Batavia, NY — After scoring his second straight win at Batavia Downs in the $15,000 Open I Handicap trot on Friday night (Sept. 22), Lougazi attained a career milestone by surpassing one-half million dollars in lifetime earnings. Lougazi (Ray Fisher Jr.) got away sixth while Makadushin N Cheez (Kevin Cummings) took the outside route to the lead as he passed the quarter in :28.4. Then … Continue reading Lougazi surpasses $500,000 with Batavia feature win »

Batavia, NY — Louie The Lilac has been smelling like a rose at the current Batavia Downs meet and her success continued on Wednesday night (Sept. 20) after she extended her winning streak to five in the $15,000 Open I Handicap pace for fillies and mares. Kevin Cummings pushed away the gate with Louie The Lilac and opened up a two length advantage at the … Continue reading Louie The Lilac scores fifth straight in Batavia feature »

Batavia, NY — Since coming to Batavia Downs in July, The Longest Yard has not finished worse than second in five starts and on Saturday (Sept. 16) he grabbed his third $15,000 Open I Handicap pace win and did it in handy fashion. Mirragon A (Ray Fisher Jr.) was headstrong off the gate and amassed a two-length lead at the quarter in :27.1 while Nox … Continue reading The Longest Yard wins third Batavia Open »

Batavia, NY — Local trotting favorite Lougazi had an easy time of it in the $15,000 Open I Handicap trot at Batavia Downs on Friday night (Sept. 15) and chalked up his 56th lifetime win as a result.  Ray Fisher Jr. got away fourth with Lougazi in the scratch-shortened field of five, while Credit List (Kevin Cummings) took the quintet to the quarter in :28.2. … Continue reading Lougazi wins easily in Batavia Open trot »

Batavia, NY — Eight $55,000 divisions went postward in the $440,000 New York Sire Stake Excelsior finals that were held at Batavia Downs on Wednesday night (Sept. 13) and several streaking horses were victorious again and had the support of the betting public. The 2-year-old trotting filly Dozen (Chapter Seven-Sequin) drafted third for Tyler Buter behind the entry of Barn Dreamer (Jason Bartlett) and Barn … Continue reading Popular choices win NYSS Excelsior finals at Batavia »

Batavia, NY — A loaded 15-race card has been drawn for Wednesday night at Batavia Downs and it features the $440,000 New York Sire Stake Excelsior finals. A total of 64 state-bred Standardbreds will start in eight $55,000 Excelsior divisions and combined with seven overnight events valued at $71,500, the total purses up for grabs that night total $511,500. All of the 3-year-old events are … Continue reading $440,000 NYSS Excelsior finals at Batavia Downs Wednesday »

Batavia, NY — A $15,000 Open I Handicap for each gait topped the bill at Batavia Downs on Saturday night (Sept. 9) and both winners took new seasonal marks as a result of their efforts. In the feature pace, Gunslinger Hill (Drew Monti) made it two in a row after taking advantage of a perfect trip. Gunslinger Hill took an early lead, but soon found … Continue reading Gunslinger Hill, Mugshots Bro take Batavia features »

Batavia, NY — After coming up short in her last outing, Summer Slash got back to her winning ways while imposing her will on a field of top pacing mares in the $15,000 Open I Distaff Handicap pace at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Sept. 6). In a reversal of tactics, Ray Fisher Jr. sent Summer Slash to the front for the first time since April … Continue reading Summer Slash dismantles top mares at Batavia »

Batavia, NY — A trifecta of $10,000 mid-level conditioned events topped the bill at Batavia Downs on Labor Day Monday (Sept. 4) as the summer heat returned to Genesee County. The initial two features were trots and the fastest of those was won by I Got The Looks (Dan Yetman) who sat fourth to the half before coming first-over in turn three to draw near … Continue reading Undertaker, I Got The Looks tops on Labor Day at Batavia »

Batavia, NY — Dave McNeight III, aka Triple Sticks, had a big night at Batavia Downs on Saturday night (Sept. 2) as he scored a driving hat trick that included wins in both feature races. The first came with Tiger Baron, who on the heels of an impressive victory last week at Batavia, moved up to the top class and scored again, winning the $15,000 … Continue reading “Triple Sticks” sweeps Saturday features at Batavia »