Exhibit 31.1



Certifications



I, Randall D. Sampson certify that:



| | 1. | I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K/A of Canterbury Park Holding
Corporation;
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| | 2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of
a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which
such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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| | 3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information
included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows
of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;
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| | 4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing
and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control
over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have:
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| | a. | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure
controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including
its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
report is being prepared;
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| | b. | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal
control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability
of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles;
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| | c. | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and
procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures as of
the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and
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| | d. | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control
over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth
fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the
registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and
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| | 5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based
on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee
of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent function):
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| | a. | all significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation
of internal controls over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to
record, process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| | b. | any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees
who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.
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|Date:  April 2, 2015 | /s/ Randall D. Sampson                                                                    
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|                     | Randall D. SampsonPresident and Chief Executive OfficerCanterbury Park Holding Corporation



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