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Louie The Lilac has been smelling like a rose at the current Batavia Downs meet and her success continued on Wednesday night (Sept. 20) after she extended her winning streak to five in the $15,000 Open I Handicap pace for fillies and mares.

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 series for the year. 

Driver Jim Morrill, Jr. achieved another major milestone in his stellar career at Batavia Downs on Monday when he drove Sportskeeper to an easy gate-to-wire, 1:56.1 victory in the seventh race to achieve his 8,000th lifetime win in the sulky.

It was just last week that Batavia Downs set its own handle bar higher after seeing $340,602 pass through betting portals both at the track and at simulcast outlets. That total became the highest on record since Western Regional Off Track Betting reopened the Downs in 2002. However, on Monday (Feb. 6) -- only one week later -- that record was broken again after $348,205 was

It was just last week that Batavia Downs set its own handle bar higher after seeing $340,602 pass through betting portals both at the track and at simulcast outlets.

Press release: On Monday (Jan. 23), Batavia Downs began a four-week Pop-Up Racing Series for Western New York-based Trackmaster pacers and trotters with preliminary leg classes going for between $6,000 and $9,000 each (depending on class). Monday saw 10 series races go postward and these events provided some very competitive racing. The best pacing effort of the day was turned

It has been decades since Batavia Downs hosted a winter race meet at the oldest lighted harness track in North America, but that all changes on Monday when the 2023 harness racing season gets underway in Western New York. The 15-day session will run through Monday (Feb. 27) and operate on a Monday-Thursday schedule. Post time for each race day is set at 3 p.m. All the Downs

The 2022 harness racing season came to a close at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Dec. 17) and although some declines in handle were realized, the New York half-mile racetrack performed better than many national trends.

The 2022 racing season came to a close at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Dec. 17) and although some declines in handle were realized, the track performed better than many national trends. The track recorded its fourth-highest total on-track handle for Batavia live racing since Western Regional OTB reopened the track in 2002, finishing only $33,599 behind the 2021 totals while

Even by his lofty standards, Friday (Nov. 4) at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows was a remarkable day for trainer Ron Burke: seven wins, including a sweep of the day’s $15,400 co-features.