Charles Joshua Cella (August 27, 1936 – December 6, 2017) was president of Southern Real Estate and Financial Company, an executive in the American Thoroughbred horse racing industry, and a racehorse owner.

Dec 7, 2017 · Cella, Charles Joshua 1936-2017 Mr. Cella died peacefully of complications from Parkinson's disease on Wednesday, December 6, 2017.

Dec 6, 2017 · Charles Cella loved nothing more than getting people out to Oaklawn Park. The longtime president and chairman of the board of the Oaklawn Jockey Club died Dec. 6 of complications from Parkinson's...

Dec 11, 2017 · Like George Steinbrenner and Bruce Springsteen, Charles J. Cella became known as "The Boss." And no one at Oaklawn Park had to explain. In almost a half-century as the Hot Springs, Ark., track's president, Cella surrounded himself with the best and the brightest in Thoroughbred racing, yet did things the Cella way.

Dec 6, 2017 · Charles J. Cella, who helped turn Oaklawn Park into a major racing destination in the South as a third-generation president of the Arkansas track and a thoroughbred owner himself, died Wednesday. He was 81.

Dec 6, 2017 · HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (News release) – Charles J. Cella, a leading figure in American Thoroughbred racing for over a half century and longtime President and Chairman of the Board of the Oaklawn Jockey Club in Hot Springs, Arkansas, has died of complications from Parkinson’s disease.

Charles J. Cella, who became president of his family’s Oaklawn Park in 1968 and turned the Hot Springs, Ark., track into a hotbed for 3-year-olds like eventual Triple Crown winner American...

Mar 13, 2025 · Charles Cella is best known among American racing enthusiasts as part of the third generation to head the Cella family’s involvement in the thoroughbred horse racing industry. He owned what is now Oaklawn Racing Casino Resort in Hot Springs (Garland County).

Charles J. Cella is president of Southern Real Estate and Financial Company, an executive in the American Thoroughbred horse racing industry, and a racehorse owner.

Dec 6, 2017 · Charles J. Cella, who helped turn Oaklawn Park into a major racing destination in the South as a third-generation president of the Arkansas track and a thoroughbred owner himself, died Wednesday. He was 81.