The connections of Storybook Love are dreaming of another storybook ending at the Breeders Crown. At the 42nd edition of Standardbred racing’s premier championship showcase last year, Storybook Love, trained by Matt Bax and driven by Todd Ratchford, delivered a performance straight out of a Hollywood script.
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Family ties: ‘Rangers’ set for Breeders Crown stage
Senena Esty is excited for this weekend’s Breeders Crown finals at Eldorado Scioto Downs, she just doesn’t want to think about them. Esty and her husband, Jeff, own Spring Haven Farm in Utica, Ohio, located about an hour northeast of Scioto Downs. Two Breeders Crown trotting finalists – the brother and sister duo of 3-year-old colt Big Ranger and 2-year-old filly Blue Ranger – hail from the Estys’ breeding operation. Both horses, by In Range out of the mare Big Blue Bird, head to their finals as elimination winners.
Tritton looks for another first in Breeders Crown finals
Lauren Tritton’s résumé already boasts several history-making accomplishments, and over the course of the two-night Breeders Crown championships at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday (Oct. 23) and Saturday (Oct. 24) in Columbus, Ohio, she hopes to make more memories.
Connections happy for Breeders Crown date with Mr. ‘Right’
Wrong not only sounded right, but he looked right as well. In fact, he’s looked even better than that. Wrong Sounds Right was one of two winners in last week’s eliminations for the $700,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Trot on Friday (Oct. 23) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Visit past Crown contenders at Scioto’s Millionaires Row
Four past Breeders Crown contenders — Foiled Again, Golden Receiver, Mission Accepted and Pinkman — will be on hand to greet fans at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday and Saturday (Oct. 23-24).
Hope Hill, Sangria Summer score in Crown elims for 3YO filly pacers
Hope Hill jogged to victory in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (Oct. 17) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.
Brown, Hammer take ‘Road’ to Breeders Crown
Brady Brown never figured he would be in the spotlight of the Breeders Crown on Saturday night (Oct. 17) at Eldorado Scioto Downs in a $25,000 elimination of the 3-Year-Old Filly Trot.
Melander, Dunn sweep Breeders Crown 2-year-old filly trot elims
Ohio Sires Stakes champion Blue Ranger matched the Eldorado Scioto Downs track record she set last month when ripping out of the pocket to a 1:53.1 victory in the first of two $25,000 eliminations for the Grade 1 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night (Oct. 16).
Blazin Lou, Starstruck Dreamer capture Crown elims for freshman male pacers
Blazin Lou made it look easy as he captured the first of two $25,000 eliminations for the Grade 1 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday night (Oct. 16), with Starstruck Dreamer rallying in the stretch to win the second.
Lifetime Dreamer, Wrong Sounds Right roll to wins in Breeders Crown freshman male trot elims
Lifetime Dreamer and Wrong Sounds Right took their respective Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt & Geldings Trot eliminations on Friday night (Oct. 16) at Eldorado Scioto Downs.