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The Season of Hope

Posted in Stable News by webmaster on 02/12/2010

The first stakes payments are due next Monday for the colts and fillies hoping to race this summer in Sires Stakes and the many Fair Stakes opportunities that exist in this part of the country. Trainer, Dee Hotton, recently sent a short and succinct report from Pinehurst, North Carolina on the progress of the horses under her care:

"Stable is doing well, lots of hope." Read More...

Gone to Pinehurst

Posted in Stable News by webmaster on 01/04/2010

The new year has ushered in brutal winter weather in Ohio and the Dee Hotton Stable shipped south to Pinehurst, North Carolina, just in time to avoid the worst of it, but not without getting a parting blast before leaving.

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Rotunda Mystery Solved!

Posted in General by webmaster on 12/23/2009

For a number of years there has been speculation about exactly when the iconic round barn, often referred to as the Rotunda, located on the Wayne County Fairgrounds in Wooster, Ohio was built.

Wonder no longer, it was 1912. Read More...

Samsawinner's Bakers Dozen

Posted in Stable News by webmaster on 12/13/2009

Samsawinner, added one more to the win column at Northfield Park on Saturday night with Dan Charlino in the race bike. Taking full advantage of a drop in class to a $2,800 condition-claiming trot, Charlino drove the horse to the lead past the quarter-pole and timed the mile perfectly to get the victory, while setting a new lifetime mark on Samsawinner of 1:59.3h. The 3-year-old trotter now has a dozen wins out of his 31 starts this year as his Sophomore racing season ends.

Stable Roster Growing

Posted in Stable News by webmaster on 12/06/2009

The Dee Hotton Stable has recently added two trotting yearlings to the stable roster. An Ohio eligible filly by Trainforthefuture, out of the mare Rose Run Gina: ROSE RUN MISTY, who was purchased out of the November Blooded Horse Sale. Arriving at the stable on Friday was, a New York eligible filly, SWING ANNA CASH, sired by Cash Hall out of the broodmare Swing Anna Miss. Read More...

Looking for Old Wayne County Fair Win Pictures

Posted in General by webmaster on 11/06/2009

As part of an ongoing research project about the Wayne County Fair, located in Wooster, Ohio, it was discovered that we have had horse racing at the Fair since 1869.

I have asked a number of people when it became popular to hire a photographer and take a picture of the winning horse? When did the idea of a win picture come into vogue? When did a win picture photographer show up at the Wayne County Fair: 1920's, 1940's, 1960's? Nobody seems to remember, or know. Read More...