Canterbury Park intends to supply 65 days of dwell horse racing in 2022. A request for a meet that will run Might 18 – Sept. 17 has been submitted for approval to the Minnesota Racing Fee. Purses are projected at $225,000 per day, just like the 65-day 2021 season.
In 2021, all-sources wagering reached a report $90.9 million with racing carried out Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings and Sunday afternoons, surpassing the $68.4 million report set in 2020 when 53 days of racing have been carried out. The 2022 request would exchange Tuesdays with Saturday night racing applications whereas persevering with Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday applications. Racing would start at 1:00 p.m. CT on Sundays and 5:00 p.m. on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
Sunday afternoon out-of-state wagering in 2021 exceeded firm officers’ expectations with a median $894,736 in off-track deal with, almost triple the pre-pandemic 2019 determine when the Shakopee, Minn. monitor final carried out Sunday applications. The success in sustaining wagering ranges with the shift to Sundays in 2021 results in optimism amongst monitor officers concerning the prospects relating to the return of Saturday racing, absent since 2019.
“Canterbury Park has been profitable over the previous two seasons in drawing the curiosity of the nationwide horseplayer by way of working a race schedule centered on the much less aggressive days of the week and by offering a powerful worth proposition for the wagering greenback,” Canterbury Park president Randy Sampson stated. “In 2022, we plan to proceed to supply a powerful wagering proposition at opportunistic occasions within the weekly calendar whereas making it simpler for our passionate on-track fan base to return to the races by including Saturday night applications.”
Canterbury first experimented with weeknight-only racing in 2020 when pandemic restrictions brought about a delay to the beginning of the race meet with extreme limitations on attendance. Nationwide deal with soared because of this. Mondays have been eradicated final season in favor of Sunday afternoons.
The 2022 schedule additionally features a nine-day break from July 18-26 to accommodate Twin Cities Summer time Jam, an annual multi-day music pageant held within the racetrack infield.
The Minnesota Racing Fee, a nine-member panel appointed by the state’s governor tasked with overseeing the integrity and security of horse racing at Minnesota’s two pari-mutuel racetracks, is anticipated to think about Canterbury’s race date request at its December assembly. Minnesota Administrative Rule 7872.0100 requires Canterbury Park to submit its request for 2022 racing dates no later than Nov. 15.
Canterbury Park’s 24/7 card on line casino and simulcast racebook stay open day by day.
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