{"id":36432,"date":"2022-09-30T22:37:05","date_gmt":"2022-10-01T02:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=36432"},"modified":"2022-09-30T22:37:05","modified_gmt":"2022-10-01T02:37:05","slug":"genesee-county-morrill-wins-four-including-batavia-friday-feature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/genesee-county-morrill-wins-four-including-batavia-friday-feature\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Morrill wins four including Batavia Friday feature"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36433\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/genesee-county-morrill-wins-four-including-batavia-friday-feature\/batting-stats-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Batting-Stats-1-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 6D Mark II&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1664567770&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;105&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;6400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Batting-Stats-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Batting-Stats-1-scaled.jpg?fit=900%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Batting-Stats-1.jpg?w=900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36433\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\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 Driver Jim Morrill Jr. continued his hot streak Friday night (Sept. 30) after he registered another grand slam in the bike at Batavia Downs and it was highlighted by winning the $15,000 Open Handicap trot with the 11-1 shot, Batting Stats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Assigned post one, Batting Stats was sent right to the front of the short six horse field and held the lead at every station. After passing three-quarters in 1:27.2 while rebuffing a challenge from Night Flyer K (Greg Merton), Morrill and Batting Stats had two lengths at the top of the stretch and held off a late charge from Lougazi (Ray Fisher Jr.) to win by 1-\u00be lengths in a season\u2019s best 1:57 flat.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Batting Stats ($25.80) is owned by Mike Ohol Jr. and trained by Mike Ohol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Morrill also scored with the 13-year-old Osprey Vision ($9.30) who got his 49th lifetime win, Batavia\u2019s 2021 Claimer of the Meet Raksmach N ($1:57.1, $3.80) and Tioga Downs invader Defcon Seelster ($1:58, $4.00).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36434\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/genesee-county-morrill-wins-four-including-batavia-friday-feature\/lightfooted-legend\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lightfooted-Legend.jpg?fit=%2C&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Lightfooted-Legend\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lightfooted-Legend.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/videonewsservice.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Lightfooted-Legend.jpg?w=900&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-36434\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the co-featured $14,000 Open II Handicap trot, Lightfooted Legend overcame early adversity to taste late success. Off the gate, Franks Watching (Ray Fisher Jr.) and Gemini Eddie (Kevin Cummings) both made breaks as Lightfooted Legend (Shawn McDonough) darted for the lead. But at the eighth pole, Lightfooted Legend also jumped, along with the three-wide Pilgrim Caviar (Dave McNeight III), allowing the only horse who didn\u2019t break in the race, Lunar Credit (Jim McNeight Jr.), finally reach the front. McDonough regrouped Lightfooted Legend and put him on the leader\u2019s back and the pair then trotted in line to three-quarters where Lightfooted Legend tipped out and went right after Lunar Credit. The trotters matched strides around the last turn and into the stretch Lightfooted Legend rallied late to win by 1-\u00bc lengths in 1:57.2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Dale Gilmour-trained Lightfooted Legend ($6.40) is owned by David Linker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lightfooted Legend was one of two driving wins for McDonough who also registered one training victory on Friday. Driver Ray Fisher Jr. and trainer Ryan Swift teamed up to get two winners across as well.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When live racing resumes at Batavia Downs on Saturday night (Sept. 31) there will be two carryovers and one guaranteed pool. The Pick-5 wager in races one through five has a carryover of $1,960 and the wager will have a guaranteed $5,000 pool through the United States Trotting Association\u2019s Strategic Wagering program. Free race pages for those races will be available at <a href=\"http:\/\/ustrotting.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ustrotting.com<\/a> tomorrow morning. Then in the Jackpot Super Hi-5 in race 12, there is a $647 carryover as well. Post time for race one on Saturday is at 6 p.m. 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> and clicking the &#8220;Live Racing&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Tim Bojarski for Batavia Downs (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. Lowery) Batavia, NY \u2014 Driver Jim Morrill Jr. continued his hot streak Friday night (Sept. 30) after he registered another grand slam in the bike at Batavia Downs and it was highlighted by winning the $15,000 Open Handicap trot \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2022\/09\/30\/genesee-county-morrill-wins-four-including-batavia-friday-feature\/\">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-36432","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\/p8eTP4-9tC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":68282,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/09\/20\/genesee-county-morrill-was-magnificent-scoring-seven-wins-at-batavia-downs\/","url_meta":{"origin":36432,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Morrill was magnificent scoring seven wins at Batavia Downs","author":"aka","date":"September 20, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"By Tim Bojarski, for Batavia Downs Gaming (Photos courtesy of Wendy J. 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