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We encourage fans to buy tickets in advance for ourīiggest promotional days as we do anticipate selling out certain events, something we haven't done in the past,' Groen Our fans are still getting comfortable being around crowds again. 'We're excited about our Dog Days of Summer races kicking off the first Sunday in August, but understand that many of Wiener dog, will have two days of racing, with capacity initially limited to 10,000 each day. In order to accommodate the expected crowds, each breed of dog, corgi, basset and and Labor Day at 1 p.m.Ĭanterbury officials have determined self-imposed capacity limits will be placed on each event in order to provide the best customer experience possible. Canterbury Park also races Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 5 p.m., July 3 at 4 p.m. Many of Canterbury Park's promotions will align with Sunday's 1 p.m. 'I am pleased that I can now give a definitive yes to those questions and provide dates.' 'The racing season is off to a very good start but I am still asked all the time when the corgis are back or if there will be fireworks,' Vice President of Marketing John Groen said. 16.Ĭanterbury Park announced today its July, August and September promotional calendar featuring many of the most popular events from past years. The 65-day race meet began May 18 and runs through Sept. Those events, now possible with the loosening of restrictions, are returning to Canterbury in 2021. Lost were the promotional activities that enhance a day of horse races and boost attendance to 15,000 or more, events like Corgi Dog races, Extreme Day and the July 3 Fireworks Spectacular. The race meet was shortened and capacity was limited to 750 spectators but horse racing persevered. Horse racing at Canterbury Park continued in 2020 despite the coronavirus pandemic. The Canterbury Park stable area, which can accommodate more than 1,400 racehorses, will open Wednesday, April 27.Fireworks, camels, ostriches and dogs, lots of dogs, added to promotional schedule

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The 2022 thoroughbred and quarter horse stakes schedules will be announced in early January with stall applications, full details of Canterbury Park’s shipping incentive programs and the first condition book available shortly thereafter. Purses are projected to reach $15 million, exceeding $230,000 per day. From 2015 through 2019, average daily attendance exceeded 6,500 with heavily promoted days often surpassing 18,000. Tuesday racing will be replaced with Saturday evening racing programs in the coming season in an effort to build on the on-track success, and maintain the more recent off-track wagering levels, experienced on Sundays in 2021 when crowds returned to pre-pandemic numbers while off-track handle averaged $894,736, nearly triple the 2019 figure. In 2021, all-sources wagering reached a record $90.9 million with racing conducted Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, surpassing the $68.4 million record set in 2020 when 53 days of racing were conducted. The 2022 schedule also includes a nine-day break from July 18 through July 26 to accommodate Twin Cities Summer Jam, an annual multi-day music festival held in the racetrack infield. On Sunday, July 3, racing will begin at 4:00 p.m. CDT while Sundays and July 4 racing will begin at 1:00 p.m. Post time on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays will be 5:00 p.m. racetrack will conduct a Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, Sunday schedule with racing also conducted on Monday, July 4. 17, was unanimously approved Thursday by the Minnesota Racing Commission. Canterbury Park’s request for a 65-day 2022 thoroughbred and quarter horse racing season, Wednesday, May 18 through Saturday, Sept.

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