Batavia Downs

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...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

With the books now finalized after the last live card of racing took place on Saturday, Dec. 9, Batavia Downs has reported a major growth in handle that started last January during its first winter me...

Dominance by a pair of horsemen was centre stage on the closing night card at Batavia Downs on Saturday, Dec. 9 as driver Kevin Cummings and trainer Sam Smith put forth a pair of relentless efforts th...

The Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association and Batavia Downs have announced the top driver, trainers and horses from the summer and fall live racing meet.

After three unsuccessful starts in the track’s top class for female pacers, Mcnatural L got the job done at long odds in her fourth attempt in the $15,000 Distaff Open I Handicap on Wednesday night (D...

The Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association(USHWA) and Batavia Downs has announced that driver Kyle Swift will receive the 2023 Rising Star Award during the Night of ...

Persistent rain and a sloppy track set the stage for racing at Batavia Downs on Saturday night (Dec. 2), but the inclement conditions didn’t prevent Ricky Be Sharp from excelling in the $15,000 Open I...

For the second time at the Batavia Downs meet, Jim McNeight Jr. visited the winner’s enclosure five times during a single card on Wednesday night (Nov. 29) to further enhance what has been a career ye...