Runaway winners take Batavia co-features Saturday

Runaway winners take Batavia co-features Saturday

Batavia, NY — Two $12,800 Open class occasions topped the invoice at Batavia Downs on Saturday (Sept. 20) night and each winners claimed victory with ease.

First within the Open Handicap trot, there was no competitors for El Toro Loco, who had full management the whole mile en path to his win. 

Kevin Cummings despatched El Toro Loco to the entrance from publish 5 and opened up an instantaneous two size hole as he handed the quarter in :28.3. With I Got The Looks (Dan Yetman) drafting within the pocket, El Toro Loco backed off the half to :58.3 earlier than attending to three-quarters in 1:27.3 with solely a light bid from Biscoe (Jim McNeight Jr.), who by no means acquired nearer than third and three-lengths in arrears. El Toro Loco hit the highest of the stretch in entrance by three and easily cruised to the road in 1:56.2. 

It was the eighth win of the yr for El Toro Loco ($5.40) who’s owned by Mike Torcello and skilled by Sam Smith. 

Then within the Open Handicap tempo, Mirragon A got here first-over on the half to finish up first on the wire. 

Jim Morrill Jr. acquired away fifth with Mirragon A as Lanjo Lee (Kyle Cummings) and Twist Knot (Joe Chindano Jr.) traded results in the quarter. Twist Knot had the lead on the level and escorted the group to the half in :56.4. That’s the place Morrill had tipped Mirragon A and was motoring up the rim in the direction of the chief as they rounded flip three. Mirragon A was absolutely engaged with Twist Knot at five-eighths and moved by him into the lead, passing three-quarters in 1:24.1. Mirragon A then swelled up on the lead across the final flip and in entrance by 2-½ lengths as he entered the stretch. From there he was line-driven to paydirt, clocked in 1:52.4.   

Mirragon A ($7.88) is owned by his coach, Mike Deters, in partnership with Joel Warner and John Manning.

Kevin Cummings, Drew Monti and Jim Morrill Jr. all had three wins on the traces on Saturday whereas coach Sam Smith despatched two of his college students to the winner’s enclosure. 

Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Sept. 24) with publish time at 6:00 p.m. and there will likely be a assured pool of $7,500 within the Pick-5 wager within the first race. That wager has a $2,566 carryover and the $7,500 assure is a part of the United States Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program. Full previous efficiency program pages for the Pick-5 races will likely be out there without cost at ustrotting.com underneath the Handicapping tab. There can be a carryover of $2,016 within the Jackpot Super Hi-5 pentafecta within the thirteenth race. 

Free full card previous efficiency packages for each stay card of racing at Batavia can at all times be downloaded at The Downs’ web site (bataviadownsgaming.com) underneath the “Live Racing” tab. Then you possibly can watch all of the races stay as they occur without cost on the Batavia Downs YouTube web page.

By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Gaming