Direct Deceit Snares the Catlaunch!

Photo Courtesy of Jeff Zamaiko Photography

Fresh off of a claim just 8 days ago, trainer/owner Edwin Vizcarrondo’s Direct Deceit rolled down the stretch to capture the Catlaunch Stakes for Accredited Ohio Breds in 1:46:62 for the 1 and 1/16 miles over a good Thistledown track. Piloted by Angel Diaz, the son of Twinspired out of the Outrageouslyfunny mare Funnys Approval defeated Mobil Solution by 2 lengths with Firsthand Justice another half length back in third.

Direct Deceit sat behind the pack into a rocky first turn that featured some bumping and banging then moved 4-5 wide down the backstretch before engaging Mobil Solution turning for home and pulling away. The Bobby Rankin bred 6 year old gelding notched his first stakes triumph and crossed the $200,000 mark in lifetime earnings.

A full field of 11 entered the starting gate for today’s stake. The total earnings of the field is now more than $2.5 MILLION which would be an average of $230,000 per horse! This demonstrates once again the incredible value and opportunity owning an Ohio Bred – and particularly an Accredited Ohio Bred – represents!

The OTBO is conducting its Annual Mixed Sale at the Delaware County Fairgrounds on October 15th at 2 PM. Over 90 horses are entered in the sale including many young prospects who could some day win the Catlaunch themselves! Come out and buy yourself a winner!!!

Congratulations to all the winning connections.

Ohio Bred Filly lights up the Keeneland Sales board!

Hip number 1924, the final hip of the day, an Ohio Bred Filly by Bolt D’ Oro out of Hula Skirt sold on Sunday September 19th at Keeneland for $95,000. This filly was born and raised at Smokin C LLC in Stark County, Ohio and was owned by OTBO board member Steven Chumney. She was sales prepped by Elise Handler and consigned with Ballysax bloodstock.

Several of the bidders said they were especially interested in a yearling of this quality because of her eligibility to participate in the Ohio race fund incentives.

Chumney said, “I always knew this filly was special – sticking to my plan and having  confidence in the process proved to work out well. Days like this are what we all dream of and what  excite me for the future in this industry. Hula Skirts 2021 foal is an accredited filly by Cowtown Cat and appears to have similar qualities as her half sister who sold today. ”

“Ohio has a good program in place for breeders. As we continue to improve and work towards larger purses, I believe that the Ohio Thoroughbred industry can compete in all aspects of the national market.”

This $95,000 sale highlights what the Ohio breeding program has to offer and is the highest priced Ohio bred yearling sold at public auction in 2021 so far.

All of you will have the chance to acquire horses similar to this at the OTBO Sale on October 15th at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. The catalog will be up on our site later today. We encourage you to come out and see for yourself why Ohio Racing represents the Best Bang for the Buck in the USA!

The Devil Made Her Do It…Again!!!!

Photo Courtesy of Jeff Zamaiko

Amadevil remains undefeated with Mackey Angenora triumph!

September 2, 2021 by Kimberly Rinker, Ohio Thoroughbred Race Fund

Amadevil kept her untarnished winning streak intact this afternoon by capturing the $75,000 Michael G. Mackey Memorial-Angenora Stakes by nearly seven lengths in an easy gallop for rider Chelsey Keiser.

The chocolate bay daughter by Dominus—Preachette, by Pulpit picked up her fourth consecutive victory in as many tries for owners David Wolochuk and Blue Snow Racing, as she bested five rivals in a clocking of 1:10.44 for the six-furlong sprint. Wolochuk also trains the filly.

This Ohio Thoroughbred Race Fund (OTRF) stake was for Ohio registered fillies and mares, 3-year-olds and up, and saw 7-1 Circus Rings (Hector Berrios) finish second, with 1-1 Esplanande (Jose Bracho) third and 50-1 longshot Here Comes Jigs (Erik Barbaran) fourth.

The victory was Amadevil’s first foray into stakes competition and she proved herself well worthy of the attempt. Previously, donning her owner’s gold and black silks, she had rattled off two allowances triumphs on July 26 and Aug. 23 over the Cleveland dirt, after breaking her maiden on June 21 at Thistledown.

Sporting three white feet and a striking yellow bridle with a black shadow roll, Amadevil now has $104,400 in her career coffers.