Batavia, NY — New Zealand ex-pat Demeter N made her second start at Batavia Downs a winning one after upsetting in the $14,000 Open I Handicap for pacing fillies and mares on Wednesday night (Dec. 7). Demeter N (Larry Stalbaum) got away last as Shallow (Ray Fisher Jr.) fought hard off the gate with So Amazing (Kevin Cummings) before claiming the lead at the quarter … Continue reading Demeter N wins feature; Cummings, McDonough win five at Batavia »

Batavia, NY — The management of Batavia Downs announced today that post time for the final card of racing for 2022 scheduled for Saturday (Dec. 17) has been changed from 6 p.m. to 3 p.m. This was done after the week 15 game between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins was flexed to 8:15 p.m. by the National Football League. Don Hoover, General Manager of Live … Continue reading Batavia Downs “flexes” post time for December 17 »

Batavia, NY — Kevin Cummings has been Batavia Downs leading dash driver for most of the meet and his piloting prowess was on full display Saturday night (Dec. 3) when he won seven of the 13 races on the program, including both co-featured races. In the $14,000 Open I trot Cummings sat second with CR Blazin Beauty behind Captain Krupnik (Jim Morrill Jr.) from the … Continue reading Kevin Cummings wins seven at Batavia Saturday »

Batavia, NY — Wednesday (Nov. 30) was ladies night at Batavia Downs with a top-heavy program of fillies and mares races who competed on a cold and blustery night. The featured $14,000 Open I Distaff Handicap was won by Shallow (Ray Fisher Jr.) who made her way back to Batavia last week after spending some time at The Spa. Shallow took the lead and after … Continue reading Shallow, Faithful Desire strike at Batavia Downs »

Batavia, NY — A pair of $14,000 Open I Handicap races were up for grabs on Saturday night (Nov. 26) at Batavia Downs and Jim Morrill Jr. was more than happy to take the top prize in each after he air mailed both of his mounts to impressive victories. In the trotting feature, Morrill launched Credit List from post eight and battled on the outside … Continue reading Morrill sweeps features; Monti wins five at Batavia »

Batavia, NY — For the second week in a row, The Stunning Nun N took on the best distaff competitors in western New York and came out victorious again in the $14,000 Open I Handicap pace for fillies and mares at Batavia Downs on Wednesday evening (Nov. 23). Shallow (Ray Fisher Jr.) grabbed the early lead but was overtaken by The Stunning Nun N (Jim … Continue reading The Stunning Nun N sports a winning habit at Batavia »

Batavia, NY — Western New York has been pummeled by lake effect snow for the past two days and extreme winter conditions are expected to continue through Sunday. With over six feet of snow already accumulated in some areas, an array of driving bans and road closures in place along with white-out conditions throughout the area, travel has been in some cases next to impossible. … Continue reading Live racing canceled at Batavia Downs Saturday night »

Batavia, NY — It was ladies night for Jim Morrill Jr. at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Nov. 16) as he swept the girls off their feet in the top two paces for fillies and mares that highlighted the evening of racing at the Genesee County track that operated under “snowglobe” conditions. First he took the $14,000 Open I Handicap with The Stunning Nun N ($3.40) … Continue reading Morrill sweeps Batavia features Wednesday »

Batavia, NY — Two red hot horses continued to roll at Batavia Downs on Saturday night (Nov. 12) and they claimed both feature races while racking up their wins among the best there are on the grounds while the Downs leading driver, Kevin Cummings, extended his lead in the dash competition after winning five more races. First in the $14,000 Open I Handicap pace, Just … Continue reading Cummings wins five; streaking winners top Batavia card »

Batavia, NY — Success came in bunches for four horsemen and one horsewoman at Batavia Downs on Wednesday night (Nov. 9) as the five involved accounted for a total of 12 driving and 6 training wins during the card. The driving colony was once again bested by Jim Morrill Jr. who claimed a quintuple in the sulky, including winning one of the featured $10,000 conditioned … Continue reading Wins-a-plenty for five at Batavia Downs Wednesday »