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Article: horse racing: claiming crown at canterbury park; Track hoping main card is an ace; The biggest event of the season comes with high anticipation, and high hopes for the track's bottom line.(SPORTS)
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- Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
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- August 1, 2008
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Byline: JACKIE FRIEDMAN; STAFF WRITER
Every time Canterbury Park hosts the Claiming Crown it loses an average of $50,000 to $100,000.
Yet, as the biggest day of the season approaches, Eric Halstrom, vice president of racing operations at Canterbury, refuses to downplay its importance. "I don't want to say this weekend is do or die," Halstrom said. He laughed.
"Well, I don't want to think it could be `die,' but let's just say this is the weekend we need to `do.' `'
The 10th running of the Claiming Crown--the eighth Canterbury has hosted--will take place Saturday. The Claiming Crown was envisioned to be the claiming horse owners' version ...