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The Head of the Ohio also known as HOTO is a rowing race held on the penultimate complete weekend of October each year on the Ohio River and Allegheny River at Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The race is named the Head of the Ohio because it is a head race. It is the largest 2-day regatta on the Inland Rivers System with more than 2000 athletes rowing from over 75 universities colleges and high schools. The regatta was the seventh largest in both 2006 and 2007.