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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio Sires Stakes champion Blue Ranger matched the 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 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night (Oct. 16). Leaving from post 2, driver Dexter Dunn idled off the […]
Columbus, OH – Eldorado Scioto Downs will host harness racing eliminations for the $8 million Grade 1 Breeders Crown this weekend, and there will be no shortage of past champions and up-and-coming stars in action over the two-days of competition. Eight of last year’s Breeders Crown titlists will race on Saturday (Oct. 17) when Scioto […]
Cranbury, NJ – Six horses were supplemented to the 2026 Grade 1 Breeders Crown at Ohio’s Eldorado Scioto Downs by Monday’s (Oct. 12) noon deadline, equaling the most in a year since 2014. The six horses supplemented were 4-year-old male pacer Best Chip in the Open Pace, 6-year-old female pacer Francent N in the Mare […]
Harness racing’s best will battle in the 2025 Breeders Crown Finals tonight at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Post time for tonight’s Breeders Crown Finals card is 6:35p.m local time, (New Zealand 11:35 am Sunday 26th October, Australia 9:35am Sunday 26th October) To view the entries for Saturday night, click here. Breeders Crown Information Guide by Harnesslink Media
MILTON, October 24, 2025— Elimination winner Spencer Hanover (Chapter Seven) worked another second-over trip and never relented in a four-prong stretch harness racing battle to snatch victory with a closing-stride swoop in the $959,000 (CAD) Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot final on Friday night at Woodbine Mohawk Park, giving trainer Marcus Melander back-to-back […]
MILTON, October 24, 2025— Beau Jangles (Cattlewash) put an exclamation point on an undefeated freshman harness racing season Friday, winning the $700,000 (USD) Grade 1 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old male pacers by a length over Al Papi in a stakes-, track- and Canadian-record 1:48.3 at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Melillo finished third. Making his final start […]
MILTON, October 24, 2025 – Emoticon Legacy’s (Walner) winning effort in the Kentucky Futurity earlier this month might have surprised harness racing trainer Luc Blais, but then again, in one respect, maybe not. “It was an amazing race,” Blais said as he reflected on Emoticon Legacy’s 1:49.2 Kentucky Futurity victory, which included a parked-out :53.3 […]
MILTON, October 23, 2025— Marcus Melander has won five Breeders Crown trophies in his career so far, and the 33-year-old harness racing trainer will have multiple opportunities to add to that total this weekend at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Melander will send out at least one horse in six of this year’s 12 Breeders Crown finals. […]
MILTON, October 21, 2025 – Participants and supporters gathered Tuesday evening at Country Heritage Park in Milton, Ontario for a special post-position draw and dinner celebrating this weekend’s Breeders Crown at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The post harness racing draws for the the 3-Year-Old Colt Trot, 3-Year-Old Colt Pace, and the Open Pace were conducted to […]
Harness racing’s best will battle in the 2025 Breeders Crown eliminations this weekend at Woodbine Mohawk Park, with seven groups of two-year-olds going forward on Friday, Oct. 17 Post time for tonight and tomorrow’s Breeders Crown elimination cards is 6:35p.m local time, (New Zealand 11:35 am Saturday 18th November, Australia 9:35am Saturday 18th November) To […]
MILTON, October 17, 2025 – Woodbine and the Hambletonian Society have announced the draw schedule for the 12 Breeders Crown finals to be contested next weekend at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The $7.2 million (USD) Breeders Crown will take place on Friday, October 24 and Saturday, October 25 at the Campbellville oval. The eliminations start tonight […]
MILTON, October 14, 2025 – A total of 166 of horses were entered Tuesday for the $7,639,500 million (USD) Breeders Crown at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Eliminations will be required for 9 of the 12 Breeders Crown events. The 3-Year-Old Colt Trot, the Open Mare Trot and the Open Mare Pace will not require eliminations this […]
MILTON, October 13, 2025 – Stormont Beautiful was the lone supplement received by Monday’s (October 13) deadline for this year’s Breeders Crown, presented by Toyo Tires and TreadXperts, at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Supplemental entries for the 3-Year-Old and Open Breeders Crown races closed on Monday at Noon (ET). The 2-Year-Old events are not open to […]
In the last Mane Attraction, click here, we attempted to give United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) voters—and fans, too—some relevant information for top awards given by USHWA harness racing membership, which has significant financial implications, especially when subsequent yearling catalogs are printed in years to come. Two-year-olds were highlighted there and, in this Mane […]
East Rutherford, NJ — Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe) and driver Dexter Dunn capped off the Breeders Crown harness racing weekend in style at The Meadowlands. Dunn picked up his record-setting sixth driving victory of the weekend when he guided Twin B Joe Fresh to a 1:49 win in Saturday’s $400,000 Mare Pace, the […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Driver Dexter Dunn worked a snug pocket ride for 5-2 second choice Mirage Hanover (Bettor’s Delight) and powered for the money to equal the 1:48 stakes record in the $600,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Pace on Saturday night (Oct. 26) at The Meadowlands. Leaving from the pylon post, Dunn […]
East Rutherford, NJ — Winner’s Bet (Walner) got the lead at the half, appeared to be drawing clear from the harness racing field off the final turn and down the stretch, but still had to rebuff fast-closing Periculum to capture Saturday’s (Oct. 26) $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Trot by a nose in a stakes-record-equaling 1:51 at […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Breeders Crown elimination winner Allegiant (Tactical Landing), with Scott Zeron in the bike again, won the $600,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Trot at The Meadowlands on Saturday (Oct. 26), crossing the finish in a personal-best and stakes-record-equaling 1:51.1. Zeron fired his filly off the gate and took the lead easily enough, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Coach Stefanos (Tellitlikeitis) and harness racing driver James MacDonald swarmed a pair of longshots capitalizing from a melting pace to win the $600,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace final at The Meadowlands on Saturday (Oct. 26) in a 1:48.3 mile. From the moment the field left the gate, the aged pacers were […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – A harness racing season that started with a 68-1 surprise over eventual Hambletonian winner Karl came to a close on Saturday (Oct. 26) at The Meadowlands with Sig Sauer (Muscle Hill) surging to the lead right as the curtain fell in the $600,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt & Gelding Trot to […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – My Girl E J (Sweet Lou) and Dexter Dunn made it back-to-back Breeders Crown harness racing victories on Saturday night (Oct. 26) when they captured the $600,000 event for sophomore pacing fillies at The Meadowlands in 1:49.3, holding off a longshot bid by Tarrific in the final strides. Dunn kept his […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Trainer Ake Svanstedt has been making a habit of capturing the Breeders Crown Mare Trot. And on Saturday (Oct. 26), his good fortune continued as his two supplemental entries Call Me Goo and Nelsonbriteagle NO finished one-two in the $496,000 harness racing event at The Meadowlands, with Svanstedt guiding Call Me […]
East Rutherford, NJ — Louprint (Sweet Lou) wore down pacesetter Fallout in deep stretch and held off fast-closing harness racing stablemate Sippinonsearoc at the line to capture Friday’s (Oct. 25) $700,000 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old male pacers in 1:49.1 at The Meadowlands. The margin was a head over Sippinonsearoc and neck over Fallout in the three-horse […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Maryland (Chapter Seven) and harness racing driver Dexter Dunn fought off pressure on both flanks to prevail in the $700,000 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot, held Friday (Oct. 25) at the Meadowlands, in a stakes record-equaling 1:51.4 mile. The colt out of the Father Patrick-sired mare Crucial also pushed […]
