Grove City, OH — There’s just 20 days until the 2025 Eldorado Scioto Downs season kicks off on Thursday (May 8).
Opening week races will be held Thursday-Saturday with a 5:45 p.m. first post and then will continue on a Tuesday-Saturday schedule. Condition sheets are now available for that first week at horsemen.ustrotting.com with average daily overnight purses at $189,000.
“There were over 1,400 races in 90 days last year for our meet,” said Scioto’s Director of Racing Jason Roth. “We look forward to once again having a full box and with our new paddock, welcome back our horsemen for 2025.”
The new state-of-the-art paddock is on track to be finished the week before opening day and will have room for 16 races with 10 horses each.
After an eight-year hiatus, the Jug Preview comes back to Scioto on Saturday (Sept. 6). Last won in 2017 by Ohio’s perennial sire Downbytheseaside, the 2025 edition will boast a $225,000 purse.
Other special race cards for the 2025 season include:
July 5 — Next Generation
July 31-Aug. 2 — Ohio State Fair Races
Aug. 23 — #SendItIn and Cleopatra Invitationals, Moni Maker, Nadia Lobell
Aug. 30 — Older OHSS
Sept. 6 — Charlie Hill Memorial Trot, Jim Ewart Memorial Pace, Jug Preview
The 90-day Eldorado Scioto Downs race meet goes from Thursday (May 8) through Saturday (Sept. 13). Races will be held Tuesday-Saturday with special holiday cards on Memorial Day and Labor Day instead of the Tuesday card that week. First post will be 5:45 p.m. each day with exceptions for May 26 and June 19 (4 p.m.), July 4 (3:15 p.m.) and Sept. 12 (6:45 p.m.). More information about racing at Scioto can be found on the Eldorado Scioto Downs website.