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Batavia, NY — The 2024 harness racing season wrapped up at Batavia Downs last Saturday (Dec. 7) night and that also closed the track’s books for the year. After all the paperwork was finalized, the bottom line showed that the business of harness racing at Batavia Downs is operating at a record pace. The overall […]
Batavia, NY — Live harness racing returns to Batavia Downs on Saturday (July 27) as the 2024 summer/fall season gets underway with a full 15-race card that starts at 6 p.m. The season runs through Saturday (Dec. 7) and features a 56-day meet. The opening night card includes the first visit of the year from […]
Batavia, NY — Don Hoover, Director of Live Racing at Batavia Downs, has announced that Tom Agosti has been named as the new race secretary for Batavia Downs starting with the 2024 summer/fall live harness racing meet. “Since coming to Batavia, I have been serving double duty as both director of live racing and race […]
Batavia, NY — It has been decades since Batavia Downs hosted a winter harness racing meet at the oldest lighted harness track in North America, but that all changes on Monday (Jan. 9) when the 2023 season gets underway in Western New York. The 15-day session will run through Monday (Feb. 27) and operate on […]
Batavia, NY — The 2022 harness racing season came to a close at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Dec. 17) and although some declines in handle were realized, the track performed better than many national trends. The track recorded its fourth highest total on-track handle for Batavia live racing since Western Regional OTB reopened the track […]
Batavia, NY — The management of Batavia Downs announced today (Dec. 6) that post time for the final card of harness racing for 2022 scheduled for Saturday (Dec. 17) has been changed from 6 p.m. to 3 p.m. This was done after the week 15 game between the Buffalo Bills and Miami Dolphins was flexed […]
Batavia, NY — The 2022 harness racing season will get underway at Batavia Downs at 6 p.m. on Wednesday (July 20) and when fans enter the property, they will notice the staff and facilities have undergone some major changes. Those started at the top and touched every aspect of the racing program in order to […]
BATAVIA, NY — TheDailyNews.com reports that Batavia Downs Gaming & Hotel will have a new director of live racing/racing secretary before the anticipated July 20 start of the 2022 harness season gets underway. Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation (WROTB) and Batavia Downs President and CEO Henry Wojtaszek said Don Hoover has been named to the […]
