Alta Engen A ($4.30) was on the engine in Buffalo Raceway's $12,200 featured pace on Saturday, May 4 with a gate-to-wire victory over Davey Day Trader in a seasonal best of 1:54.1.
Batavia Downs hosted the $125,676 finals of the Western New York Trackmaster Series on Monday (Feb.19) and in the featured TM79 match-up for $27,027, Long Train Runnin ran his win streak to five to claim the winner’s share of the purse.
Batavia, NY Batavia Downs hosted the $93,000 finals of the Western New York Trackmaster Series on Monday (Feb. 19) and in the featured TM79 match-up for $20,000, Long Train Runnin (Big Bad John) ran his win streak to five to claim the winner’s share of the purse. Proven Desire (John Cummings Jr.) led the
For the fourth time in only six days of live racing in 2024, Batavia Downs set a new one day, all-source record handle while under the ownership of Western Regional Off Track Betting on Monday (Jan. 29). Bettors pushed $515,078 through the windows to top the short-lived old record of $509,180 which was set only one week ago.
The track was fast for the Monday afternoon (Jan. 22) card at Batavia Downs, and so was the pace at which money flowed through the windows from all outlets as the track handled $509,180, setting a new all-time one-day betting record on live racing at the track and marked the first time ever that the Downs handled in excess of one-half million dollars while under the ownership of Western Regional Off Track Betting.