Canterbury Park

The Minnesota Racing Commission voted April 1 to approve historical horse racing at Canterbury Park and Running Aces, a move commissioners hope can help reinvigorate the horse racing industry in the state.

Seeking to rebound from a 2023 season with diminished field size and handle, Canterbury Park launches a prepaid starter incentive program to entice trainers to race at the Shakopee, Minn., track during its 54-day meet over the summer.

Canterbury Park racing officials announced Jan. 25 a stakes and overnight handicap schedule spread across the 54-day season, offering opportunities for open-company and Minnesota-bred Thoroughbreds to race on both turf and dirt at various distances.

Canterbury Park's request for a 54-day 2024 horse racing season, Saturday, May 18, through Saturday, Sept. 28, was unanimously approved Dec. 21 by the Minnesota Racing Commission.

Canterbury Park is planning a 54-day race meet in 2024, asking the Minnesota Racing Commission for a Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse season from May 18 through Sept. 28.

Canterbury Park's $15 million stable area and racing infrastructure improvement project continued this week with construction work beginning on three new barns that will be home to more than 300 horses in the 2024 racing season.

The final program of Canterbury Park's 53-day season ended abruptly after the running of the third race when jockeys deemed both racing surfaces, dirt and turf, unsafe. Rain in the area over the preceding 24 hours soaked the main and…

Minnesota Racing Commission's board of stewards at Canterbury Park summarily suspended trainer Nevada Litfin Aug. 16 for actions detrimental to the integrity of racing.