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Great Darke County Fair
Fair to honor
Jockey Chelsey Keiser
The Darke County Agricultural Society is proud to announce they will be
honoring Darke County native Chelsey Keiser, as they race the
all-female driver’s race closing night in her honor. Chelsey is a 2010
Versailles graduate and daughter of Mike and Debbie Keiser of North
Star, Ohio. Chelsey is a jockey, currently hanging her tack at Suffolk
Downs in Boston where she is in the top ten in Jockey Standings.
Chelsey will be on hand for the winners circle presentation and she is
no stranger to the winners circle. In 2014 thus far her mounts have
taken her there 36 times with earning in excess $700,000. In 2013, her
first year, she found pay dirt 64 times. Her earnings in 2013 were over
1.4 million. Her biggest win to date was on Tooth N Claw in the
Maryland Million Starter Handicap.
The Snack Shop in New Madison will sponsor a giveaway to the first 500
fans who purchase a racing program an autographed win photo of Chelsey.
According to Brian Jones, owner of the Snack Shop, “it’s a total
pleasure to help honor this young lady. She is the best kept secret in
horse racing in Darke County. She is very successful in a male
dominated sport. She rides very aggressive, yet displays a wonderful
ability to get a horse to relax, then fire for home. Hopefully we can
show some young folks to dream big like Chelsey”.
Closing night will also feature a Gene Riegle Memorial Open Pace
commemorative mug to the first 1,000 fans who purchase a race program.
The giveaway begins at 6 pm in the grandstand.
Racing returns to Greenville, Ohio on Friday night, August 15 for the
Great Darke County Fair’s annual week long race meet. Racing also takes
place on Saturday, August 16, afternoon and night, and on Thursday,
August 21 and Friday, August 22 in the afternoons and nights. Afternoon
post times are 1 pm except for Friday August 22 it will be at noon.
Evening post times at 7 pm.
Condition sheets can be found at www.generieglememorial.com.
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