Racing dates for Ohio's three thoroughbred tracks have been set for 2012. Beulah Park will run 114-days in 2012, with River Downs scheduled to run 93-days and Thistledown set to run 122-days.

Beulah Park will run its traditional winter-spring meeting from Monday, January 9th to Kentucky Derby day May 5th. The 70 day meeting will feature racing five-days per week on a Monday through Wednesday, Friday and Saturday schedule in January and February. Fridays are dropped from the schedule in March when racing will be conducted four days per week. Wednesdays are dropped from the schedule in April through the remainder of the meeting.

Beulah Park's fall meeting will begin on Monday, October 8th and continue through December 22nd. Racing will be conducted four days per week on a Monday through Wednesday and Saturday schedule throughout the fall meeting. Training for the fall meeting at Beulah Park will begin on September 20th.

River Downs meeting will begin on April 27th and run through Labor Day September 3th. Racing will be conducted five days per week throughout the River Downs meeting on Wednesday through Sunday each week. Training at River Downs in 2012 will be conducted from April 17th through September 22nd.

Thistledown will run 122-days of live racing in 2012, the same number the track has conducted in each of the past three years. The Thistledown meeting will begin on May 4th and continue through November 17th. Racing will be held on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays each week through the end of August. Thursdays will be added to the schedule in September through the remainder of the meeting. Training will be conducted at Thistledown from April 4th through November 17th.

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