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OH Horsemen Fight Breeding Fund Money Grab

Ohio horsemen are lobbying the state Senate to alter language in House-passed legislation that would shift pari-mutuel revenue for breeding funds to municipalities that host racetracks.

 Tuesday, March 06, 2012
Catlaunch, 10, Wins 19th Stakes of Career

Catlaunch, 10, Wins 19th Stakes of Career

Catlaunch, a 10-year-old gelding bred and owned by Ron Fields, continued to defy his age with a victory in the $50,000 Sydney Gendelman Memorial Handicap at River Downs June 11.

 Sunday, June 12, 2011

Barron Family Starts Donation to PDJF

The Permanently Disabled Jockeys Fund will benefit from an annual donation tied to the Norm Barron Queen City Oaks, an Ohio-bred stakes to be run at River Downs July 17.

 Thursday, July 15, 2010

King of the Roxy Wins First Start at 'Home'

Team Valor Stables' Ohio-bred King of the Roxy, voted Ohio Horse of the Year in 2007, made his first start in his home state a winning one Aug. 28 when he captured the $50,000 Honey Jay Stakes at Thistledown.

 Friday, August 28, 2009
Marble Cliff Wins--Fair and Square

Marble Cliff Wins--Fair and Square

Marble Cliff, the Ohio-bred turned Kentucky-bred stripped of stakes wins in 2008 after a racing commission investigation, finally got his first "official" victory--in West Virginia.

 Sunday, March 01, 2009

Strict OH Breeding Rules to Take Effect

Ohio is among the weakest when it comes to Thoroughbred purses, but it's about to have the strongest rules governing registration of state-bred horses.

 Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Breed Registration Process Scrutinized

Breed Registration Process Scrutinized

Marble Cliff, the stakes winner-turned-maiden after his Ohio registration was revoked in July, could end up becoming a poster child for serious changes in breed-registration regulations in the Buckeye State -- and perhaps beyond.

 Thursday, September 25, 2008
Marble Cliff Now Kentucky-Bred Maiden

Marble Cliff Now Kentucky-Bred Maiden

Two Thoroughbreds that formerly raced as Ohio-registered are now listed as having been bred in Kentucky.

 Thursday, September 04, 2008
Marble Cliff: 'Best Maiden in America'

Marble Cliff: 'Best Maiden in America'

The owners of top Ohio-based Thoroughbred Marble Cliff must return the gelding's earnings of $109,940, the Ohio State Racing Commission ruled Aug. 21 after the panel upheld a stewards' ruling the 3-year-old wasn't eligible for Ohio-restricted races.

 Thursday, August 21, 2008
Ohio-Bred--or Not--Entered in WV Derby

Ohio-Bred--or Not--Entered in WV Derby

Foxwood Stable's Marble Cliff, regarded as one of the best Ohio-breds in history -- if in fact he is Ohio-registered -- is among a dozen 3-year-olds entered in the $750,000 West Virginia Derby (gr. III) at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort Aug. 2.

 Tuesday, July 29, 2008

Ohio Champs Dead-Heat in Beulah Stakes

Two 2007 Ohio champions finished in a dead heat for win in the $50,000 Babst/Palacios Memorial Stakes May 3, closing day of the Beulah Park winter/spring meet.

 Saturday, May 03, 2008

Best of Ohio May Be Best in Recent Memory

The Ohio Thoroughbred racing and breeding industry has taken serious hits in recent years because of competition for the gambling dollar, but there should be a bright spot Oct. 4 when one of the strongest Best of Ohio championship programs in recent memory is offered at Beulah Park.

 Wednesday, October 01, 2003