Cranbury, NJ – The entry box for supplements to the 3-year-old and older Breeders Crown races and for all eligible horses to declare in to the $7.2 million year-end championship events at Eldorado Scioto Downs Racetrack, Columbus, Ohio, closes next week.
Supplemental entries for 3-year-old and open events are due and payable by 12:00 noon (EDT), Monday, Oct. 12, at the Scioto Downs race office or the Hambletonian Society office in Cranbury, N.J. There are no supplements for 2-year-old races.
Scioto Downs previously hosted the Breeders Crown Pace (1988) and Mare Trot (1986). After major renovations, including a brand new race paddock, gaming floor and grandstand, the 2026 Breeders Crown at Scioto Downs will host a festival week culminating in the Crown finals on Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. The event will feature more than $7.2 million in total purses, plus eliminations if needed, a golf tournament, post-position draw dinner, the Breeders Crown Charity Challenge, and other fan events.
Click here for more instructions on supplementing: https://www.hambletonian.com/bc-races#schedule.
All eligible Breeders Crown horses enter on Tuesday, Oct. 13, by 10:30 a.m. (EDT). Two-year-olds will have eliminations on Friday, Oct. 16. All 3-year-old and up events that require eliminations will be held on Saturday, Oct. 17. Eligible 3-year-olds have the option of entering the sophomore event to which they were nominated or an Open event. All Scioto Downs post times for the Breeders Crown are 6 p.m. (EDT).
You can access the Scioto Downs Condition Sheet here: Scioto Downs Breeders Crown condition sheet.
All eliminations will race for a minimum of $25,000.
If there are eliminations, post positions in the final will be determined by an open draw with the exception that elimination winners, in an order determined by lot, will draw for post positions number one (#1) through six (#6) in the final. All other finalists will be placed in an open draw for the remaining post positions. Any horse(s) that receive a bye into the final will be in the open draw for post positions in the final. The sole Win and You’re In horse (Birr Castle) for the freshman filly trot will skip the elimination and draw for post 1-6 in the final. In all finals the winner receives 50% of the purse but all horses that start in the final receive money.
All 2-Year-Old Breeders Crown races will be held Friday, Oct. 23, with a post time of 6 p.m. (EDT).
All 3-Year-Old and Open Breeders Crown events will race Saturday, Oct. 24, also with a post of 6 p.m. (EDT).
For more information and racing conditions click: Breeders Crown Conditions 2026.