Batavia Downs

The first winter meet hosted by Batavia Downs in more than two decades will close out its 15-date run on Monday (Feb. 27) with a nine-race card starting at 3 p.m. The early season session has produced...

Hard work by Kim Crawford and his track crew put aside the effects of an overnight ice storm that negatively impacted a large swath of Western New York, and ensured that the Thursday afternoon (Feb. 2...

Four finals of the Western New York Pop-Up Series headlined the card at Batavia Downs on Monday with a total of $63,000 distributed between those events. 

A substantial class hike made punters overlook Whos Got The Move's convincing 4-1/2-length victory from just last week and their wagering discard provided big dividends for those who came back for mor...

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 achie...

It was a warm and wet Thursday afternoon (Feb. 9) at Batavia Downs. And despite the sun making a cameo appearance for a couple of races, the wet conditions may have contributed to only three favourite...

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.

Kevin Cummings, who was Batavia Downs leading driver of 2022, moved back into first place for dash victories in 2023 after winning six of the 11 races programmed on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 2) includi...

It was an historic day for the oldest lighted harness track in North America on Monday after the bettors came out in force and pumped $340,602 through the windows on 13 races to set a new all-time sin...

Batavia Downs has cancelled its live harness racing card for Thursday, Jan. 26 due to unsafe track conditions.

On Monday, Batavia Downs began a four week Pop-Up Racing Series for Western New York-based pacers and trotters with preliminary leg classes going for between $6,000 and $9,000 each.

A beaten favourite last week due to an untimely break, The Stunning Nun N bounced back in strong fashion -- once again as the public’s choice -- to win the $13,000 Open I Handicap Distaff Pace at Bata...