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Batavia Downs completed its 2021 race meet on Friday, Dec. 10 and, when all the columns were tallied, the track posted very strong wagering numbers over the course of the 55-day session.
Trainer Ron Burke had three of the seven participants in this year’s installment of the $150,000 Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel and managed to take the first three spots at the finish led by world champion This Is The Plan. Yannick Gingras piloted This Is The Plan, who brought his close to $2.3 Million in career earnings to "The Spa" and wound up as the 7-5 betting favourite in the 12th annual Gerrity. Gingras moved the standout to the lead in a :26.2 first quarter before giving way to fellow Burke trainee Backstreet Shadow. That one retook command after the sizzlin...
The richest race of the season at Saratoga Casino Hotel yielded a track record performance on Tuesday (July 20). There was one division of the New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old colt and gelding trotters on Tuesday and the $156,600 race saw the favourite not only thrive but make history. Ahundreddollarbill (Chapter Seven-Swinging Royalty) drew post seven in the eight-horse stakes event but driver Andrew McCarthy wasted very little time moving the 1-5 betting favourite out to the front end. The speedy sophomore powered through a first quarter in :27.1 before reaching the half in :56.1. T...
It is that time of year.
Tuesday marked the start of the eighth annual J.P. Morel Memorial Pacing Series at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The $10,000-per-division series, which went on hiatus in 2020, saw a dominant force emerge as Unique Beach scored decisively in Tuesday’s (May 11) first leg. The four-year-old Melissa Beckwith trainee came into the series off back-to-back victories, which came by a total of more than 18 lengths. Wally Hennessey piloted Unique Beach on Tuesday and moved the 1-9 betting favourite out to the early lead. The rising star never faced an anxious moment before pacing away from his rivals to sco...