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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2004</font></b></p>

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No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></b></p>

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<h5 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">FORM
S-8</font></b></h5>

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SECURITIES ACT OF 1933</font></b></p>

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<h5 style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">CANTERBURY
PARK HOLDING CORPORATION</font></b></h5>

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name of registrant as specified in its charter)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Minnesota</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">41-1775532</font></b></p>
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  incorporation or organization)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(I.R.S. Employer<br>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">1100
Canterbury Road</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Shakopee,
Minnesota 55379</font></b></p>

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of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">CANTERBURY
PARK HOLDING CORPORATION STOCK PLAN</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Full
title of the Plan)</font></p>

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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Randall D. Sampson<br>
  President<br>
  Canterbury Park Holding Corporation<br>
  1100 Canterbury Road<br>
  Shakopee, Minnesota 55379<br>
  (952) 445-7223<br>
  </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(Name, address, including zip code and <br>
  telephone number of agent for service)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Copy to:<br>
  <b><font style="font-weight:bold;">Richard A. Primuth<br>
  Rebecca B. Sandberg<br>
  Lindquist &amp; Vennum P.L.L.P.<br>
  4200 IDS Center<br>
  80 South Eighth Street<br>
  Minneapolis, MN 55402<br>
  (612) 371-3211</font></b></font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><a name="TableHead"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Title of securities&nbsp; to be registered</font></b></a></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount&nbsp; to be registered</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed maximum offering price
  per share</font></b></p>
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  offering price</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Amount of registration fee</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Common Stock,
  $.01 par value per share</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">300,000 shares</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$4,837,500<sup>(1)</sup></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$4,837,500<sup>(1)</sup></font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$612.91</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-autospace:none;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Estimated solely for the purpose of
determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon
the average high and low sale price of the Company&#146;s Common Stock on the
American Stock Exchange on November 5, 2004.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INCORPORATION
OF CONTENTS OF</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">REGISTRATION
STATEMENT BY REFERENCE</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; A
Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;33-96580) was filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;) on September&nbsp;6, 1995
covering the registration of 250,000 shares initially authorized for issuance
under the Company&#146;s Stock Plan (formerly called the 1994 Stock Plan) (the &#147;Plan&#148;).&#160; A Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8
(File No.&nbsp;333-34509) was filed with the SEC on August&nbsp;28, 1997
covering the registrations of 250,000 shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan. A Registration Statement on Form&nbsp;S-8 (File No.&nbsp;333-91591) was
filed with the SEC on November&nbsp;24, 1999 covering the registration of
350,000 shares authorized for issuance under the Plan.&#160; A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-97533) was filed with the SEC on August 1, 2002 covering the
registration of 300,000 shares authorized for issuance under the Plan.&#160; Pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form&nbsp;S-8 and Rule&nbsp;429, this Registration Statement is being filed to
register an additional 300,000 shares authorized under the Plan. An amendment
to the Plan to increase the reserved and authorized number of shares under the
Plan by 300,000 was authorized by the Company&#146;s Board of Directors on February
13, 2004 and such amendment was approved by the Company&#146;s shareholders on
June&nbsp;3, 2004. This Registration Statement should also be considered a
post-effective amendment to the prior Registration Statements, the contents of
which are incorporated herein by reference.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">PART I</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant
to the Note to Part&nbsp;I of Form&nbsp;S-8, the information required by Items
1 and 2 of Form&nbsp;S-8 is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement
and such information will be given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">PART II</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
hereby incorporated by reference herein:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Annual Report of
the Company on Form&nbsp;10-K for the year ended December&nbsp;31, 2003.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s
Definitive Proxy Statement dated April 26, 2004 for the 2004 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders held on June&nbsp;3, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(c)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s
Quarterly Reports filed on Form&nbsp;10-Q for the quarters ended March&nbsp;31,
2004 and June 30, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(d)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The Company&#146;s Current
Reports on Forms 8-K filed on March 26, 2004, May 14, 2004, August 16, 2004,
and August 17, 2004.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">(e)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The description of
the Company&#146;s Common Stock as set forth in the Company&#146;s Form SB-2 Registration
Statement dated July&nbsp;1, 1994 (Registration No.&nbsp;33-81262C), including
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 4. Description of Securities</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
description of the Company&#146;s Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement has been incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement as described in Item 3 of this Part II.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Not
applicable.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 6. Indemnification of
Directors and Officers</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Article&nbsp;VIII of the Registrant&#146;s Restated
Articles of Incorporation provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its
directors to the extent required or permitted by Minnesota Statutes or other
provisions of law.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify any person made
or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by reason of the former or
present official capacity of the person, against judgments, penalties, fines,
including without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with
respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses,
including attorneys&#146; fees and disbursements, provided the person seeking
indemnification meets five criteria set forth in Section&nbsp;9.02(a) of the
Registrant&#146;s Bylaws. In addition, the Registrant&#146;s Bylaws provide that the
Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of directors, officers
and employees serving the Registrant, or any other company at the request of
the Registrant, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify
such persons against such liability under the Bylaws.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
Registrant&#146;s Bylaws also authorize the Board of Directors, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, to indemnify any person or entity not described in
the Bylaws pursuant to, and to the extent described in, an agreement authorized
by a majority of the officers then in office.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section
302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act provides that a corporation
shall indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to a
proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in their official capacity
as an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation against
judgments, penalties, fines, including without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against such person with respect to an employee benefit plan,
settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys&#146; fees and
disbursements, incurred by such person in connection with the proceeding if,
with respect to the acts or omissions of such person complained of in the
proceeding, such person (i) has not been indemnified by another organization or
employee benefit plan for the same expenses with respect to the same acts or
omissions; (ii) acted in good faith; (iii) received no improper personal
benefit and Minnesota Statutes, Section 302A.255 (regarding conflicts of
interest), if applicable, has been satisfied; (iv) in the case of a criminal
proceeding, has no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and
(v) in the case of acts or omissions by persons in their official capacity for
the corporation, reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interests
of the corporation, or in the case of acts or omissions by persons in their
capacity for other organization, reasonably believed that the conduct was not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation.&#160; In addition, Section 302A.521, Subd. 3, of
the Minnesota Statutes requires payment or reimbursement by the corporation,
upon written request, of reasonable expenses (including attorneys&#146; fees)
incurred by a person in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding in
certain instances if a decision as to required indemnification is made by a
disinterested majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which
a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee of the Board,
by special legal counsel, by the shareholders or by a court.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Insofar
as indemnification to the Company&#146;s directors, officers or other persons
controlling the Company for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, may be permitted under the provisions of the Company&#146;s Bylaws
and the statutes of the State of Minnesota, the Company has been informed by
the Securities and Exchange Commission that this type of indemnification is
against public policy and is therefore unenforceable.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Not
applicable.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 8. Exhibits</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">4.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Canterbury Park Holding Corporation Stock Plan, as
  amended</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Opinion of Lindquist&nbsp;&amp; Vennum P.L.L.P.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:7.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">23.1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Consent of Lindquist&nbsp;&amp; Vennum P.L.L.P.
  (included in Exhibit&nbsp;5.1)</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:7.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">23.2</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.74%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="86%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:86.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Consent of Deloitte&nbsp;&amp; Touche LLP, independent registered
  public accounting firm.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Power of Attorney (included on signature page)</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Item 9. Undertakings</font></u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (iii)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to the information in the
registration statement;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i>
offering thereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant&#146;s annual report pursuant to
Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan&#146;s annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial <i><font style="font-style:italic;">bona fide</font></i> offering thereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; (h)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">SIGNATURES</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form&nbsp;S-8, and has duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Shakopee, State of Minnesota, on November 9, 2004.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">CANTERBURY PARK HOLDINGS CORP.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .1in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">/s/ Randall D. Sampson</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
  </td>
  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:5.24%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-style:italic;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></i></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Randall D. Sampson,<br>
  <i><font style="font-style:italic;">President and Chief Executive Officer,<br>
  (Principal Executive Officer)</font></i></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">POWER OF
ATTORNEY</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned officers and directors of
Canterbury Park Holding Corporation hereby constitute and appoint Randall D.
Sampson and David C. Hansen, or either of them, with power to act one without
the other, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for us and in our stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and all documents relating thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on
November 9, 2004, in the capacities indicated.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&#160;</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:65.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Randall D. Sampson</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Chief Executive Officer,
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  David C. Hansen</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Chief Financial Officer
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  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="65%" style="padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:65.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Curtis A. Sampson</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="65%" rowspan="2" style="height:11.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:65.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Chairman of the Board</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" rowspan="2" valign="bottom" style="height:11.25pt;padding:0in .7pt 0in .7pt;width:2.62%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Vice Chairman of the Board</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Dale H. Schenian</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">/s/
  Patrick R. Cruzen</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;letter-spacing:-.1pt;">Patrick R. Cruzen</font></p>
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As
filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 10, 2004
Registration
No. 333-
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM
S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
CANTERBURY
PARK HOLDING CORPORATION
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Minnesota
41-1775532
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1100
Canterbury Road
Shakopee,
Minnesota 55379
(Address
of Principal Executive Offices and zip code)
CANTERBURY
PARK HOLDING CORPORATION STOCK PLAN
(Full
title of the Plan)
Randall D. Sampson
President
Canterbury Park Holding Corporation
1100 Canterbury Road
Shakopee, Minnesota 55379
(952) 445-7223
(Name, address, including zip code and
telephone number of agent for service)
Copy to:
Richard A. Primuth
Rebecca B. Sandberg
Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
4200 IDS Center
80 South Eighth Street
Minneapolis, MN 55402
(612) 371-3211
CALCULATION OF
REGISTRATION FEE
Title of securities  to be registered
Amount  to be registered
Proposed maximum offering price
  per share
Proposed maximum aggregate
  offering price
Amount of registration fee
Common Stock,
  $.01 par value per share
300,000 shares
$4,837,500
(1)
$4,837,500
(1)
$612.91
(1)
Estimated solely for the purpose of
determining the registration fee pursuant to Rule 457(c) and (h) and based upon
the average high and low sale price of the Company's Common Stock on the
American Stock Exchange on November 5, 2004.
INCORPORATION
OF CONTENTS OF
REGISTRATION
STATEMENT BY REFERENCE
A
Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 33-96580) was filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on September 6, 1995
covering the registration of 250,000 shares initially authorized for issuance
under the Company's Stock Plan (formerly called the 1994 Stock Plan) (the "Plan").  A Registration Statement on Form S-8
(File No. 333-34509) was filed with the SEC on August 28, 1997
covering the registrations of 250,000 shares authorized for issuance under the
Plan. A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File No. 333-91591) was
filed with the SEC on November 24, 1999 covering the registration of
350,000 shares authorized for issuance under the Plan.  A Registration Statement on Form S-8 (File
No. 333-97533) was filed with the SEC on August 1, 2002 covering the
registration of 300,000 shares authorized for issuance under the Plan.  Pursuant to General Instruction E of
Form S-8 and Rule 429, this Registration Statement is being filed to
register an additional 300,000 shares authorized under the Plan. An amendment
to the Plan to increase the reserved and authorized number of shares under the
Plan by 300,000 was authorized by the Company's Board of Directors on February
13, 2004 and such amendment was approved by the Company's shareholders on
June 3, 2004. This Registration Statement should also be considered a
post-effective amendment to the prior Registration Statements, the contents of
which are incorporated herein by reference.
PART I
Pursuant
to the Note to Part I of Form S-8, the information required by Items
1 and 2 of Form S-8 is not filed as a part of this Registration Statement
and such information will be given to employees as specified by Rule 428(b)(1).
PART II
Item 3. Incorporation of Documents by Reference
.
The
following documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission are
hereby incorporated by reference herein:
(a)           The Annual Report of
the Company on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003.
(b)           The Company's
Definitive Proxy Statement dated April 26, 2004 for the 2004 Annual Meeting of
Shareholders held on June 3, 2004.
(c)           The Company's
Quarterly Reports filed on Form 10-Q for the quarters ended March 31,
2004 and June 30, 2004.
(d)           The Company's Current
Reports on Forms 8-K filed on March 26, 2004, May 14, 2004, August 16, 2004,
and August 17, 2004.
(e)           The description of
the Company's Common Stock as set forth in the Company's Form SB-2 Registration
Statement dated July 1, 1994 (Registration No. 33-81262C), including
any amendment or report filed for the purpose of updating such description.
All
documents subsequently filed by the Company pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c),
14 and 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, prior to the filing of a
post-effective amendment which indicates that all securities offered have been
sold or which deregisters all securities then remaining unsold, shall be deemed
to be incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and to be a part
hereof from the date of filing of such documents.
Item 4. Description of Securities
.
The
description of the Company's Common Stock to be offered pursuant to this
Registration Statement has been incorporated by reference into this
Registration Statement as described in Item 3 of this Part II.
Item 5. Interests of Named Experts and Counsel
.
2
Not
applicable.
Item 6. Indemnification of
Directors and Officers
.
Article VIII of the Registrant's Restated
Articles of Incorporation provide that the Registrant shall indemnify its
directors to the extent required or permitted by Minnesota Statutes or other
provisions of law.
The
Registrant's Bylaws provide that the Registrant shall indemnify any person made
or threatened to be made a party to a proceeding, by reason of the former or
present official capacity of the person, against judgments, penalties, fines,
including without limitation, excise taxes assessed against the person with
respect to an employee benefit plan, settlements, and reasonable expenses,
including attorneys' fees and disbursements, provided the person seeking
indemnification meets five criteria set forth in Section 9.02(a) of the
Registrant's Bylaws. In addition, the Registrant's Bylaws provide that the
Registrant may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of directors, officers
and employees serving the Registrant, or any other company at the request of
the Registrant, whether or not the Registrant would have the power to indemnify
such persons against such liability under the Bylaws.
The
Registrant's Bylaws also authorize the Board of Directors, to the extent
permitted by applicable law, to indemnify any person or entity not described in
the Bylaws pursuant to, and to the extent described in, an agreement authorized
by a majority of the officers then in office.
Section
302A.521 of the Minnesota Business Corporation Act provides that a corporation
shall indemnify any person made or threatened to be made a party to a
proceeding by reason of acts or omissions performed in their official capacity
as an officer, director, employee or agent of the corporation against
judgments, penalties, fines, including without limitation, excise taxes
assessed against such person with respect to an employee benefit plan,
settlements, and reasonable expenses, including attorneys' fees and
disbursements, incurred by such person in connection with the proceeding if,
with respect to the acts or omissions of such person complained of in the
proceeding, such person (i) has not been indemnified by another organization or
employee benefit plan for the same expenses with respect to the same acts or
omissions; (ii) acted in good faith; (iii) received no improper personal
benefit and Minnesota Statutes, Section 302A.255 (regarding conflicts of
interest), if applicable, has been satisfied; (iv) in the case of a criminal
proceeding, has no reasonable cause to believe the conduct was unlawful; and
(v) in the case of acts or omissions by persons in their official capacity for
the corporation, reasonably believed that the conduct was in the best interests
of the corporation, or in the case of acts or omissions by persons in their
capacity for other organization, reasonably believed that the conduct was not
opposed to the best interests of the corporation.  In addition, Section 302A.521, Subd. 3, of
the Minnesota Statutes requires payment or reimbursement by the corporation,
upon written request, of reasonable expenses (including attorneys' fees)
incurred by a person in advance of the final disposition of a proceeding in
certain instances if a decision as to required indemnification is made by a
disinterested majority of the Board of Directors present at a meeting at which
a disinterested quorum is present, or by a designated committee of the Board,
by special legal counsel, by the shareholders or by a court.
Insofar
as indemnification to the Company's directors, officers or other persons
controlling the Company for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, may be permitted under the provisions of the Company's Bylaws
and the statutes of the State of Minnesota, the Company has been informed by
the Securities and Exchange Commission that this type of indemnification is
against public policy and is therefore unenforceable.
Item 7. Exemption from Registration Claimed
.
Not
applicable.
Item 8. Exhibits
.
4.1
Canterbury Park Holding Corporation Stock Plan, as
  amended
5.1
Opinion of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
23.1
Consent of Lindquist & Vennum P.L.L.P.
  (included in Exhibit 5.1)
23.2
Consent of Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent registered
  public accounting firm.
24.1
Power of Attorney (included on signature page)
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Item 9. Undertakings
.
(a)           The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes:
(1)           To file, during any period in which
offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this registration
statement:
(iii)          To include any material information
with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the
registration statement or any material change to the information in the
registration statement;
(2)           That, for the purpose of determining
any liability under the Securities Act of 1933, each such post-effective amendment
shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities
offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be
deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(3)           To remove from registration by means
of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which
remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
(b)           The undersigned registrant hereby
undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities
Act of 1933, each filing of the registrant's annual report pursuant to
Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(and, where applicable, each filing of an employee benefit plan's annual report
pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) that is
incorporated by reference in the registration statement shall be deemed to be a
new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the
offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial
bona fide
offering thereof.
(h)           Insofar as indemnification for
liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933 may be permitted to
directors, officers and controlling persons of the registrant pursuant to the
foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the registrant has been advised that in the
opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is
against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.
In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other
than the payment by the registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director,
officer or controlling person of the registrant in the successful defense of
any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling
person in connection with the securities being registered, the registrant will,
unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling
precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether
such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and
will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, the registrant certifies
that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements
for filing on Form S-8, and has duly caused this registration statement to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
City of Shakopee, State of Minnesota, on November 9, 2004.
CANTERBURY PARK HOLDINGS CORP.
By:
/s/ Randall D. Sampson
Randall D. Sampson,
President and Chief Executive Officer,
(Principal Executive Officer)
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
The undersigned officers and directors of
Canterbury Park Holding Corporation hereby constitute and appoint Randall D.
Sampson and David C. Hansen, or either of them, with power to act one without
the other, our true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent, with
full power of substitution and resubstitution, for us and in our stead, in any
and all capacities to sign any and all amendments (including post-effective
amendments) to this Registration Statement and all documents relating thereto,
and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in
connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting
unto said attorney-in-fact and agent, full power and authority to
do and perform each and every act and thing necessary or advisable to be done
in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as he might or
could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorney-in-fact
and agent, or his substitutes, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue
hereof.
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this
registration statement has been signed below by the following persons on
November 9, 2004, in the capacities indicated.
Signature
Title
/s/
  Randall D. Sampson
Chief Executive Officer,
  President, General Manager, Treasurer and Director (Principal Executive
  Officer)
Randall D. Sampson
/s/
  David C. Hansen
Chief Financial Officer
  (Principal Financial Officer, and Principal Accounting Officer)
David C. Hansen
/s/
  Curtis A. Sampson
Chairman of the Board
Curtis A. Sampson
Vice Chairman of the Board
Dale H. Schenian
/s/
  Patrick R. Cruzen
Director
Patrick R. Cruzen
/s/
  Carin J. Offerman
Director
Carin J. Offerman
Director
Burton F. Dahlberg
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