Jim Morrill Jr.

Mesmerized finally got out of his second-place trance by using a late rally to capture the featured $8,200 trot at Buffalo Raceway on a chilly Friday night (January 13).

On Sunday, November 13, the Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund and the United States Trotting Association held their annual New York Sire Stakes and District 8 awards banqu...

With $125,000 up for grabs to the “blue-collar” horses of western New York, the local racing scene became decidedly more interesting on Saturday night (November 12). The 2016 Batavia Downs Claiming Ch...

BZ Glide drew the outside for the fourth consecutive week, but also found himself in lower company. So he used his class to overcome post eight and win the $8,500 Open II Trot at Batavia Downs on Frid...

The dash driving lead has been a hotly contested issue this meet at Batavia Downs and the lead has changed hands several times. But recently, Jim Morrill Jr. and Drew Monti have separated themselves f...

The steady rain that diminished track conditions couldn’t dampen the performance put on by driver Jim Morrill Jr. on Wednesday night (November 2) as the high-percentage reinsman turned away the weathe...

Jim Morrill, Jr. was on fire at Batavia Downs Saturday night as he won seven of the 13 races carded and vaulted himself into the dash driving lead for the meet.

After finishing second in the top local trot twice last month, Noble Legend ($25.40) blew up the toteboard along with his rivals in winning the $10,500 Open trotting feature at Batavia Downs on Friday...

He’s diminutive in size but dominant on the track. Dayson ($2.20) came from off the pace and pulled away to a convincing victory in his division of the $119,300 New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old...

Perfect summer weather enticed a large live crowd trackside to watch the New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings at Batavia Downs on Sunday afternoon (August 7) and the horse...

Driver Kevin Cummings took the spotlight on closing day at Buffalo Raceway on Sunday afternoon (July 24) as he guided home five winners on the nine-race program.

Straight A Student ($3.10) and Fad Finance ($3.50) took their respective $60,200 divisions of the New York Sire Stakes and tied the Buffalo Raceway track record for three-year-old filly trotters in do...