Ohio Thoroughbred Racing News

Aug 29th 2023

Judge Marbley Grants HBPA Prejudgment Interest and Final Judgment Entered in Belterra VLT Lawsuit

United States District Court Chief Judge Algenon Marbley yesterday granted the Ohio HBPA’s motion for prejudgment interest in their case versus Belterra Park et. al. for retroactive VLT monies owed. In March, 2023 Chief Judge Marbley had granted the HBPA’s motion for summary judgment in the case in the amount of $2,872,910.45 and allowed the HBPA to file for prejudgment interest in the case. Yesterday’s ruling grants the Ohio HBPA $613,307.34 in prejudgment interest for…

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Jul 27th 2023

Belterra Park Cancels Friday, July 28th Card Rescheduled for Tuesday, August 1st

Belterra Park has cancelled racing tomorrow Friday, July 28th due to anticipated excessive heat. The card will be run as originally drawn next Tuesday, August 1st with a first post time of 11:25am. Any trainer wishing to scratch on Tuesday due to the date change will be able to do so without penalty. Training hours Tuesday will be from 5 to 9:30am. Regular training hours resume Wednesday and the first post will be back to…

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Jul 15th 2023

Jim Morgan/Tah Dah and Vivacious Stakes Rescheduled for Saturday, July 22nd

The Jim Morgan Memorial/Tah Dah Stakes and the Vivacious Stakes both of which were cancelled today due to unsafe track conditions at Belterra Park will be made up next Saturday, July 22nd. Entries for both stakes will be taken this Tuesday and any horse on the original nomination list for either stake is eligible to enter regardless of whether they had been entered today or not.

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Jul 6th 2023

Thistledown Strangles Update July 6th

STRANGLES QUARANTINE RULES UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, BARN 26 & 27 REMAIN UNDER QUARANTINE TRAINING HOURS HORSES STABLED IN BARNS 26 & 27 WILL ONLY BE PERMITTED TO TRAIN FROM 10:00AM – 11:00AM UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE ALL OTHER HORSES WILL TRAIN FROM 6:00AM-10:00AM WITH A HARROW BREAK FROM 8:30AM-9:00AM. PLEASE MAKE SURE ALL HORSES ARE CLEAR FROM TRACK AT 10:00AM TO ALLOW HORSES FROM BARN 26 & 27 TO TRAIN. WASH RACK HOURS THE WASH RACK…

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Jul 5th 2023

Thistledown Barns 26 and 27 Quarantined

As a result of a horse having a positive PCR test for Strangles barns 26 and 27 have been quarantined as a precautionary measure as of July 5th. We are awaiting results of confirmatory tests on the horse which had the positive PCR test. Other horses in the quarantined barns will also be tested. We will keep everyone posted when further information becomes available.

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