Tim Hamm

Born: February 3, 1966 | Birthplace: Warren, Ohio | Residence: Morriston, FL; North Jackson, OH

First Win: Rose Colored Lady, River Downs, 1996 | Started Training: 1996, Turfway Park Circuit: Tampa Bay Downs, MahoningValley Race Course, Presque Isle Downs, Thistledown, Belterra Park, Turfway Park

While Hamm has won his share of big races at Tampa Bay Downs, the Ohio native is usually at his best in the Buckeye State. He finished fifth at Belterra Park in 2022 with 17 winners and was sixth at Thistledown with 30 winners. Hamm rose to national prominence in 2020 for his work with 2-year-old filly Dayoutoftheoffice, owned by his Blazing Meadows Farm in partnership with her breeder, Siena Farms. The journey took flight with a July victory in the historic Grade III Schuylerville Stakes at Saratoga, followed by a triumph in the Grade I Frizette in October at Belmont. That stamped her ticket to the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies at Keeneland, where she finished second to Vequist. In partnership with WinStar Farm, Blazing Meadows (located in North Jackson, Ohio) bred the filly Alexandria, a four-time stakes winner in Ohio with career earnings exceeding $260,000. Alexandria finished third in the Grade III Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs in 2020. Another top Blazing Meadows homebred is the multiple stakes-winning Ohio-bred filly Esplanande, who finished second in the Grade I Spinaway in 2020 as a 2-year-old and captured the Best of Ohio Diana Stakes at Belterra Park the following year. Hamm also bred, owned and trained the hard-knocking, multiple stakes-winning mare Leona’s Reward, who won 19 of 55 starts while amassing more than $1-million in earnings. In Oldsmar, Hamm is remembered for winning the 2019 Wayward Lass Stakes with the graded stakes-placed Tapa Tapa Tapa in stakes-record time for a mile-and-a-sixteenth, a year after she finished second in the race. Hamm is a past president of the Ohio Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners and the Ohio Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association and was instrumental in securing the addition of video slot machines at Ohio racetracks.