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Canterbury Park wagering increases

Canterbury Park saw gains in total wagering, on-track wagering and out-of-state wagering during the 65-day season that ended Thursday.

By Rachel Blount

September 17, 2021 at 5:06AM

Canterbury Park ended its 65-day season Thursday with a big jump in total handle compared to last year's pandemic-shortened meet. With 12 more days of racing, expanded spectator capacity and another increase in out-of-state wagering, the track far surpassed the Canterbury Park record for total handle set last year.

2020 totals

Race days: 53

Total handle: $68,388,504

Daily average total handle: $1,290,349

Daily avg. on-track: $69,636

Daily avg. out-of-state: $1,220,713

Total races: 499

Avg. daily purses: $196,758

Field size per race: 7.25

2021 totals

Race days: 65 (22.6% increase from 2020)

Total handle: $90,888,787 (32.9%)

Daily average total handle: $1,398,289 (8.4%)

Daily avg. on-track: $130,304 (87.1%)

Daily avg. out-of-state: $1,267,985 (3.9%)

Total races: 615 (23.2%)

Avg. daily purses: $239,365 (21.7%)

Field size per race: 7.27 (0.3%)

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Rachel Blount

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Rachel Blount is a sports reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune who covers a variety of topics, including the Olympics, Wild, college sports and horse racing. She has written extensively about Minnesota's Olympic athletes and has covered pro and college hockey since joining the staff in 1990.