Dale Schenian, who teamed with Curtis and Randy Sampson in 1994 to buy the defunct Canterbury Downs and reopen it as Canterbury Park, died Friday. He was 82.
Dale Schenian, an original Canterbury Park owner and prominent horse racing figure, dies
Dale Schenian, who teamed with Curtis and Randy Sampson to buy Canterbury Downs and reopen it as Canterbury Park, died Friday at age 82.
August 26, 2023 at 4:20AM
![Dale Schenian laughed as his horse won but while chatting with Curtis Sampson in the owners box at the races at Canterbury Park on Thursday, August 17, 2017 in Shakopee, Minn. In 1993, Curtis Sampson and Dale Schenian teamed up to buy Canterbury Park and have made it a success. ] RENEE JONES SCHNEIDER ¥ renee.jones@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/WATGMYPS42DY72ROFYSJBCOPHI.jpg?&w=712)
A native of South St. Paul, Schenian is credited with helping preserve horse racing in Minnesota. Two years after Canterbury Downs closed in 1992, he and the Sampsons purchased the Shakopee track from financier Irwin Jacobs. It reopened for live racing in 1995 and has operated as Canterbury Park since then.
Schenian also supported Minnesota's thoroughbred breeding industry. He bred and raced some of Canterbury's most successful horses, including multiple stakes winner Crocrock and 2015 Horse of the Year Hold for More. Known at Canterbury as "Mr. Dale," Schenian continued to serve on the track's board of directors, most recently as vice chairman emeritus.
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