{"id":35622,"date":"2022-08-29T00:41:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-29T04:41:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=35622"},"modified":"2022-08-29T00:41:46","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T04:41:46","slug":"genesee-county-kevin-cummings-wins-six-of-12-at-batavia-downs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/29\/genesee-county-kevin-cummings-wins-six-of-12-at-batavia-downs\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Kevin Cummings wins six of 12 at Batavia Downs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batavia, NY \u2014 Batavia Downs leading driver Kevin Cummings continued his torrid pace on Sunday (Aug. 28) after his Grand Slam performance at the track on Saturday night. Cummings drove six more winners of the 12 races held, giving him a total of 11 wins in the last 22 races in which he drove.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35623\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/29\/genesee-county-kevin-cummings-wins-six-of-12-at-batavia-downs\/jumpininthejailhouse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jumpininthejailhouse-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Jumpininthejailhouse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jumpininthejailhouse-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Jumpininthejailhouse.jpg?w=900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35623\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cummings biggest win of the day came with Jumpininthejailhouse, who won the co-featured $14,000 Open II trot in fairly easy fashion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jumpininthejailhouse went right to the front and reached the quarter in :28.4 as All About Thechase (Mike Caprio) and Batting Stats (Keith Kash Jr.) followed closely behind. With positions unchanged from that point, Jumpininthejailhouse then went :59.2 to the half and 1:28.3 to three-quarters and extended his lead to 2-\u00bd length coming off the last turn. The race was over at the point as Cummings had Jumpininthejailhouse wrapped up by 2-\u00bc lengths in 1:57.4, which tied his season\u2019s best clocking.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jumpininthejailhouse ($4.20) is owned by Mike Torcello and was trainer Sammy Smith\u2019s second win of the afternoon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cummings completed his six pack with wins behind Faithful Desire (1:55.2, $2.90), Anurka (1:57, $6.10), Bacardi (1:57, $3.90), Parkhill Horton (1:58, $6.30) and Way To Go Fabio (1:55.3, $6.30).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far this meet, Kevin Cummings has 45 wins in only 156 starts and sits ahead of Jim Morrill Jr. (39) in the top spot for dash supremacy.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/29\/genesee-county-kevin-cummings-wins-six-of-12-at-batavia-downs\/oh-so-pine\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Oh-So-Pine-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1706&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1706\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Oh-So-Pine\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Oh-So-Pine-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Oh-So-Pine.jpg?w=900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35624\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The one race Cummings didn\u2019t win was the $15,000 Open I Handicap trot, where Saratoga regular Oh So Pine shipped in off a disappointing start at Plainridge Park and got back on track in a gate to wire win.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Larry Stalbaum flew off the wings with Oh So Pine and opened up a three length lead at the :29.2 quarter. With Lunar Credit (Jim McNeight III) snug in the pocket, Oh So Pine continued to set a steady tempo to the half in :59.2 and three-quarters in 1:28.3. At the top of the stretch Lunar Credit and Sanchez Rocks (Drew Monti) were both within a length of the leader as they were trotting to the wire, but Oh So Pine was the toughest of them all and won by one-half length in 1:57.4.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Stalbaum owned and trained Oh So Pine ($6.20) got his third win of the year and raised his cash total to $64,199 in 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Aug. 31) at 6:00 p.m. and there will be a carryover of $1,502 in the Jackpot Super Hi-5 in race 12. Free full past performance race programs for all live race days can be downloaded by visiting the track&#8217;s website at <a href=\"http:\/\/bataviadownsgaming.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bataviadownsgaming.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY \u2014 Batavia Downs leading driver Kevin Cummings continued his torrid pace on Sunday (Aug. 28) after his Grand Slam performance at the track on Saturday night. Cummings drove six more winners of the 12 races held, \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/08\/29\/genesee-county-kevin-cummings-wins-six-of-12-at-batavia-downs\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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":[8,23],"tags":[376],"class_list":["post-35622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-batavia","category-genesee-county","tag-batavia-downs"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-9gy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":37069,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/10\/27\/genesee-county-kyle-cummings-grabs-a-six-pack-at-batavia-downs\/","url_meta":{"origin":35622,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Kyle Cummings grabs a six pack at Batavia Downs","author":"aka","date":"October 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. 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