 stake) the New Zealand Greyhound Cup - C5f 525m ($100,000) the New Zealand Stayers Cup - C2df 732m ($40,000) The week also features the Canterbury A&P Show