Live video is available as Eldorado Scioto Downs hosts the first night of 2026 Breeders Crown finals on Friday, Oct. 23.

Scioto Downs will host all four Grade 1 championships for two-year-olds on Friday, Oct. 23 with the remaining eight finals to follow on Saturday. First-race post time both nights is 6 p.m. Friday night’s action will be aired on FOX Sports 1 (FS1) from 8-11 p.m. and Saturday’s on FOX Sports 2 (FS2) 7-10:30 p.m.

For this weekend's complete Scioto Downs entries, click one of the following links:

• Friday Program Pages - Scioto Downs
• Saturday Program Pages - Scioto Downs

A look at the fields follows. 

Ohio Sires Stakes champion Blue Ranger matched the Scioto Downs divisional track record she set last month when ripping out of the pocket for driver Dexter Dunn to a 1:53.1 victory in the first of two $35,714 Breeders Crown eliminations for two-year-old trotting fillies. Marcus Melander-trained stablemate Two Day Hangover punched her ticket to the final with a 1:53.2 effort in the second elimination.

$700,000 USD Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Filly Trot (Race 7)
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer
1. Nevis Peak - Yannick Gingras - Ron Burke
2. Birr Castle - Scott Zeron - Marcus Melander
3. Blue Ranger - Dexter Dunn - Marcus Melander
4. Two Day Hangover - Mattias Melander - Marcus Melander
5. Shes A Home Run - Ronnie Wrenn Jr. - Vernon Beachy
6. Climatic Hanover - Todd McCarthy - Lucas Wallin
7. Putitondadstab - Andy McCarthy - Lucas Wallin
8. Dandelion Wine - Ake Svanstedt - Ake Svanstedt
9. Kissme Ifyoucan - Austin Hanners - Todd Luther

The post positions were drawn this past Saturday for the $700,000 USD Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Filly Pace, which did not require eliminations with 10 entrants. The field is listed below.

$700,000 USD Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Filly Pace (Race 9)
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer
1. Cleveland Darby - Chris Page - Ron Burke
2. Too Pink To Pass - Lauren Tritton - Shane Tritton
3. We Want It All - Louis-Philippe Roy - Dr. Ian Moore
4. JK Lady Liberty - Scott Zeron - Nancy Takter
5. Positive Process - Yannick Gingras - Petter Engblom
6. My Taylors Swift - Ronnie Wrenn Jr. - Ron Burke
7. Cowboy Candy - Jason Bartlett - Aaron Lambert
8. Seaside Ubeaut - Dexter Dunn - Andrew Harris
9. Tempting Flames - David Miller - Michael Hitchcock
10. Aceandaten - Doug McNair - Gregg McNair

Lifetime Dreamer, driven by Yannick Gingras for trainer Ake Svanstedt, won the first of two $35,714 Breeders Crown eliminations for two-year-old male trotters in 1:52.4 to establish a divisional track record and equal the world record for two-year-old gelding trotters over a five-eighths-mile track. Wrong Sounds Right was an easy winner in the second elimination for driver Todd McCarthy and trainer Jim Campbell, nearly three lengths the best in a 1:53.1 effort. 

$700,000 USD Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Trot (Race 10)
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer
1. Yankee Boss - Tim Tetrick - Ake Svanstedt
2. Whateveritakes AS - Tony Hall - Anette Lorentzon
3. Jimdougie Armitage - Ake Svanstedt - Ake Svanstedt
4. Carbon Fiber - Ronnie Wrenn Jr. - Ron Burke
5. Lifetime Dreamer - Yannick Gingras - Ake Svanstedt
6. Wrong Sounds Right - Todd McCarthy - Jim Campbell
7. Access Now - Bob McClure - Luc Blais
8. Presidente - Dexter Dunn - Nancy Takter
9. Top Reacher - Scott Zeron - Marcus Melander

Blazin Lou made it look easy as the Tony Dinges trainee captured the first of two $35,714 Breeders Crown eliminations for two-year-old colt and gelding pacers. Driven by Dexter Dunn, the Sweet Lou-Beautiful Lady colt endured a first-over trip to overhaul slight favourite Eastie Boy in 1:50.4. Starstruck Dreamer and driver Todd McCarthy took the second elimination in 1:50.2 for trainer Noel Daley after wearing down 6-5 favourite Shalom Hanover, who suffered his first career loss

$700,000 USD Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Pace (Race 11)
Post - Horse - Driver - Trainer
1. Blazin Lou - Dexter Dunn - Tony Dinges
2. Mr Bear - Marcus Miller - Erv Miller
3. Ocean Party - Chris Page - Ron Burke
4. Starstruck Dreamer - Todd McCarthy - Noel Daley
5. Shalom Hanover - Louis-Philippe Roy - Dr. Ian Moore
6. Eastie Boy - Ronnie Wrenn Jr. - Ron Burke
7. Night Surfer - Tim Tetrick - Virgil Morgan Jr.
8. Stonebridge Blitz - Yannick Gingras - Ron Burke
9. L A Captain - Bob McClure - Luc Blais

For those that cannot make it to the track to watch live, there are many ways to take in the festivities:

• Scioto Downs simulcast, available at your local racetrack, OTB or ADW and on RTN via streaming services such as Roku, Amazon FireStick and online at rtn.tv
• on Fox Sports 1 starting at 8 p.m. Friday
• on Fox Sports 2 starting at 7 p.m. Saturday
• Primetime Racing YouTube channel, which will be carried by Standardbred Canada, starting at 6 p.m. both days

The on-site Fox Sports coverage will be brought to you by Gabe Prewitt, Jessica Otten & Ashley Mailloux. The Primetime Racing hosts will be Emily Gaskin, Chad Rozema, Greg Blanchard & Mark McKelvie.

Handicappers have a plethora of guaranteed pools over the weekend:

Friday: 

• $10,000G early Pick-5, starting in R1
• $10,000G early Pick-4, starting in R3
• $20,000G mid-card Pick-4, starting in R7
• $15,000G late Pick-5, starting in R10
• $15,000G late Pick-4, starting in R11

Saturday:

• $20,000G early Pick-5, starting in R1
• $25,000G early Pick-4, starting in R3
• $30,000G mid-card Pick-4, starting in R7
• $15,000G late Pick-5, starting in R10
• $25,000G Pick-4, starting in R11

For those that will be at Scioto Downs, there will be more than just racing to keep fans and patrons entertained throughout the evenings. A pre-race party will be held for sponsors and racing connections starting at 4:30 p.m. in between the casino and the clubhouse. Visit with Breeders Crown contenders of the past – Foiled Again, Golden Receiver, Mission Accepted & Pinkman – from 4:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. each night. For families, there will be bounce houses, face painting, a petting zoo (Friday), apple cider making (Saturday) and balloon twister artists for the kids.

For those choosing to sit in the grandstand or beer garden tent, there will be various food trucks and vendors behind the grandstand, including kettle corn, bbq, burgers, gyros, tacos and dirty sodas.

(Standardbred Canada)