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 ran his win streak to five to claim the winner’s share of the purse.
Author: By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs
Developing horses impress at Pocono Monday
Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania featured a trio of $15,000 events for developing horses on its Monday (Feb. 19) card, the second of the year at the mountain oval.
Long Train Runnin, Proven Desire win big at Batavia Downs
The fourth and final leg of the Western New York Trasckmaster Series for pacers was held at Batavia Downs on Monday afternoon (Feb. 12) and after the dust had settled, both Long Train Runnin and Proven Desire will enter the Trackmaster 79 division finals unbeaten.
Qualifiers moved to Wednesday at Pocono
Qualifying races originally scheduled for Tuesday (Feb. 13), have been moved to Wednesday (Feb. 14), due to the impending weather conditions. A decision will be made on Tuesday if the Wednesday qualifying races will be cancelled until next week.
First Draw, First Qualifiers held at Pocono
This Saturday’s (Feb. 17) opening card of the 2024 harness racing season at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania was drawn on Monday (Feb. 12). There will be twelve races for the trotters and pacers in the curtainraiser, with the first set to go at 1 p.m.
Long Train Runnin, Kevin Cummings shine at Batavia Downs
The third leg of the Western New York Trackmaster series for pacers was featured at Batavia Downs on Monday afternoon (Feb. 5) and going in, there were three horses still undefeated in that competition. However by the end of the day, only one stayed perfect and that was Long Train Runnin, who won his third straight $9,000 Trackmaster 79 division.
Watch The Big Game this Sunday with Super Bowl Champion Carl Banks
There is no better place to watch the Big Game this Sunday (Feb. 11), than at the FanDuel Sportsbook located inside the Meadowlands Racetrack.
Children’s Valentine’s Day Craft Event
Bring the kids to the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, located at 240 Main Street, Goshen, New York on Saturday (Feb. 10) from 10:30 a.m. – noon for a fun-filled Valentine’s Day celebration.
Batavia hits new handle heights as longshots rule Monday
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.
Brett Beckwith bags five wins at Batavia Thursday
Brett Beckwith, who ended the 2023 season as the seventh winningest driver in North America, is rolling again in 2024 and strutted his stuff at Batavia Downs on Thursday afternoon (Jan. 25) by winning five races on the card. “Brett The Jet” won with Why Tomorrow Ray (1:56.1, $2.80), Rosey Time (1:56.3, $4.40), One Night Fury (2:02.1, $9.40), Rock A Honey (1:58, $25.80) and Silver Buckeye (2:04, $6.40). Beckwith also scored three seconds and two thirds during the card, giving him a .524 UDR for the session.