Batavia Downs

Long Train Runnin

Host Of Headliners At Batavia Monday

February 05, 2024

The third leg of the Western New York Trackmaster Series for pacers was featured at Batavia Downs on Monday afternoon (Feb. 5) and going in, there were three horses still undefeated in that competitio...

Primo Uomo

Primo Uomo, Credit List Upset In Batavia Opens

February 01, 2024

Steady rain and an off track threw a curveball at bettors at Batavia Downs on Thursday (Feb. 1) as many favourites failed to fire allowing some bountiful payoffs to prevail. That included both feature...

Dogfight

Batavia Hits New Handle Heights As Longshots Rule

January 29, 2024

For the fourth time in only six days of live racing in 2024, Batavia Downs set a new one day, all-source record handle while under the ownership of Western Regional Off Track Betting on Monday, Jan. 2...

Brett Beckwith

Beckwith Bags Five At Batavia

January 25, 2024

Brett Beckwith, who ended the 2023 season as the seventh winningest driver in North America, is rolling again in 2024 and strutted his stuff at Batavia Downs on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 25) by winning...

Stonebridge Hypnos

Batavia Downs Sets Another New Record Handle

January 22, 2024

The track was fast for the Monday afternoon (Jan. 22) card at Batavia Downs, and so was the pace at which money flowed through the windows from all outlets as the track handled $509,180, setting a new...

Harness racing at Batavia Downs

Batavia's Thursday Card Cancelled

January 18, 2024

The nearly week-long winter storm that has gripped western New York and necessitated the cancellation of live harness racing at Batavia Downs on Monday, Jan. 15, has once again forced track officials ...

Harness racing at Batavia Downs

Batavia Downs Cancels Monday's Card

January 15, 2024

As a result of the crippling winter storm western New York has experienced over the past 48 hours and the expected continuation of snowfall and dangerous road conditions through tonight, Batavia Downs...

Comeonover Hanover

Comeonover Hanover, Lanjo Lee Top Batavia Opens

January 11, 2024

A sloppy track combined with heavy snow that started to fall after the third race provided some messy going at Batavia Downs on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 11), but it didn’t take away from competitive r...

Magical Maya A

Batavia Downs Sets New Record Handle

January 08, 2024

Batavia Downs opened its 2024 winter meet last Thursday (Jan. 4) and celebrated with a new all-source handle record of $390,922. Now, only four days later on Monday (Jan.8), the second session of raci...

Twin B Tuffenuff

Batavia Opens 2024 On A High Note

January 04, 2024

The 2024 winter meet kicked off at Batavia Downs on Thursday, Jan. 4 and the wagering success the track realized last year picked up right where it left off as a new single card handle record was set ...

Harness racing at Batavia Downs

Batavia Downs Back In Action Thursday

January 03, 2024

Although the summer/fall meet at Batavia Downs concluded less than four weeks ago, the new year brings a new season of harness racing at the oldest lighted harness track in North America as The Downs ...

Harness racing at Batavia Downs

Purse Increase For Kane Memorial Invitational Pace

December 29, 2023

Batavia Downs, in conjunction with the Western New York Harness Horsemen’s Association, has announced that the purse for its signature event, the Robert J. Kane Memorial Invitational Pace, has been in...