Elimination winner Dandy Ideal vindicated himself from a defeat in last year’s Breeders Crown and kept digging on the coals of hot fractions to seize the $662,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown Open Pace final in a track-record-equaling 1:47.3 mile on Saturday night (Oct. 24) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
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Diabolic Hill delivers in Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Trot final
Everything has come together for Diabolic Hill in the last few weeks, as he backed up victories in an overnight race at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Oct. 8 and his elimination a week ago by posting a 1:50.4 career-best mile in the $664,500 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Trot final on Saturday (Oct. 24) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Hambo Oaks champ Nezuko Kamado S claims Breeders Crown sophomore filly trot
Hambletonian Oaks champion Nezuko Kamado S became just the 12th filly in harness racing history to win the Breeders Crown in the same year as she lowered her own track record with a 1:51.1 effort to take the $664,500 Grade 1 final for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Saturday night (Oct. 24) at Scioto Downs.
Miss Jum Jabber simply stellar in Breeders Crown triumph
Miss Jum Jabber overcame a demanding draw to deliver a dazzling performance in the $664,500 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Pace on Saturday night (Oct. 24) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
World record for Wrong Sounds Right in Breeders Crown
Wrong Sounds Right overcame being parked for almost half a mile through a demanding tempo and just kept finding more once he did land on the lead, winning Friday night’s (Oct. 23) $700,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt Trot final at Eldorado Scioto Downs in a world record 1:51.3.
Blazin Lou bold in Breeders Crown victory
Blazin Lou wrapped up night one of the 2026 Breeders Crown at Eldorado Scioto Downs with a game 1:50.1 track-record-equaling performance on Friday (Oct. 23) to snatch the $700,000 Grade 1 final for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings as the 6-5 favorite.
Melillo looks to bear fruit in Breeders Crown
In Italian and romance languages, Melillo’s name means “little apple.” Melillo, the 3-year-old pacing colt, could become the apple of the Fredericktown, PA-based Burke Racing Stable’s eye with a win Saturday night (Oct. 24) in the $664,500 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Pace at Eldorado Scioto Downs in Columbus, OH.
Seaside Ubeaut rolls to Crown title in 2-Year-Old Filly Pace
Seaside Ubeaut put in an extraordinarily game effort to take the $700,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Pace by three lengths in 1:50.1 with Dexter Dunn at the lines for trainer Andrew Harris on Friday night (Oct. 23) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Birr Castle rallies to win Crown for freshman filly trotters
Birr Castle and driver Scott Zeron fanned out wide from sixth on the final turn and stormed through the stretch to win Friday’s (Oct. 23) $700,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Trot by one length over Nevis Peak in a track-record 1:53 at Eldorado Scioto Downs. Blue Ranger finished third.
Ways to watch the Breeders Crown with on-site weekend details
The team at Eldorado Scioto Downs and the Hambletonian Society are excited to welcome fans, horsemen and handicappers to the Breeders Crown this weekend – whether it is on-site or online – Friday & Saturday (Oct. 23 & 24). First post for each race night is 6 p.m.