Joe DeVivo, Daily Racing Form Posted: 01/31/2016 3:07 PM The five richest stakes for Ohio-breds will be contested at Mahoning Valley Race Course near Youngstown in 2016. For the first time, the Best of Ohio series in the fall will be held at Mahoning Valley. The five Best of Ohio stakes, worth $150,000 apiece, will be [...]
2016 live racing dates have been set for Ohio’s three thoroughbred tracks. Thistledown and Mahoning Valley Race Course will each conduct 100 days of live racing in 2016. Belterra Park will run 93 days next year. As a part of the Ohio HBPA’s VLT Revenue Sharing agreements for Thistledown and Mahoning Valley those two Northeastern [...]
On a day in which Hollywood Gaming at Mahoning Valley Race Course posted record single-program pari-mutuel handle of $1,182,223, a record payoff of $415.20 for a $2 wager provided a trainer with her first-ever career victory. The record win price came in the seventh race when 206-1 longshot R B Wild Promise rallied outside of [...]
Ohio-Bred Fund to Top $5 Million in 2015 By Tom LaMarra, December 23, 2014 The Ohio Thoroughbred Racing Fund, now fully supported by revenue from racetrack video lottery terminals, will almost double to more than $5 million in 2015. The Ohio State Racing Commission approved the budget Dec. 18. Included is money for purses, bonuses, [...]
By Claire Novak, Blood-Horse Hall of Fame trainer D. Wayne Lukas, bound and determined to see Calumet Farm's Mr. Z earn his sought-after stakes victory—or a victory at all, for that matter—had no problem vanning just over five hours from Louisville to Cleveland to target what seemed like a salty bunch of 3-year-olds in the [...]
Trainer or Owner/Trainer Category Candidate Votes Mike Rone 168 Mark Doering 166 Joe Poole 156 James Jackson 85 Owner Only Category Dr. Randy Blevins 166 Butch Nemann 154 Bruce Ryan 147 The top three vote getters in each category become members of the OHBPA board of directors on September 13, 2014 while the four place [...]
March 12, 2014- The Ohio HBPA has completed 10-year VLT revenue sharing agreements with Thistledown Racetrack, LLC for Thistledown and with Beulah Park Gaming Ventures, Inc. for Mahoning Valley Racecourse. “These agreements are very favorable for the Ohio thoroughbred industry and are the result of months of difficult negotiations. The agreements will provide stability and [...]