{"id":11082,"date":"2019-09-15T13:23:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-15T17:23:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=11082"},"modified":"2019-09-15T13:23:47","modified_gmt":"2019-09-15T17:23:47","slug":"batavia-night-of-champions-sire-stakes-in-wny-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/15\/batavia-night-of-champions-sire-stakes-in-wny-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"BATAVIA\/Night of Champions, Sire Stakes in WNY for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"900\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZJp_g69TBhY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><figcaption>Video from Sire Stakes event at Batavia Downs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The $1.8 million New York Sire Stakes Night of Champions races highlight the richest card of racing ever held in Western New York.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is the first time the event was held in WNY at Batavia Downs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Background on Sire Stakes from their website: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The New York Sire Stakes is the state&#8217;s premier harness racing program designed to promote the breeding, buying and racing of standardbred horses in New York State.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is administered by the Agriculture &amp; New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund, the New York Sire Stakes is the nation&#8217;s oldest harness racing program of its kind.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The $1.8 million New York Sire Stakes Night of Champions races highlight the richest card of racing ever held in Western New York. This is the first time the event was held in WNY at Batavia Downs. Background on Sire Stakes from their website: The New York Sire Stakes is \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2019\/09\/15\/batavia-night-of-champions-sire-stakes-in-wny-for-the-first-time\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11083,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8],"tags":[376,1800],"class_list":["post-11082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-batavia","tag-batavia-downs","tag-sire-stakes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-2SK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64123,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/04\/26\/genesee-county-celebration-of-top-harness-racing-talent-returns-as-batavia-downs-will-host-new-york-sire-stakes-2025-night-of-champions\/","url_meta":{"origin":11082,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Celebration of Top Harness Racing Talent Returns as Batavia Downs will host New York Sire Stakes 2025 \u201cNight of Champions\u201d","author":"aka","date":"April 26, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Press release ALBANY, N.Y. \u2014 The Agriculture & NYS Horse Breeding Development Fund is proud toannounce that the 2025 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) \u201cNight of Champions\u201d will take placeon Saturday, September 6, 2025, at Batavia Downs Gaming & Hotel in Batavia, N.Y. 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