Four past Breeders Crown contenders – Foiled Again, Golden Receiver, Mission Accepted and Pinkman – will be on hand to greet fans during Breeders Crown finals weekend at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24.
The three geldings and one stallion have 720 starts, 245 wins, 131 seconds, 97 thirds and $14.3 million in earnings between them. To commemorate these horses and their accomplishments, the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association will have a booklet giveaway, featuring statistics on, and photos of, all four horses. There will also be a limited number of Foiled Again plushies available free for kids, limited to one per child. Adults who would like a plushie can purchase one for $10 USD, with proceeds going to New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program.
Fans can visit Millionaires Row, located behind the grandstand, from 4:30-8 p.m. on both Friday and Saturday.
The 22-year-old Foiled Again needs no introduction – the all-time money-leading Standardbred has been a snowbird – wintering in Florida and spending his summers in Pennsylvania. Always available for meet-and-greet opportunities, Foiled Again has been enjoying the retirement life for the last seven years. He competed in six Breeders Crowns, winning in 2013, finishing second in 2010 and 2011 and third in 2012.
Golden Receiver, at 21 years old, has been a part of the Cherokee Stables All Standardbred Drill Team for the past eight years and a 4-H show horse under the guidance of Emma Thornsberry. During his eight years of racing, Golden Receiver earned $2.2 million and finished second in the 2012 Breeders Crown and third in 2013.
Mission Accepted was a Breeders Crown contender in 2019 and 2020. He did double duty, racing and standing at stud, during the 2022 and 2023 seasons, and earned $1.4 million lifetime. Fully retired to stallion duty since 2024, the 11-year-old currently stands at Winterwood Farm in Ohio.
Pinkman had an outstanding three-year-old year, winning the 2015 Hambletonian, Canadian Trotting Classic, Kentucky Futurity, Earl Beal Memorial, Zweig and Stanley Dancer Memorial on his way to being named the Dan Patch Trotter of the Year. Pinkman won the Breeders Crown in 2014 and was a 2015 second-place finisher and contender in 2017 and 2018. Having earned $3 million during his six-year racing career, the now-14-year-old Pinkman has been living in retirement at the McClelland farm in Zanesville, Ohio.
The 2026 Breeders Crown finals will be held at Scioto Downs in South Columbus, Ohio on Oct. 23 and 24. The two-year-old finals will be held on Friday (Races 7, 9, 10 and 11), and the three-year-old and open finals are set for Saturday (Races 3-10). Live racing starts at 6 p.m. each day. Available seating reservations can be made on Open Table.
(Scioto Downs; photo of Pinkman winning the 2015 Kentucky Futurity)