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Thoroughbred Racing: Aqueduct, Belmont Park, Saratoga Race Course

Harness Racing: Buffalo Raceway, Yonkers Raceway, Batavia Downs, Monticello Raceway, Track Goshen

 

Harness Racing

Batavia Downs

Batavia Downs is a standardbred racetrack that boasts a half-mile oval with a Euro style rail and a new mutuel board in the infield. With live harness racing from July through December.

It's the oldest lighted harness track in North America and the first racetrack to be operated by an Off Track Betting Corporation. Over the past year OTB has invested over $8-million to turn the facility into a viable track.

Post Times: 7:35 p.m.

Racing Dates: July 14 - December 20

 

Batavia by the numbers:
Track Opened: September 20, 1940
Speed Rating: N/a
Length of Stretch: 500 feet
Width of Homestretch: 75 feet
Starters Behind the Gate: 8
Hubrail: Yes
Open Stretch: No

 

Clubhouse Capacity: 400

Grandstand Capacity: 9,000

Parking Capacity: 1,900

 

Admission:
General - Free
Parking - Free

 

Contact Info:
Mailing Address
Western Regional Off-Track
Betting Corporation
700 Ellicott Street
Batavia, NY 14020

 

Street Address
Batavia Downs
8315 Park Road
Batavia, NY 14020