Posted on December 27th, 2017 O.T.B.O. STALLION SEASON AUCTION SET FOR FEBRUARY 3 – 5 The Annual O.T.B.O. Stallion Season Auction will take place on-line in 2018 and will run from Saturday, February 3, 9 a.m. Through Monday, February 5 with the ending times staggered between 6 p.m. – all times Eastern Standard. “In the past, the window for bidding over the three-day period was limited to noon to 4:00 p.m.,” stated John Engelhardt, executive director. “The Board elected to take this new format because it expands opportunities for bidders and those donating seasons as bidding is on a 24-hour basis.

1. Thoroughbred Trainers Listing
2. Ohio Thoroughbred Trainers License Search
3. Ohio Thoroughbred Trainers License Test

This platform also features a photo of the stallions and information on the farms where they are standing. Top farms in Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana have already committed to donation seasons from some excellent stallions and we continue to reach out to farms in Florida, Pennsylvania, New York and several other regions. The auction is open to bidders nationwide.” The O.T.B.O. Is adding to the list daily and will be publishing it on the website in early January and will continue to add additional seasons to the auction site up to 48 hours prior to the start of the bidding. Instructions on how to access the bidding venue will be posted along with the list.

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When can I obtain a license at a fair? A member of the OSRC staff issues licenses on the first day of racing at each pari-mutuel fair. Temporary 30-day owner's license to your trainer upon his application and payment of the fee on your behalf. If licensing requirements. Breeder (Thoroughbred). Medical & First Aid. In the hands of a licensed trainer, with such transfer approved by the Stewards. If a trainer's. A thoroughbred horse or stable ruled off or under suspension by any recognized turf authority, any licensing body of any. Suspended, expelled, ruled off or denied a license at all tracks operating under permit from the Ohio state.

Best Answer: In order to become a licensed trainer in any state, you must first hold a license, for 2 consecutive and current years, in that state, as one of the following: groom, pony rider, owner, excersize rider, jockey, or assistant trainer. (the assistant trainer's license test, is basically the same as a trainer's test.

If you have a stallion you would like entered into the auction, entry forms are available now under “Sales and Auctions” on the O.T.B.O. If you have questions, please send an e-mail to or call the office at 513-574-5888.

Chapter 3769-7 Owner and Jockey Rules; Violations No permit holder shall allow any horse to start in a race unless the owner, owners, lessee or lessees of same are licensed or the owner has been issued a reciprocal validation for a current and properly issued owner's license from another state or other racing jurisdiction which has reciprocity with the Ohio state racing commission. Any owner who shall desire to ride his own horse in a race may be issued a jockey's license, at the steward's discretion, but must also secure an owner's license.

In addition to all other rules applicable to license as promulgated by the commission, an owner must provide workers' compensation coverage in accordance with Ohio law, for all of his or her employees who are connected with racing. Upon request of the commission, the owner must provide satisfactory proof of such workers' compensation coverage. Review dates: and Promulgated Under: Statutory Authority: Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 1/1/87, 10/4/92 To make application for an owner's license, a corporation must supply to the commission a copy of its articles of incorporation, a certified roster of corporate officers and directors, one of whom must be designated as the chief executive officer, and a certified roster of shareholders including the number of shares and the percentage of the total outstanding shares held by each. To participate as an ownership entity, a corporation must acquire an owner's license itself, an owner's license for the chief executive officer and for any shareholder who possesses five per cent or more of the total outstanding shares. In applying this rule, if the aggregate per cent of ownership of two or more family members, as defined below, exceeds five per cent or more, then each and every family member with an ownership interest must be licensed. A 'family member' is a spouse or blood relative of a single family limited to children, parents, aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces or nephews.

The commission reserves the right to refuse to license or to rescind a license of any corporation if any officer, director or shareholder does not meet the commission's eligibility requirements. To participate as an ownership entity, a partnership must supply to the commission the partnership or syndication agreement which lists all partners and the portion of the entity owned by each. Every member of a partnership possessing five per cent or more interest must acquire an owner's license. In applying this rule, if the aggregate per cent of ownership of two or more family members, as defined below, exceeds five per cent or more, then each and every family member with an ownership interest must be licensed.

A 'family member' is a spouse or blood relative of a single family, limited to children, parents, siblings, aunts, uncles, grandparents, nieces or nephews. If no member of a partnership owns five per cent or more interest as defined in paragraph (E) of this rule, the partnership is required to designate one partner as the managing partner and that person must acquire a license as an owner. The commission reserves the right to bar the participation of a partnership if any partner does not meet the commission's eligibility requirements. When a partnership which owns horses is comprised of six or more individuals, it shall be required to adopt a stable name, registered under the provision of agency-level 3769 of the Administrative Code.

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Horses shall be regarded as having a common owner when an owner of one horse, either as an individual or as a licensed member of a partnership or as a licensed shareholder of a corporation shall have an ownership interest in another horse, either as an individual or as a licensed member of a partnership or as a licensed shareholder of a corporation. Review dates: and Promulgated Under: Statutory Authority: Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 2/6/99 Any owner or trainer may engage an authorized agent or agents who may handle all business between the permit holder and the agent's principal. No authorized agent shall be licensed by the commission except upon receipt of written notice their engagement as an agent by an owner and/or a trainer.

Review dates: and Promulgated Under: Statutory Authority: Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/85 Each owner shall be entitled to register a set of racing colors without fee other than that which covers the owner's license. Such colors shall not be claimed or used by others except after three years withdrawal from the turf.

In thoroughbred racing, no horse shall be allowed to race unless the owner's colors are registered with the stewards and/or Ohio state racing commission. If two conflicting applications are received, priority shall be given to applicants who have their colors registered with the 'Jockey Club.'

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An owner's colors shall not be used by a jockey to ride horses owned by other parties. Substitute colors may be permitted for one race only at a meeting. Thereafter a fine up to fifty dollars shall be imposed for each race without proper colors. Each permit holder shall provide a sufficient number of jockey caps which will be of colors which can be blended with the owner's silks; each jockey cap will have a number affixed thereon to coincide with post positions; however, an owner can substitute a cap as part of his/her colors, said cap need not have a number affixed thereto.

Review dates: and Promulgated Under: Statutory Authority: Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/85 When two horses, the property of one owner, are run in a race, caps of contrasting colors shall be provided for the jockeys of the horses of the entry. Review dates: and Promulgated Under: Statutory Authority: Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/85 Any person who shall entice away or attempt to entice away any employee from honoring any written agreement with another licensee may be fined and/or suspended or penalized under the provisions of the penalties provided by rule of the Administrative Code. Review dates: and Promulgated Under: Statutory Authority: Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/85, 6/1/06 Rescinded eff 6-1-06 Rescinded eff 6-1-06 When an owner or trainer shall discharge a jockey, groom or attendant, such owner or trainer shall, upon demand in writing, give such jockey, groom or attendant a written statement setting forth the cause and reason for the discharge and shall forthwith pay them to date for service theretofore rendered. On refusing to do so, they may be fined and/or suspended. Review dates: and Promulgated Under: Statutory Authority: Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/85 When a trainer is to be absent from his stable or the grounds where his horses are racing at a time when a horse under his care is scheduled to race or for a period of more than two racing days, he must provide a licensed trainer or assistant trainer to assume the joint responsibility for the horses he is training.

Such licensed trainer or assistant trainer shall sign, in the presence of the stewards, a statement accepting responsibility for such horses being trained. Review dates: and Promulgated Under: Statutory Authority: Rule Amplifies: Prior Effective Dates: 1/1/85 Any owner or trainer who shall employ a jockey in a race to prevent him/her from riding for another in the same race, may be fined, suspended or referred to the commission.