Batavia Downs

The 69th live racing season at Batavia Downs wrapped up last Saturday (December 12) much the same way it kicked off back in July: with a packed house of fans watching the best racing in upstate New Yo...

On the final night of racing for 2015, Yonkers invader Major Trick (Drew Monti) took an early overland route to victory in the $10,000 Open pacing feature at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Dec. 12).

After not having much success jumping up from the claiming ranks, the 8-1 Ballagio Hanover (Jim McNeight) had a reversal of fortunes in winning the $10,000 Open trotting feature at Batavia Downs on Fr...

This was the fourth straight week that Mach This Way (Ron Beback Jr.) and Memumsnotnice (Ray Fisher Jr.) locked horns with “Mach” having a 2-1 advantage over “Mum” to date. After a hard fought battle,...

Horseplayers in the Empire State could be in for a big surprise when the calendar flips to 2016. An impasse regarding the online streaming of New York State Standardbred and Thoroughbred races could b...

The current Batavia Downs meet isn’t over just yet, but the competition for the winningest driver and trainer certainly is.

Lucky Nadotremblay was pushed every step of the way Saturday night (Dec. 5), but the performance of a lifetime got him across first in the $10,000 Open pacing feature at Batavia Downs.

It’s not too often a horse gets passed at the head of the lane and comes back on to win, but that is exactly what Justgottogetthere did in Friday night’s (Dec. 4) $9,000 Open II trotting feature at Ba...

It was round two of the heavyweight fight between Mach This Way and Memumsnotnice in the $9,500 distaff pacing feature at Batavia Downs on Wednesday night (Dec. 2), and when the race was run, Mach Thi...