Harrah's Hoosier: Breeders Crown Charity Challenge announced

Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino and 2020 Breeders Crown Presenting Sponsor The Libfeld-Katz Breeding Partnership will officially kick off the Breeders Crown Charity Challenge the week of September 7, benefiting four non-profit organizations represented by local Indiana celebrities, including Indianapolis Colts alum Jeff Saturday, Indiana Lieutenant Governor Suzanne Crouch, Indianapolis sports radio personality Dan Dakich, and Emmy award-winning WTHR Indianapolis news anchor Julia Moffitt. The challenge will culminate on Breeders Crown weekend, set for October 30 and 31.

Funds for the Breeders Crown Charity Challenge will be generated by donations from major Standardbred breeding and racing partnerships through a Glamour Boy Challenge in the 3-year-old pacing colt division, in which the partnerships will donate one percent of their horse earnings through November 1. The additional funds will be raised through the donation of a 2021 breeding to several of the industry's top stallions at the 2020 Lexington Yearling Sale on Tuesday, October 6 at 6:45 p.m.

Harrah's Hoosier Park and Libfeld-Katz are partnering with the four Indiana celebrities to raise funds for their respective charities, and the challenge will be centered around a Facebook poll and social engagement. Each celebrity's charity will receive a donation, but the celebrity-charity duo with the highest votes on the Facebook poll will receive a majority of the funds raised.

The 2020 Breeders Crown Charity Challenge Lineup is as follows:

Celebrity & Charity Teams

-Indianapolis Colt, Super Bowl Champ, & Pro Bowl Alum, Jeff Saturday – Hoosier Burn Camp - http://hoosierburncamp.org/
Indiana Lieutenant Governor, Suzanne Crouch – AWS Foundation of Indiana - https://awsfoundation.org/
Former Indiana Basketball Player & Indianapolis Sports Radio Personality Dan Dakich – The Tyler Trent Cancer Research Endowment - https://giving.purdue.edu/s/1461/1010/19/interior.aspx?sid=1461&gid=1010&pgid=9633
WTHR Indianapolis News Anchor, Julia Moffitt – Morning Dove Therapeutic Riding Inc. - https://www.morningdovetrc.org/

Glamour Boy Challenge – Donation of one percent of earnings through November 1, 2020

Tall Dark Stranger - Crawford Farms, Marvin Katz, Caviart Farms, Howard Taylor, and trainer Nancy Takter
Odds on Osiris - Odds on Racing, Dana Parham, Trainer Melanie Wrenn
Top Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt - Tony Alagna Stable
Top Three-Year-Old Pacing Colt - Ron Burke Stable
Lexington Selected Yearling Sale Auction - Donation of 2021 Breeding Fee

Father Patrick - Father Patrick Syndicate, Adam Bowden of Diamond Creek Farms
Swan For All - Swan for All Syndicate and Bobby Brady of Kentuckiana Farms
Walner - Walner Syndicate and David Reid of Preferred Equine Marketing
Greenshoe - Greenshoe Syndicate and Dr. Bridgette Jablonsky of Hanover Shoe Farm
Tall Dark Stranger - Crawford Farms, Marvin Katz, Caviart Farms, Howard Taylor
JK Endofanera – Victory Hill Farms and Bob Boni of Northwood Bloodstock

The 2019 Breeders Crown, hosted at Woodbine Mohawk Park, raised more than $282,000 in the Breeders Crown Charity Challenge with Libfeld-Katz at the helm, and the 2020 goal is to exceed that figure.

The Breeders Crown is a $6 million championship series designed to decide year-end honors and draws the year's best Standardbred race horses from across North America to compete against one another. The event brings together the greatest harness racing equine athletes in the world as they square off in different age divisions based on the horses' sex and gait (trot or pace).

More information on the 2020 Breeders Crown, including the Charity Challenge, event FAQ, and Breeders Crown experience availability can be found at www.HarrahsHoosierPark.com, and will be updated regularly.

--press release (Harrah's Hoosier Park)--