Batavia Downs

A loaded 15-race card has been drawn for Wednesday night (Sept. 13) at Batavia Downs and it features the $440,000 New York Sire Stakes Excelsior finals.

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. 

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 ...

A trifecta of $10,000 mid-level conditioned events topped the bill at Batavia Downs on Labour Day Monday (Sept. 4) as the summer heat returned to Genesee County. 

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 New York Sire Stakes two-year-old trotting fillies took centre stage in split sets at Batavia Downs on Friday, Sept. 1 for a total of $103,000 in what was the final visit for the top state-bred se...

The New York Sire Stakes will make its final 2023 visit to Batavia Downs on Friday (Sept. 1) when two $51,500 divisions of two-year-old trotting fillies will line up to vie for the $103,000 in purse m...

Jim Morrill Jr. had the hot hand in the bike on Wednesday (Aug. 30) as he won six times during the 13-race card. His biggest tally came with Miss Rockadali, who led at every station en route to victor...

A large trackside crowd was treated to a robust card of racing at Batavia Downs on Saturday night (Aug. 26) that was headlined by the track’s signature event, the $75,000 Robert J. Kane Memorial Invit...

The trotters were on full display under the Friday night lights at Batavia Downs but the spotlight fell directly on driver Jim Morrill Jr., who choreographed the journeys of the winners of the top two...

The richest night of harness racing all summer will be held at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Aug. 26) when total purses of $467,400 will be in play for participants of the heavily stake-laden card.

The last time she was at Batavia Downs in 2021, Racine Bell set the track record of 1:51.3 for aged pacing mares after destroying her competition by eight full lengths. On Wednesday night (Aug. 23), t...