Canterbury Shifts 2020 Saturday Cards to the Evening

anterbury Park's 2020 Thoroughbred and Quarter Horse racing season will run May 15-Sept. 12, a 65-day meet approved Dec. 19 by the Minnesota Racing Commission. Thursday and Friday racing in 2020 will begin at 6 p.m. CT. Saturday post time, which has historically been early afternoon, has been moved to 5 p.m., and Sundays and holiday Mondays will begin at 12:45 p.m. On July 3-4, racing will begin at 4 p.m., with fireworks displays to follow the racing program each night. Canterbury experimented with select Saturday evening programs during parts of the past four seasons, and there was a positive impact on attendance, revenue related to food and beverage sales, and handle, leading to the 2020 post time change.

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