2015 Breeders Crown

The sport’s brightest freshman stars were in the spotlight Friday evening at Woodbine Racetrack, but Saturday night belonged to the older divisions and the sophomore class.

The first round of Breeders Crown eliminations was contested on a chilly and windy Friday evening at Woodbine Racetrack, and a long list of rookie stars strutted their stuff.

“It’s a very humbling business, which I think anybody in the horse business will say, but it’s exciting.”

Julie Miller does not have morning line favorites in Friday’s Breeders Crown eliminations for two-year-old male and female trotters at Woodbine Racetrack, but the trainer is happy with the way her Mil...

"We would have still supplemented him to the Breeders Crown even if he had not beaten Wiggle It Jiggleit."

When Adam Bowden and his father Chris bought female pacer Western Montana in the formative days of their Diamond Creek Farm a decade ago, it was with an eye toward the future.

Entries for the $5.8 million Breeders Crown events saw 151 trotters and pacers fill the entry box to qualify for the 12-race October 24 finals.

The 2015 Breeders Crown had the possibility of a high-profile Indiana-sired pacing colt entering the fray after paying a supplemental entry fee. On Monday, that option became a reality.