Breeders Crown Charity Challenge
Since 2019 · Raising money for each Breeders Crown host community
Created by Marvin Katz in 2019, the Breeders Crown Charity Challenge has raised over $2.5 million for charities in each year’s Breeders Crown host community.
Year by Year
2026Eldorado Scioto Downs
- Make-A-Wish Ohio, Kentucky & Indiana Team Miller
- Folds of Honor – Central Ohio Team Page
- Greater Columbus Sports Foundation Team Wrenn
- Ronald McDonald House – Central Ohio Team Hanners
Presented by Prolific Equine.
2026 Charity Challenge →2025Woodbine Mohawk Park$450,000
- Food4Kids Halton Team Millar · $95,000
- Milton District Hospital Foundation Team Grant · $90,000
- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre Team Katz · $85,000
- Kids Help Phone Team Determination · $80,000
Plus a personal $100,000 gift from Marvin Katz to the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre.
2025 Charity Challenge →2024The Meadowlands$420,963
- SBH Health System, Bronx Winner Team Gingras · $138,200
- enCourage Kids Foundation Team Miller · $120,925
- New Jersey YMCA State Alliance Team Tetrick · $86,375
- Friends of Union County Team Dunn · $60,462.50
Includes Jeff & Paula Gural matching enCourage Kids’ winnings, plus $15,000 for UK Children’s Hospital.
Read the recap ↗2023Harrah’s Hoosier Park
- New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Tratter House Co.
- Teachers’ Treasures JMV, 107.5 The Fan
- Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse & Suicide Gary Brackett
- Helping Veterans and Families Rob Kendall, WIBC
2022Woodbine Mohawk Park
- Milton District Hospital Foundation Brad Grant & Doug McNair
- Kids Help Phone Team Determination & Bob McClure
- Pine River Institute Steve Heimbecker & James MacDonald
- Peter Munk Cardiac Centre / SickKids Libfeld-Katz & Louis-Philippe Roy
2021The Meadowlands$400,000+
- enCourage Kids Foundation
- Special Olympics New Jersey
- New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund
- John Theurer Cancer Center at Hackensack
Teams Dexter Dunn, Yannick Gingras, David Miller and Tim Tetrick. A record total at the time, with a record $207,000 from the stallion breeding auction.
Read the story →2020Harrah’s Hoosier Park$126,189
- Hoosier Burn Camp Jeff Saturday
- AWS Foundation of Indiana Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch
- Tyler Trent Cancer Research Endowment Dan Dakich
- Morning Dove Therapeutic Riding Julia Moffitt
2019Woodbine Mohawk Park · Inaugural$282,996
- Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society Winner Dan Plesac · $109,484
- Breast Cancer Society of Canada Kim MacDonald · $80,000
- Pinball Clemons Foundation Michael “Pinball” Clemons · $33,831
- Princess Margaret Cancer Foundation Eddie Olczyk · $9,681
Plus $50,000 to the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre in Marvin Katz’s name.
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