Scioto: 2025 meet begins on May 8

There are just 20 days until the 2025 meet at Eldorado Scioto Downs kicks off on Thursday, May 8. Opening week races will be held Thursday-Saturday with a 5:45 p.m. (EDT) first post and then will continue on a Tuesday-Saturday schedule. Condition sheets are now available for that first week at horsemen.ustrotting.com with average daily overnight purses at $189,000.

"There were over 1,400 races in 90 days last year for our meet," said Scioto's Director of Racing Jason Roth. "We look forward to once again having a full box and, with our new paddock, welcome back our horsemen for 2025."

The new state-of-the-art paddock is on track to be finished the week before opening day and will have room for 16 races with 10 horses each.

After an eight-year hiatus, the Jug Preview comes back to Scioto on Saturday, September 6. Last won in 2017 by Ohio's perennial leading sire Downbytheseaside, the 2025 edition will boast a $225,000 purse. Other special race cards for the 2025 season include:

-Saturday, July 5-Next Generation
-July 31 through August 2-Ohio State Fair Races
-Saturday, August 23-#SendItIn and Cleopatra Invitationals, Moni Maker, Nadia Lobell
-Saturday, August 30-Aged Ohio Sires Stakes Championships
-Saturday, September 6-Charlie Hill Memorial Trot, Jim Ewart Memorial Pace, Jug Preview

The 90-day 2024 Eldorado Scioto Downs race meet goes through Saturday, September 13. Apart from the regular racing schedule, there will be special holiday cards on Memorial Day and Labor Day instead of the Tuesday card that week. The normal post time will deviate on May 26 & June 19 (4:00 p.m.), July 4 (3:15 p.m.) and September 12 (6:45 p.m.).

More information about racing at Scioto can be found on the Eldorado Scioto Downs website.

--press release (Scioto)--