The Ohio Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race

Thoroughbred horse race

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 held annually in early June at Thistledown

Thistledown (racecourse)

Thistledown is a thoroughbred race track in North Randall, Ohio at the outskirts of the city of Cleveland. It is owned by Harrah's Entertainment.-History and Information:...

 in North Randall, Ohio

North Randall, Ohio

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The Grade III Stakes

Graded stakes race

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 race for three-year-olds is run on dirt over a distance of 1 and 1/16 miles.

The race currently offers a purse of $300,000 but was reduced to $150,000 for the 2009 edition.

The 2011 Ohio Derby was the 77th run of its history. Inaugurated in 1876, the race was canceled after the 1882 running but was revived in 1924 with future Hall of Fame

National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame

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 inductee and that year's Kentucky Derby

Kentucky Derby

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 winner Black Gold

Black Gold (horse)

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 claiming victory. For a time, the Ohio Derby was held at the now defunct Bainbridge Park Race Track in Bainbridge Township, Ohio

Bainbridge Township, Geauga County, Ohio

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, built in 1927 by John King and Homer Kline.

Pete D. Anderson

Pete D. Anderson

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, trainer

Horse trainer

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 of 2007 winner Delightful Kiss, won this race in 1964 as the jockey

Jockey

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 for National.

The Ohio Derby was not scheduled to be run in 2009 in order to maintain reasonable purses for area horsemen. However, an announcement was made in August that the Grade II race would run on October 3, 2009 on the Best of Ohio card. http://www.thistledown.com/NewsEvents/FeatureStories/Details/august242009.htm

Winners of the Ohio Derby since 1993

Year	Winner	Age	Jockey	Trainer	Owner	Distance (Miles)	Time	Grade
2011	Caleb's Posse	3	Eddie Razo Jr.	Donnie Von Hemel	McNeill Stables/Cheyenne Stables	1-1/16	1:43.12	III
2010	Pleasant Prince	3	Alex Solis Alex Solis Alex O. Solis is a jockey based in the United States. He currently lives in Glendora, California and rides predominantly in Southern California...	Wesley A. Ward Wesley A. Ward Wesley A. Ward is a retired American Champion jockey and a current trainer in Thoroughbred horse racing...	Kenneth & Sarah Ramsey	1-1/16	1:43.90	III
2009	Gone Astray	3	Eddie Castro Eddie Castro Eddie Castro is a Panamanian-born jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up on a produce farm in Panama where he learned to ride saddle horses. Influenced by the accomplishments of other local jockeys, Castro attended the Panamanian jockey school and began riding in races in...	Claude McGaughey	Phipps Stable	1-1/8	1:50.56	III
2008	Smooth Air	3	Manoel Cruz	Bennie Stutts, Jr.	Mount Joy Stables	1-1/8	1:50.26	II
2007	Delightful Kiss	3	Jeffrey Sanchez Jeffrey Sanchez Jeffrey Sánchez has been a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives since 2003. Sánchez represents the Fifteenth Suffolk/Norfolk district, which is made up of the Boston communities Mission Hill, Jamaica Plain and Roslindale as well as the Precinct 5 of the Town of...	Pete D. Anderson Pete D. Anderson Peter D. Anderson is a retired American jockey and a current Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He began his riding career in the latter part of the late 1940s and was the leading apprentice jockey in New York in 1948...	Hobeau Farm	1-1/8	1:49.36	III
2006	Deputy Glitters Deputy Glitters Deputy Glitters is an American Thoroughbred racehorse who was a contender for the U.S. Triple Crown in 2006.-Connections:...	3	Rene R. Douglas Rene R. Douglas Rene R. Douglas Panama is a jockey in American Thoroughbred horse racing. Born into a Thoroughbred racing family, after attending jockey school Douglas rode in his native Panama for a year and a half before moving to the United States in 1983. His first major win came in 1989 in the prestigious...	Thomas Albertrani	Joseph LaCombe Stable Joseph LaCombe Joseph P. LaCombe is a retired American businessman and owner of Joseph LaCombe Stable Inc., a Thoroughbred horse racing stable...	1-1/8	1:50.32	III
2005	Palladio	3	Richard Dos Ramos Richard Dos Ramos Richard Anthony Dos Ramos is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing. He grew up in Malton, Ontario where his family emigrated when he was young...	Roger Attfield Roger Attfield Roger L. Attfield is a Canadian thoroughbred horse trainer and owner.In his native England, Attfield had become an accomplished international-level equestrian competitor when he emigrated to Canada in 1970...	Haras Santa Maria de Araras	1-1/8	1:51.56	III
2004	Brass Hat Brass Hat Brass Hat is an American Thoroughbred racehorse. He is out of the mare Brassy and sired by Prized, winner of the 1989 Breeders' Cup Turf and a son of the highly successful sire Kris S....	3	Willie Martinez Willie Martinez (jockey) Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...	William B. Bradley	Fred F. Bradley	1-1/8	1:49.50	III
2003	Wild and Wicked	3	Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....	Kenny McPeek	Robert Randal	1-1/8	1:50.08	III
2002	Magic Weisner Magic Weisner Magic Weisner was an American Thoroughbred racehorse. A descendant of Bold Forbes, he was sired by Ameri Valay by breeder Nancy H. Alberts...	3	Richard Migliore	Nancy Alberts	Nancy Alberts	1-1/8	1:49.96	III
2001	Western Pride	3	Dana Whitney	Richard Estvanko	Theresa McArthur	1-1/8	1:48.66	III
2000	Milwaukee Brew Milwaukee Brew Milwaukee Brew is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known as one of only three horses to ever win back-to-back runnings of the Santa Anita Handicap....	3	Mike McCarthy Michael J. McCarthy Michael J. McCarthy was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:A native of Niagara, Wisconsin, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Additionally he attended Troy State University and Harvard University.-Career:...	Tino Attard	Frank Stronach Frank Stronach Frank Stronach, CM is an Austrian-Canadian businessman. He is the founder of Magna International, an international automotive parts company based in Aurora, Ontario, Canada, and Magna Entertainment Corp., which specializes in horse-racing entertainment...	1-1/8	1:50.58	III
1999	Stellar Brush	3	Mike McCarthy Michael J. McCarthy Michael J. McCarthy was a Major General in the United States Air Force.-Biography:A native of Niagara, Wisconsin, he attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Additionally he attended Troy State University and Harvard University.-Career:...	Richard W. Small	Robert E. Meyerhoff	1-1/8	1:49.22	III
1998	Classic Cat	3	Shane Sellers Shane Sellers Shane Jude Sellers is an American Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. At age eleven, he began working around horses and in 1983 rode his first winner at Evangeline Downs....	David C. Cross, Jr.	David Garber	1-1/8	1:49.92	III
1997	Frisk Me Now Frisk Me Now Frisk Me Now is an American-bred Thoroughbred racehorse a multiple Graded stakes race winner whose victories include the Flamingo Stakes, Ohio and Pennsylvania Derbys, and the Suburban, Widener, Philip H...	3	Edwin L. King, Jr.	Robert Durso Robert Durso Robert Durso is an Italian-American pianist, born in 1959. Mr. Durso was educated at the Peabody Conservatory, Indiana University, Bloomington and Temple University. His principal teachers were Enrica Cavallo-Gulli, Harvey Wedeen, Edna Golandsky, Dorothy Taubman, and Rosalyn Tureck.Mr...	Carol R. Dender	1-1/8	1:48.28	III
1996	Skip Away Skip Away Skip Away , a gray Thoroughbred race horse, was named America's Champion 3 Year Old Male in 1996 and twice named America's Champion Handicap Horse...	3	Jose Santos José Santos Jose Abon Santos is a retired Chilean thoroughbred jockey who has been honored by the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in the United States.-Career:...	Sonny Hine Sonny Hine Hubert "Sonny" Hine was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer best known as the trainer of 1998 U.S. Horse of the Year, Skip Away.- Early life :...	Carolyn Hine Sonny Hine Hubert "Sonny" Hine was an American Hall of Fame Thoroughbred horse trainer best known as the trainer of 1998 U.S. Horse of the Year, Skip Away.- Early life :...	1-1/8	1:47.86	III
1995	Petionville	3	Pat Day Pat Day Patrick Alan "Pat" Day is an American jockey. He is a four-time winner of the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Jockey and was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1991...	Randy Bradshaw	Everest Stables	1-1/8	1:48.93	III
1994	Exclusive Praline	3	Willie Martinez Willie Martinez (jockey) Willie Martinez is a jockey in North American Thoroughbred horse racing.Martinez was born in Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico, but emigrated to the United States in 1988 to work as a hotwalker and groom for his sister's godfather at Finger Lakes Race Track in Farmington, New York...	Steve Towne	Frank C. Calabrese	1-1/8	1:48.54	III
1993	Forever Whirl	3	Abdiel Toribio	Martin D. Wolfson Martin D. Wolfson Martin "Marty" D. Wolfson is an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He embarked on a professional training career in the early 1970s. He is the son of Louis Wolfson, owner of Florida's Harbor View Farm who won the U.S...	Alan Reskin and Irving Ellis		1:48.93	III