The favourites, trotter Joxter ($3.10) and pacer Syracuse Express ($2.50), were victorious with career-best efforts in a pair of $11,644 Opens featured at Vernon Downs on Saturday, May 18.
After bouncing back from an untimely break last week and despite a jump in class for this start, Johnny Boy got back in the win column by taking the $15,000 Open I Handicap trotting feature at Batavia Downs on Saturday, Nov. 25.
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Prior to the start of racing on Saturday, Nov. 11 at Batavia Downs, members of the the local driver, trainer, groom and owner colony gathered trackside for a moment of silence to remember and honour their peers at Tioga Downs who lost their horses and their livelihoods as a result of a despicable act of arson that befell that track this past week.
Jim Morrill Jr. had a huge night in the bike at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Nov. 4) as he won five races that included both features and a natural hat trick in races nine, 10 and 11.