Ohio Derby

The Ohio Derby is an American Thoroughbred horse race held annually in mid-to-late June at Thistledown in North Randall, Ohio.

The Grade III stakes for three-year-olds is run on dirt over a distance of 1 miles.

The race currently offers a purse of $500,000.

Inaugurated in 1876 at Chester Park, a racetrack on Spring Grove Avenue in Cincinnati, Ohio, the race was canceled after the 1883 running. It was revived in 1924 by the Maple Heights Park racetrack with future Hall of Fame inductee and that year's Kentucky Derby winner Black Gold claiming victory. From 1928 thru 1932 the Ohio Derby was hosted by the now defunct Bainbridge Park Race Track in Bainbridge Township, Ohio, built in 1927 by John King and Homer Kline.

Pete D. Anderson, trainer of 2007 winner Delightful Kiss, won this race in 1964 as the jockey on 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. This race was downgraded from a graded stakes to a listed stakes in 2014. The race regained graded status in 2017 by The American Graded Stakes Committee of the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association.

As of 2016, this race is run at 1 and 1/8th miles.

Records Speed record: 1:47.40 @ 1-1/8 miles: Smarten (1979) 1:42.80 @ 1-1/16 miles: Gushing Wind (1962) 2:40.00 @ miles: McWhirter (1877)

Most wins by a jockey: 2 - Garth Patterson (1976, 1984) 2 - Pat Day (1980, 1995) 2 - Jacinto Vásquez (1982, 1990) 2 - Willie Martinez (1994, 2004) 2 - Shane Sellers (1998, 2003) 2 - Mike McCarthy (1999, 2000)

Most wins by a trainer: 2 - Edward D. Brown (1876, 1881) 2 - Clarence S. Buxton (1931, 1932) 2 - Woody Stephens (1955, 1979) 2 - Richard W. Small (1986, 1999) 2 - Thomas M. Amoss (2016, 2020) 2 - Brad H. Cox (2019, 2022)

Most wins by an owner: 2 - Jerome H. Louchheim (1931, 1932) 2 - Robert E. Meyerhoff (1986, 1999)

Winners Year Winner Jockey Trainer Owner Time Win $ Gr.2026Chip HonchoJose L. OrtizSteven M. AsmussenLeland Ackerley Racing, James Sherwood, Jode Shupe and John Cilia1:51.18$300,000G32025Mo PlexJoseph D. RamosJeremiah C. EnglehartR and H Stable 1:50.72$300,000G32024Batten DownJunior AlvaradoWilliam I. MottJuddmonte Farm1:50.20$300,000G32023Two Phil's Gerardo CorralesLarry RivelliPatricia's Hope LLC, Phillip Sagan, & Madaket Stables 1:49.60$300,000G32022Tawny PortIrad Ortiz Jr.Brad H. CoxPeachtree Stables 1:50.46$300,000G32021MasqueparadeMiguel MenaAlbert M. Stall Jr.FTGGG Racing (Wilbur "Bill" Babin & partners)1:50.82$300,000G32020Dean MartiniRicardo MejiasThomas M. AmossRaise the Bar Racing, LLC (Annie Jessee & partners)1:51.60$300,000G32019OwendaleFlorent GerouxBrad H. CoxRupp Racing (Jim Rupp & partners)1:50.88$300,000G32018Core BeliefsJoseph TalamoPeter EurtonGary Broad1:51.08$300,000G32017IrapJulien LeparouxDoug O'NeillReddam Racing LLC1:50.48$300,000G32016Mo TomJavier CastellanoThomas M. AmossGMB Racing (Gayle Benson)1:51.82 $300,000L/R2015Mr. ZJoe BravoD. Wayne LukasCalumet Farm (Brad M. Kelley)1:43.60 $300,000L/R2014East HallJuan LeyvaWilliam A. KaplanH. Jack Hendricks & Roger Justice1:44.22$180,000L/R2013Title ContenderHector L. Rosario Jr.Wayne M. CatalanoMary & Gary West1:43.80$60,000G22012ProspectiveJermaine BridgmohanMark E. CasseJohn C. Oxley1:42.84$60,000G22011Caleb's PosseEddie Razo Jr.Donnie K. Von HemelMcNeill Stables (Don C. McNeill) & Cheyenne Stables (Everett Dobson)1:43.12 $60,000G22010Pleasant PrinceAlex SolisWesley A. WardKenneth and Sarah Ramsey1:43.90$60,000G22009Gone AstrayEddie CastroClaude McGaugheyPhipps Stable1:50.56$90,000G22008Smooth AirManoel CruzBennie Stutts Jr.Mount Joy Stables (Brian Burns)1:50.26$180,000G22007Delightful KissJeffrey SanchezPete D. AndersonHobeau Farm1:49.36$180,000G22006Deputy GlittersRené R. DouglasThomas AlbertraniJoseph LaCombe Stable1:50.32$210,000G22005PalladioRichard Dos RamosRoger AttfieldHaras Santa Maria de Araras (Julio Bozano)1:51.56$210,000G22004Brass HatWillie MartinezWilliam B. BradleyFred F. Bradley1:49.50$210,000G22003Wild and WickedShane SellersKenny McPeekMr. & Mrs. R. David Randal1:50.08$180,000G22002Magic WeisnerRichard MiglioreNancy AlbertsNancy Alberts1:49.96$180,000G22001Western PrideDana WhitneyRichard EstvankoTheresa McArthur1:48.66$180,000G22000Milwaukee BrewMike McCarthyTino AttardFrank Stronach1:50.58$180,000G21999Stellar BrushMike McCarthyRichard W. SmallRobert E. Meyerhoff1:49.22$180,000G21998Classic CatShane SellersDavid C. Cross Jr.David Garber1:49.92$180,000G21997Frisk Me NowEdwin L. King Jr.Robert DursoCarol R. Dender1:48.28$180,000G21996Skip AwayJosé A. SantosSonny HineCarolyn Hine1:47.86$180,000G21995PetionvillePat DayRandy BradshawEverest Stables (Jeff Nielsen)1:48.93$180,000G21994Exclusive Praline Willie MartinezSteve TowneFrank C. Calabrese1:48.54$180,000G21993Forever Whirl Abdiel ToribioMartin D. WolfsonAlan Reskin & Irving Ellis1:48.93$180,000G21992Majestic SweepEarlie FiresRobert Reid Jr.Three G. Stable1:50.07$180,000G21991Private ManJohn R. VelazquezJohn O. HertlerPhilip Dileo1:50.20$180,000G21990Private School Jacinto VásquezDonald HabeebBruce Hutson1:51.20$180,000G21989King Glorious Chris McCarronJerry HollendorferFour M Stables Inc & Halo Farms (Theodore Aroney)1:50.40$180,000G21988Jims Orbit Shane RomeroClarence E. PicouJames Cottrell1:50.60$150,000G21987Lost Code Gene St. LeonBill Donovan Wendover Stable (Donald Levinson)1:50.60$150,000G21986Broad BrushGary StevensRichard W. SmallRobert E. Meyerhoff1:51.20$150,000G21985Skip TrialJean-Luc SamynHubert HineZelda Cohen1:49.00$120,000G21984At The Threshold Garth PattersonLynn S. WhitingW. Cal Partee1:49.30$120,000G21983Pax Nobiscum Robin PlattsJames E. DayKingfield Farm1:50.20$90,000G21982Spanish Drums Jacinto VásquezAntonio ArcodiaAnthony Drakas1:49.60$90,000G21981Pass The Tab Antonio GraellAlbert S. BarreraLeopoldo Villareal1:49.60$90,000G21980Stone Manor Pat DayJames C. BentleyGerald Armstrong1:52.00$90,000G21979SmartenSam MapleWoody StephensRyehill Farm Stable (Jim & Eleanor Ryan)1:47.40$90,000G21978Special Honor Robert BreenEdward T. McCannG. Alvin Haynes1:47.80$90,000G21977Silver Series Larry SynderOscar Dishman Jr.Archie R. Donaldson1:49.20$90,000G21976Return of a Native Garth PattersonWilliam R. PickettSundance Stable1:49.80$75,000G21975Brent's Prince Ben R. FelicianoJames E. MorganMary Classen1:49.40$66,780G21974Stonewalk Miguel A. RiveraDaniel J. LopezTimberland Stable (Lopez Sr.)1:53.20$63,000G21973Our Native Anthony RiniWilliam Resseguet Jr.Elizabeth Pritchard1:50.20$63,882G21972FreetexJames MoseleyWilliam T. RaymondMiddletown Stables (Joseph & William Stavola)1:50.40$64,1341971Twist The AxeRobert WoodhouseGeorge T. PoolePastorale Stable (Barbara Vanderbilt Whitney Headley)1:52.40$32,2561970ClimberHeliodoro GustinesThomas J. KellyBrookmeade Stable1:50.60$25,6411969Berkley PrinceJohn GiovanniJ. William BonifaceVirgil Christopher & Philip S. Heisler1:50.60$22,4501968Te VegaMike ManganelloGeorge C. BertholdBrunswick Farm (Frank C. Sullivan)1:51.00$19,0751967Out The WindowBobby WallRobert D. GoldsberryJames. R. Chapman1:52.20$21,0001966War CensorDavid KassenS. Bryant OttFourth Estate Stable (John S. Knight)1:52.20$22,3201965Terra HiRonald J. CampbellRobert E. HolthusBar O Stable1:50.00$21,0201964NationalPete D. AndersonLucien LaurinReginald N. Webster1:44.60$19,4351963Lemon TwistSidney LeJeune Jr.Peter C. Keiser Theodore DeLong Buhl1:44.40$20,5721962Gushing WindRobert L. BairdJohn O. MeauxT. Alie Grissom1:42.80$15,6161961Gay's PalGuy SmithsonMack CrawfordH. C. Drew1:43.60$12,4771960PlaygoerClarence MeauxW. Hal BishopW. Hal Bishop Stable1:47.80$11,7571959On-and-OnSteve BrooksHorace A. JonesCalumet Farm1:49.40$19,7301958Terra FirmaLois C. CookR. Douglas PrewittH. Edsall Olson & R. Douglas Prewitt1:54.20$19,9801957ManteauKenneth ChurchHoward C. HoffmanLouis Lee Haggin II1:49.00$19,8401956Born MightyJohn ChoquetteSylvester E. VeitchCornelius V. Whitney1:55.80$29,0411955Traffic JudgeEddie ArcaroWoody StephensClifford H. Mooers1:50.20$28,9381954Timely TipPaul A. WardReid ArmstrongA. L. Birch1:49.80$18,7031953FindEric GuerinWilliam C. WinfreyAlfred G. Vanderbilt Jr.1:48.00$18,9881952Carter's PrideStanley BielenRobert BrannockM. Carter & J. Johnson1:54.60$3,7831936 - 1951Race not held1935ParadisicalLee HardyAlbert MillerIsaac Jacob Collins 1:51.20$4,2501933 - 1934Race not held1932EconomicFrancis HornClarence S. BuxtonJerome H. Louchheim1:51.60$7,7601931A La CarteFrank CatroneClarence S. BuxtonAlton Stable (Jerome H. Louchheim)1:58.00$11,5801930CullodenPete GroosDaniel E. StewartJohnson N. Camden Jr.1:51.60$11,5801929Thistle FyrnV. SmithEdward HaughtonGeorge Collins1:51.60$11,8801928SunfireRoger LeonardThomas J. HealeyRichard T. Wilson Jr.1:52.20$7,3201927 Race not held1926Boot To BootAlbert JohnsonWilliam A. HurleyIdle Hour Stock Farm Stable1:57.00$7,3201925MillwickKenny NoeKimball PattersonCharles A. Mills1:50.80$7,3201924Black GoldJ. D. MooneyHanley WebbRosa M. Hoots1:57.40$4,0001884 - 1923Race not held1883PilotWatkinsJ. Nicholas AckermanJ. Nicholas Ackerman2:55.00$1,1001882BabcockKelsoWilliam LakelandWilliam Lakeland2:45.00$9501881BootjackAllenEdward D. BrownMilton Young2:41.00$5501880Mary AndersonCaldwell & Co2:52.00$6001879Ben HillCharles ShauerLloyd & Co.2:54.00$7501878HarperMcLellanBeatty & McClellan2:40.50$1,0251877McWhirterMr. JamesAbraham PerryAbe Buford2:40.00$9751876BombayBilly WalkerEdward D. BrownDaniel Swigert2:46.00$1,000

References

External links 2007 Ohio Derby at Thistledown racecorse The 2009 Ohio Derby article at Thoroughbred Times