It has been announced that a proposal has been made which calls for Ohio Super Night to take place at Northfield Park in 2016.

Officials with the Ohio Standardbred Development Fund have announced that they will meet at the Riffe Center, 77 South High St., 31st Floor, South Room B & C on Wednesday (December 9) at 10 a.m.

A list of actions that will be considered at the meeting appear below.

• Approval of minutes from OSDF meeting on Nov. 17, 2015.

• Approval of Northfield Park hosting OSS Super Night on Saturday, Sept. 3, 2016.
– Schedule of 2016 OSS events, including older races.
– Nomination fee for OSS series ($500).
– Starting fee for each leg is $500.
– Championship starting fee is $1,000.

• Eight, $50,000 consolations races at Scioto Downs on Monday, Sept. 5, 2016.
– Consolation starting fee is $500.

• Drop the qualifying times by one second and give a second for the first leg of the series (so the first leg would be allowed two seconds).

• All horses on the starting gate.

• Raising stallion registration fees (rule change) to $1,000 or higher.

• Approval of $100,000 contribution to OSU for research.

• Approval of $150,000 advertising and promotional budget.

• Discussion of 2016 budget.

• Old business.

• New business.

(With files from OSDF)