Driver Shawn Gray continues to be on a mission at Batavia Downs this meet as he won another five races during the 12-dash program card on Saturday, Aug. 9. 

Gray won with Storybook Bella (1:57.2, $5.64) for trainer Alicia Gray, Kilowatt Kid N (1:56.3, $13.38) for Sam Smith, Mask On Mask Off (1:57.4, $2.56) for Andrew Torre, Pepper Guy (1:57.1, $3.60) for Lisa Mariacher and Hope You Dance (1:58.2, $10.10) for Joseph Alba. Gray also had two seconds and two thirds from his 11 drives, giving him a stout .616 UDR for the evening.

The five wins also vaulted Gray into second place for dash wins at the current meet, now boasting 16 wins. He sits behind the leading Drew Monti, who now has 23 wins, on the strength of his driving triple on Saturday.   

A pair of $13,194 conditioned/optional claiming races were featured on the program with the Class A trot going to the Darrin Monti-trained Mister Squeeze (Drew Monti) in 1:57.4 and the Class A pace to the Ron MacDonald trainee Winmebak (Brett MacDonald) in 1:55.4.

(With files from Batavia Downs)