Grade 1 winner Ohio retired at 10, will become riding horse

ARCADIA, Calif. – Ohio, a 10-year-old Brazilian-bred who won four stakes, including the Grade 1 Frank Kilroe Mile in 2019, has been retired and will be retrained for a second career, trainer Michael McCarthy said on Friday.

“He’s going to be trained to be a riding horse and live a second half of his life as fruitful as his first half,” McCarthy said. “The horse has been extremely enjoyable to have around. He’s family.”

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A winner of 11 of 37 starts, all in Brazil and the United States, Ohio was scheduled to be transferred from Santa Anita to San Diego County this weekend.

Owned by Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners and Bruce Treitman, Ohio finished sixth of eight in the Grade 3 San Francisco Mile at Golden Gate Fields on April 24 in his final start. He won the Cotton Fitzsimmons Handicap at a mile on turf at Turf Paradise for the third consecutive year in March.

Ohio earned $639,748.