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Batavia Downs is a harness racing track and casino in Batavia, New York. It is located in Genesee County between Buffalo and Rochester just off of the New York State Thruway (Interstate 90). It opened on September 20, 1940, and is the oldest lighted harness racetrack in the United States. The track is exactly .5 miles (0.80 km) long.
Harness racing legend Stanley Dancer recalled for two appearances with Cardigan Bay, and his import from New Zealand later became the sport's first horse to top $1 million in career earnings. On August 26, 1966, the largest crowd in the history of Batavia Downs — 15,118 — turned out for what was billed as The Pace of the Century.
Pages in category "Horse racing venues in New York (state)" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Aug. 26—Officials with Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. are interesting in adding new gaming machines at Batavia Downs that would allow bettors to wager on horse races that already happened.
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Run on one-mile tracks, [3] it is "the oldest continuing horse-racing series in the United States." [ 4 ] The series was started in 1871 by Colonel Billy Edwards , of Cleveland, Ohio , L.J. Powers of Springfield, Massachusetts , E.A. Buck of Buffalo, New York , and later C.W. Hutchinson of Utica , New York. [ 4 ]