News & Announcements

• Gone to Pinehurst
  Posted on 01/04/2010 by webmaster under Stable News
  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 on 12/23/2009 by webmaster under General
  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.
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• Samsawinner's Bakers Dozen
  Posted on 12/13/2009 by webmaster under Stable News
  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 on 12/06/2009 by webmaster under Stable News
  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.
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• Allamerican Tender on the Ticket
  Posted on 11/28/2009 by webmaster under Stable News
  The 3-year-old pacing filly, Allamerican Tender, owned by Rob and Deb Castaldo and driven by Wyatt Irvine, grabbed the show spot on the mutuel ticket. After taking alot of air in a three-wide move up the backside the filly was thwarted in her bid for a second place finish in the photo at the wire.
  
  
• Looking for Old Wayne County Fair Win Pictures
  Posted on 11/06/2009 by webmaster under General
  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.
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