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.
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Top trotter Lougazi ($6) has been camera shy of late, not winning since September 17. But he smiled pretty for his picture on Friday night (Oct. 22) after capturing the $13,500 Open I Handicap Trot at Batavia Downs.
He romped to an easy two-length victory over CR Blazin Beauty, while Allie was third.
Usually a dead closer, trainer/driver Shawn McDonough decided to fire Mugshots Bro ($10.80) off the starting gate from the outside eight post and that maneuver proved to be the right call.
Setting fractions of :29.2, :59.4 and 1:28.3, Mugshots Bro put up a last quarter mile in :27.4 which was more than enough to seal the deal.
Co-owned by Herman Niedhammer and Herman Niedhammer, Jr., it was the fourth win in nine starts on the season for the nine-year-old Mugshots Bro (Jailhouse Jesse-Photo Emmy). The victory upped his seasonal earnings to $27,991 and $245,963 lifetime.