Faithful Desire used a rocket-like move down the backstretch the final time and that maneuver launched her to a solid four length victory Wednesday night (March 15) in Buffalo Raceway's $17,500 Open Pace for the fillies and mares.
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 achieve his 8,000th lifetime win in the sulky.
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.