John Izzo attended the Ohio State Racing Commission Meeting
on September 30, 2014. No days were approved for live racing in
2015. At this time, it looks like Dayton will race 75 days, Miami Valley
will race 89 days, Northfield Park will race 214 days, Scioto Downs will race
100 days, Belterra will race 93 days, Mahoning Valley will race 100 days, and
Thistledown will race 100 days.
The Chairman talked about the Best of
Ohio and the five races that will go with purses of $150,000 each. The
Chairman also talked about the nine Standardbred races that went this past
Saturday at Scioto Downs, each with $200,000 purses. Neither Northfield
Park nor Betlerra have reached agreements with their respective horsemen’s
groups as to VLT revenue. Although agreements were to be in place no
later than six months after the VLT’s began at their racetracks, the Commission
has continued to give Northfield Park additional time to work with the Ohio
Harness Horsemen’s Association.
The next Commission meeting will be held
on October 23, 2014.
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